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Perficient: Gold Sponsor at Vercel’s Next.js Conference 2023 – Join Us In-Person or Virtually!

At Perficient, we’re thrilled to announce that we are a Gold Sponsor of this year’s Next.js Conference, hosted by Vercel. This much-anticipated event will take place on October 26th at the iconic SF Jazz in San Francisco, and just like last year, it will feature a vibrant virtual component for attendees to stream for free. […]

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Why Do You Need to Know Backend for Frontend (BFF) Pattern?

Our typical problem arises when we wish to incorporate an API into our mobile app. Consider the situation in which you need to create a mobile app for an existing system. The system was one monolithic solution that exposed an API that exclusively served the web client. The client’s proposal is not restricted to new mobile apps, […]

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Making Sense of Sitecore’s Headless Options

If you read my last article, the big deal with headless, you know that the big deal is performance. The architecture you get leveraging a headless architecture with Next.js front end is fundamentally superior to MVC. When you are ready to make the move to headless, you may be surprised that there isn’t just one […]

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My Very First JavaScript Code

“I can Talk JavaScript, I can walk JavaScript, I can Laugh JavaScript because JavaScript is a very Funny Language.” It’s really a fun writing JavaScript code in the beginning like you can show a pop-up alert, can set a condition to show results and you can also do mathematical calculations in the console. Just press […]

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Optimizely Configured Commerce – Technical Tips

A small tip can be a lifesaver when it comes to customizing a platform or an existing system. It’s crucial to first grasp the implementation details and then follow the correct path to add new functionality or make changes to existing features. However, if you’re unfamiliar with a particular area of the system and are […]

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Import Data From Merlin to Finish Your Migration to Sitecore

In previous posts, I shared my journey with Sitecore Data Exchange Framework and using Merlin to migrate your site to Sitecore.  Learning how to use Merlin was only one part of migrating a site.  In this post, I’ll share my powershell script to pull in data from Merlin and populate your content tree.  I’ll continue […]

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Using Merlin to Migrate Your Site to Sitecore

In a previous post, I shared my journey with Sitecore Data Exchange Framework.  I was excited to use it to create a reusable importer process.  In the end, I decided it was not the right tool for me.  I ended up using Powershell.  In the process of researching site migration tools, I discovered “Merlin”.  Merlin […]

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The Open-Source Philosophy

Open-source software grants its users a degree of accessibility that is not possible through its proprietary counterpart. Open-source codes are published publicly for all who wish to study and manipulate them, whereas proprietary software keeps users more restricted, inside hard, iron-clad lines.

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Icon Library in Optimizely CMS

What are Icons? Icons are graphical representations of different elements on a website. They make the webpages visually appealing and like any other image, have a stronger connection and retention to the end user’s memory than plain text. When used in moderation and the right way, they can be self-explanatory and reduce the need for […]

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What is a Component Inventory, and How do I Create One?

Do you have plans to refresh or rebuild your website? If so, you could benefit from compiling what is called a component inventory. A component inventory is extremely beneficial in documenting high value areas of your site. It is an easy practice that identifies pieces you know you won’t be able to do without on […]

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Monolith vs. Microservices: Which is Right for You?

It’s only been about 25 years or so since Jeff Bezos was selling books out of his garage for a small company known as Amazon.com. Over the next two decades, Amazon and other retailers have gone through many shifts in business, and the most recent is a shift to a more microservice-based architecture. Monolith Architecture […]

Kafka And Mongodb Integration In Big Data

Introduction to Kafka and MongoDB Integration

Introduction: Apache Kafka is a distributed streaming platform that enables businesses to build real-time streaming applications. First developed at LinkedIn in 2010, it has become one of the most widely used messaging systems for big data and real-time analytics. Kafka can process and transmit massive amounts of data in real-time, and its design ensures fault […]

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