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Resource Streams in Apache Sling

This new Resource Filter API allows AEM / Sling developers to be significantly more succinct and readable and how they perform common repository traversals. It's not a pure replacement of JCR queries, but for simple content structures you can do a lot more with a lot less code.

Oct 9, 2018
Apache Sling, Java, Adobe Experience Manager

Achieving Development Tranquility with the Apache Sling Service User WebConsole

Oct 3, 2018
Adobe Experience Manager, Apache Sling, Open Source

Monitoring AEM in Adobe Managed Services with Sling Health Checks

Implementing proactive monitoring of AEM web applications using Sling Health Checks and Nagios when hosting through Adobe Managed Services.

Sep 29, 2018
Adobe Experience Manager, Apache Sling, DevOps

Adobe Insider Tour Part 1: Coming Soon

I recently had the chance to attend the Adobe Insider tour in Chicago and here's my summary of some of the new sneak peaks we saw coming to Adobe Analytics.

Sep 12, 2018
Adobe Analytics, Analysis Workspace, Adobe Insider Tour

Markdown in AEM with Flexmark

Unfortunately, AEM did not provide a mechanism to interact with Markdown content, nor were any of the Java markdown libraries compatible with OSGi. Recently, I worked with the Flexmark team to produce an OSGi bundle version of the Flexmark markdown library.

Aug 30, 2018
Adobe Experience Manager, Apache Sling, Markdown

A Retrospective on HTL: The Wrong Solution for the Problem

I have a confession to make: in my heart of hearts I know JSP is better than HTL / Sightly.

Aug 27, 2018
Adobe Experience Manager, Sightly

Anatomy of the Ideal Background Job

I've seen and written a lot of background jobs in my career and in my experience, they are most common culprits to hard-to-diagnose issues in website operations. This is why, with background jobs, it's even more important than your standard component code to ensure the job executes successfully.

Aug 14, 2018
Adobe Experience Manager, Apache Sling, OSGi

Misconceptions and the Missing Modules of Apache Sling

How can you find the source or JavaDocs for an Apache Sling dependency of AEM? The answer is trickier than you'd think, but I've got a new tool to make it easier!

Jul 31, 2018
Apache Sling, Adobe Experience Manager, Open Source

No Servlets Required: Exporting Data with Sling Models

Are you still writing Servlets to render JSON in AEM? Use the Sling Models Exporter instead!

Jul 26, 2018
Sling Models, Servlet, Apache Sling

Adobe Analytics Release: Attribution IQ, Visit Duration and More!

Adobe's July 2018 release includes incredible new features for enhanced attribution, visit configuration and usage tracking.

Jul 23, 2018
Adobe Analytics, Attribution, Attribution IQ

Take the Quiz: What is My Content Production Approach?

Building a content production approach is critical to a successful implementation of Adobe Experience Manager.

Jul 19, 2018
Adobe Experience Manager, Content Strategy

Architecting a Taxonomy for Articles in AEM

One of the most common content structures in Content Management is articles. Articles are self-contained pieces of content relating to a single subject.

Jul 17, 2018
Content Strategy, Web Content Management, Adobe Experience Manager

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