What is GraphQL? GraphQL is a powerful query language for APIs that allows clients to request only the data they need. Optimizely leverages GraphQL to serve content to your platform agnostic presentation layer. This approach to headless architecture with Optimizely CMS is gaining traction in the space and developers often encounter new challenges when transitioning […]
Posts Tagged ‘Headless’
What’s the point of Headless?
In the ever-evolving world of web development, the term “headless” is as popular today as it ever has been. But what does it really mean, and why should you care? Let’s dive into the concept of headless architecture, its benefits, and why Sitecore is leading the charge in this space. What is Headless? At its […]
Optimizely SaaS CMS Advancements
Delivering exceptional digital experiences requires a powerful, flexible, and scalable content management system. Optimizely’s SaaS CMS continues to evolve with new features and innovations designed to drive efficiency, enhance flexibility, and unlock greater value. Perficient, a trusted leader in digital transformation, has deep expertise in Optimizely solutions, helping businesses implement and optimize their CMS strategies […]
Sitecore JSS Development Essentials: Create new component in Sitecore Next.js app
As Sitecore has started supporting Headless CMS architecture, from my working experience on headless JSS projects, I thought of putting together a series of blogs demonstrating the basics that one has to do in Sitecore Next.js project. In my first blog, I will explain about creating new component in sitecore and frontend project. The prerequisite […]
Sitecore JSS Development Essentials: Create new placeholder in Sitecore Next.js app
In the previous blog, I demonstrated how to create a new component in JSS Next.js app. If you must have noticed, I added it to an existing Main placeholder, however most of us come across scenarios where we have to create new placeholders to build the desired page design. So, in this blog, I will […]
Headless is Out of This World, Let’s Dive In!
I previously wrote about Sitecore Content Hub ONE and its place in the market as a new pure-play headless CMS. One of the key differentiators of a pure-play headless CMS is the lack of any presentation or visual rendering of content. They focus on managing content in its purest form in a repository to syndicate […]
Perficient XM Cloud JumpStart
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 […]
XM Cloud Certification
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 […]
Still Working with Sitecore Without Docker? Check Sifon, your New Multitool in a Sitecore Toolbelt
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 […]
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 […]
The Big Deal with Headless
Performance Matters. According to Amazon, 1 second of load lag time would cost them 1.6 billion in sales per year. Walmart says, for every second of improvement, they receive a 2% conversion increase. According to Akamai, every 100-millisecond delay in website load time can hurt conversion rates by 7%. And for every second delay in […]
Sitecore JSS Development Essentials: Graphql integration using Apollo
The Sitecore JavaScript Rendering SDK (JSS) offers GraphQL services and clients that streamline the process of querying and updating data with GraphQL. Although we can create and choose different content item resolver, for complex queries and data we can opt for Graphql. JSS applications provide various choices for utilizing GraphQL. If you’re working with a […]