Life With Sitecore

In this post - I'm going to be introducing you to something I've been tinkering with for some time now. I like to call it Helix DNA (Dot Net Accelerator) and Double Helix. These two modules are my twist on creating Helix solutions from scratch. My experiments build on and bring together  strands  of techniques used previously by luminaries such as Akshay Sura and Mark Duiker. So a big thanks to them for the insights - I hope you like my take on it. Ultimately - I would like to release my experiments to the community but am keen to see what you make of this post and what the demand is for such a tool. Have I come too late to the Helix party? ;) TL;DR If you are the impatient type - you can jump to 2:48 for a demo of Helix DNA and 13:48 for Double Helix. You may also wish to use full screen mode when watching - or use a magnifying glass ;) So what is Helix DNA? Helix DNA (Dot Net Accelerator) is a Powershell module that uses EnvDTE tools within Visual Studio to pr...

This post serves to get you up and running quickly on a local instance of the newly released Sitecore 9. If you don't feel like reading the whole thing - use the links below to jump to the section that interests you. Prerequistes SQL Database Configuration SOLR Setup Install SIF and Sitecore Fundamentals Install XConnect and Sitecore Post-Install Steps Conclusion As Sitecore enthusiasts will no doubt be aware, Sitecore 9 was released recently and comes with a host of new features. I could probably go into some depth about these but will leave it to you to read the lowdown from the one-and-only JammyKam . The biggest change is XConnect which separates out Xdb related functions into a separate layer  enabling collection of analytics data from a wider variety of sources such as mobile apps, IOT sensors, third party apps etc. More information on XConnect can be found here . Another big change (no doubt influenced by XConnect) that you will face when downloading Sitecore ...