web parts developement

Kentico CMS Web parts developmentKarol Jarkovsky (karolj@kentico.com)

Consultant, Kentico Software s.r.o.

Motivation

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“Learning is a lifetime process, but there comes a time when we must stop adding and start updating.”

Robert Brault

Agenda

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Web parts Life Cycle

Web parts Architecture

Web parts Development

Web parts Future

Web parts Life Cycle

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OnContentLoaded Init

Init Load

Load

PreRender

PreRender

Page

Web part

Web parts Life Cycle

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CMSPortalManager .CMSPortalManager_Init()

CMSPortalManager .LoadContent()

CMSPagePlaceholder .LoadContent()

CMSAbstractLayout .LoadContent()

CMSWebPartZone .LoadWebPartsContent()

CMSAbstractWebPart .LoadContent()

CMSAbstractWebPart class

Web parts Architecture

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Properties

bool RenderEnvelopeobject RelatedData

CMSWebPartZone ParentZonebool StandAlone

bool StopProcessingstring NotResolveProperties

string SQLPropertiesViewModeEnum ViewMode

string CacheItemNamestring CacheDependencies

bool IsWidget

Methods

GetValue()/SetValue()

ClearCache()

ReloadData()

ReloadConsumers()

GetCacheDependency()

Web parts Development

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Web parts Future

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• New base class CMSAbstractLayoutWebPart• Advanced layout as web part• Saves development time

Layout web parts

• New section in CMS Desk-> My Desk and Site Manager-> Dashboard

• Personalized content• Widget support

Dashboard

• Allows developers define template as ASPX• Allows editors to further enhance template from

CMS Desk-> Design tab

Portal Engine for ASPX templates

Questions

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Questions

Thank you