Martin Miles

The Sitecore MVP program is designed to recognize individuals who have demonstrated advanced knowledge of the Sitecore platform and a commitment to sharing knowledge and technical expertise with community partners, customers, and prospects over the past year. The program is open to anyone who is passionate about Sitecore and has a desire to contribute to […]

I sometimes see folks creating components in XM Cloud incorrectly. Therefore I decided to create and share this guidance with you. So, basically, there are five steps involved in creating your own component: Create an SXA module that will serve as a pluggable container for all the necessary assets for your components, if not done […]

At Perficient, we take pride in our commitment to excellence and continuous learning. Today, we’re excited to celebrate a significant milestone as nine of our employees have successfully passed the recently released XM Cloud Developer Certification Exam. This accomplishment not only highlights the dedication and expertise of our team but also reflects our commitment to […]

I have always said that Sitecore MVP Summit is the best perk of all the MVP program benefits available. Usually, it is a tsunami of insightful information and considerations, shared with the group of MVPs for discussion and feedback in return. Because of that MVPs can have a planning horizon, in terms of work, development, […]

Almost anyone attending XM Cloud sessions at SUGCON North America earlier saw GraphQL queries as a part of such presentations. For mature headless developers getting through each query requires some amount of time, while for newbies that “user-friendly” syntax stands as an unreachable barrier. Once in the past, I failed to find any good article […]

What an amazing week it was! All three events took place at the same venue – Radisson Blu Convention Center within the largest shopping mall in the US – Mall of America in Minneapolis. The city has a significant Sitecore presence, not to say it is a place where OrderCloud originates from. MVP Summit On […]

In today’s fast-paced world of software development, automation is the key to efficiency. GitHub Actions is a powerful tool that can help you automate your workflow, saving you time and reducing errors. In this article, I’ll dive into what GitHub Actions is, how it works, and how you can leverage it to supercharge your development […]

The approach I am going to show you would work for any CI/CD pipeline with XM Cloud with some level of customization, however, I will be showing it on an example of GitHub Actions. Why? One would ask – if my codebase is located at GitHub, why on earth would I need to leverage GitHub […]

Perficient’s XM Cloud Jumpstart helps existing Sitecore customers who want to adopt XM Cloud create and execute a plan to move their MVC solutions to XM Cloud using Next.js and React or rapidly implement a greenfield solution according to the best industry standards from scratch. Regardless of your starting point, JumpStart delivers a better experience […]

Among several other XM Cloud platform enthusiasts, I was invited to take part in the XM Cloud beta certification. Taking into account that I was also involved in beta testing of XM Cloud Developer Fundamentals Training earlier in July (it is available now and I highly recommend the one), I would like to share overall […]

Hey Sitecore professionals, if you have not heard about Sifon for Sitecore – you must definitely check this out. I spent a lot of time building and testing it and can say Sifon is a definite Swiss army knife for local Sitecore development in the right arms, so you’d really like to learn why. Installing […]

In the world of Sitecore, excellence knows no gender boundaries. Here at Perficient’s Sitecore & Optimizely Business Unit, five remarkable women have achieved a prestigious milestone that sets them apart — they were chosen to be speakers at the highly regarded SUGCON (Sitecore User Group Conference) in 2023. Being selected as a speaker at this […]