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Sitefinity CMSTechnical Overview & Developer’s PerspectiveGeorgi ChokovSitefinity Product Manager
Peter MarinovCustomer Success Engineer
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About the Presentation
Part I: Short intro - Sitefinity as a web platform for Developers
Part II: How the latest features boost developer productivity
Part III: What is in the works
Part IV: Q&A
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High-level Overview - Sitefinity as a WCM platform and web application framework
Sitefinity Focuses on Developers
Content Agility
Freedom of Data Source
Precise Control Over Presentation
Technology Friendly
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Built on the .NET stack
File system
DATA LAYER
UI LAYER
ASP.NET WebFormsASP.NET MVCHTML5KendoUIWPF (DAM application)
MODULES
Pages
News
Blogs
Dynamic modules
…
SERVICES
Search
Statistics
Notifications
…*modules cannot know about each other
SITEFINITY CORE
Plugin framework Configuration Localization User management Security
Platform Backend
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Some general principles - loose coupling as a rule
Sitefinity is a highly flexible system that is built from various units and can adjust to business requirements
• Modules – Units of functionality; can explose services. Example: Blogs. Can be used for Content or Business Logic
• Services – units of functionality used by other consumers (modules or services). Example: Search.
• Services are replaceable and modifiable.
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Provider model for data access• Sitefinity does not care whether data is
stored in SQL Server, Oracle, MongoDB or text files
• Sitefinity and its components access data through providers
• Sitefinity can work with multiple data sources at the same time (e.g. users can live in Active Directory, while their profile can live in SQL Server)
Benefits: System can integrate well within existing systems and pursue different strategies depending on business requirements
PROVIDERS
Blogs Users Events News
Single Sitefinity Instance
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Everything is an API
Requirements are always different. Everything in Sitefinity is an API:
Sitefinity Core Sitefinity Providers Data
Web Services Classic .NET API Fluent .NET API Extensible Workflow (WWF)
Available APIs:
• API and REST Services for Content
• API for Taxonomies
• API for Workflows
• API for UI (widgets)
• System API – Synchronization,
Tasks scheduling, Integration,
publication system…
• .. more
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Part II How the latest features boost developer productivity
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Module Builder – because requirements are always unique
Automatically generate:
• Backend UI screens and menus for
end users
• Front-end widgets
• Workflow rules
• API and Services for the new
dynamic type
• Permissions (coming in Sitefinity
7.3)
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Module Builder – because requirements are always unique
Dynamic Modules with Multiple Child Types
• Module Builder now supports content hierarchies where one parent types can contain multiple child types
• Unlimited levels of child types hierarchy
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DemoModule Builder demo. Generate entities, backend screen, generated code and widget templates
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Related Data
Powerful concept of linking content types and other entities in the CMS
• 1:1 Relations• 1:N Relations• many to many
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Related Data
Control over the markup
<div> <ul> <asp:Repeater runat="server" DataSource='<%# Container.DataItem.GetRelatedItems("SponsorLogos") %>'> <ItemTemplate> <li><a href='<%# Eval("MediaUrl") %>'> <img height="95" src="<%# Eval("ThumbnailUrl")%>" alt="<%# Eval("AlternativeText")%>" id="<%# Eval("Id") %>" title="<%# Eval("Title") %>" > </a></li> </ItemTemplate> </asp:Repeater> </ul></div>
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Related Data
Defining content relations via the API
var journalist = this.CreateJournalist();
var newsItem = this.CreateNews(newsManager);
newsItem.CreateRelation(journalist, "Journalists");
newsManager.SaveChanges();
Get all relations to an item, single line of code
var relatedJournalists = newsItem.GetRelatedItems<DynamicContent>("Journalists");
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DemoShowing how UI is generated automatically when there’re content relations, as well as how easy it is to create and manage relations
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Integration
Out of the box• Connector for SharePoint 2010/2013
• Connector for SharePoint Online • Works with on premise installations too.
Integration with Office 365 Enterprise through SharePoint
• Connector for SalesForce
• Connector for Marketo
• Connector for MS Dynamics (through partners)
• Connector for Telerik Backend services
Through API• The data provider model
• REST & Service Stack Services
• Through the Sitefinity Fluent and Native API
In 2015 ..• More integrations coming out of the box
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Part III What is in the works
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Project Feather
• All web forms widgets to have MVC
counterparts
• Front-end of your choice – Bootstrap,
Foundation, SemanticUI out of the box
• Mobile First – all widgets are responsive by
design
• All widget designers are AngularJS SPA
• The framework is based on conventions –
Widgets, Designers, Templates and views –
all wired up easily
• Package more than just themes – CSS,
Images, widget templates and
masterpages all in one package
• Open Source!
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Project Feather
State of the project:
• Packaging and conventions engines are done, released on GitHub• Content block, navigation, dynamic widgets – done, released on
GitHub• Sitefinity 7.3 in December includes Project Feather core. Now you can
develop your own MVC style widgets and use any front-end framework straight out of the box.
• Designers love the new framework.
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Integration with 3rd party search engines - Sitefinity 7.3
• Integration with Windows Azure Search Services• Open Source sample on integration with Elastic Search • Search is now decoupled• Integration with 3rd party search engine is easy and quick
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In conclusion