Azure Resource Manager (ARM) is the new set of APIs for deploying and managing Microsoft Azure services. A previous article in this series defines what Azure Resource Manager (ARM) means for Developers, IT Pros and DevOps. This article will dive into the details of using Azure Resource Manager, ARM Templates, Visual Studio 2015, and the Azure SDK to […]
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5 Ways Sitecore Experience Platform Can Improve a Patient Journey
How healthcare can use the leading customer experience platform to deliver the ideal patient experience. If you are in the healthcare business – data, and how it is utilized, is likely something you face weekly. For that matter, you may have even read some of our own Healthcare Industry Trends. Healthcare is rich with patient data, […]
Introduction to ASP.NET Core 1.0
Also known as, ASP.NET 5, this introduction will cover some basic topics on the new framework. Microsoft hosted a free all-day training session this week at the MTC and I was able to attend. It was my first in-depth look at all the new features and I was quite surprised by some. The last version […]
How InsiteCommerce 4.1 is Changing the Online Shopping Landscape
What is InsiteCommerce? eCommerce is the fastest-growing online business sector nowadays. You have millions of shopping portals where you can get almost every type of product of any brand you like. eCommerce makes our lives easy as it allows you to purchase the product of your choice from your place instead of visiting different stores […]
Diagnosing Sitecore Performance Problems
Website performance is incredibly important for most companies. This is especially true in situations where a website might be accessed by a huge number of customers within a short period of time (think Black Friday or a utility company with a widespread outage). While performance can mean different things to different people (time to first […]
IoT Development with Windows 10 and Raspberry Pi: Working offline
This is my sixth blog post covering Windows 10 IoT Core. Previous posts: Part 1: https://blogs.perficient.com/microsoft/2016/01/windows-10-iot-editions-explained/ Part 2: https://blogs.perficient.com/microsoft/2016/01/iot-development-with-windows-10-and-raspberry-pi-what-you-need/ Part 3: https://blogs.perficient.com/microsoft/2016/01/iot-development-with-windows-10-and-raspberry-pi-setting-up/ Part 4: https://blogs.perficient.com/microsoft/2016/01/iot-development-with-windows-10-and-raspberry-pi-hello-world/ Part 5: https://blogs.perficient.com/microsoft/2016/01/iot-development-with-windows-10-and-raspberry-pi-public-display/ In previous blog post we development a Raspberry Pi 2 application which could be used to present a slideshow on a big public display (outdoor or indoor). […]
IoT Development with Windows 10 and Raspberry Pi: Public Display
This is my fifth blog post covering Windows 10 IoT Core. Previous posts: Part 1: https://blogs.perficient.com/microsoft/2016/01/windows-10-iot-editions-explained/ Part 2: https://blogs.perficient.com/microsoft/2016/01/iot-development-with-windows-10-and-raspberry-pi-what-you-need/ Part 3: https://blogs.perficient.com/microsoft/2016/01/iot-development-with-windows-10-and-raspberry-pi-setting-up/ Part 4: https://blogs.perficient.com/microsoft/2016/01/iot-development-with-windows-10-and-raspberry-pi-hello-world/ In my previous post we being creating our first application for Raspberry Pi 2 running Windows 10 IoT Core. That was a simple “hello world” application. Now let’s build something […]
IoT Development with Windows 10 and Raspberry Pi – Hello World!
This is my fourth blog post covering Windows 10 IoT Core. Previous posts: Part 1: https://blogs.perficient.com/microsoft/2016/01/windows-10-iot-editions-explained/ Part 2: https://blogs.perficient.com/microsoft/2016/01/iot-development-with-windows-10-and-raspberry-pi-what-you-need/ Part 3: https://blogs.perficient.com/microsoft/2016/01/iot-development-with-windows-10-and-raspberry-pi-setting-up/ So, you set up your development environment, assembled, connected and set up Raspberry Pi 2. Now you can create your first IoT application. First, head to Visual Studio 2015 and create a project […]
IoT Development with Windows 10 and Raspberry Pi – Setting Up
This is my third blog article covering Windows 10 IoT Core. Part 1: https://blogs.perficient.com/microsoft/2016/01/windows-10-iot-editions-explained/. Part 2: https://blogs.perficient.com/microsoft/2016/01/iot-development-with-windows-10-and-raspberry-pi-what-you-need/ By now we got development environment all set up (installed Windows 10 production release, enabled development mode, installed Visual Studio 2015 and IoT templates). We also set our mind on specific board which we’ll be using: Raspberry Pi […]
IoT development with Windows 10 and Raspberry Pi – What you need
This is my second blog article covering Windows 10 IoT Core. See the first part here: https://blogs.perficient.com/microsoft/2016/01/windows-10-iot-editions-explained/. So, you decided to develop your first IoT (embedded) application using Windows 10 IoT Core. Awesome! What do you need for that? Surprisingly, not that much. First, you need a device, a IoT board. At the moment, Windows […]
Windows 10 IoT editions explained
Windows has a long history of deployments outside of traditional desktop (or laptop) computers. Embedded versions of Windows existed for a long time, powering check registers, kiosks, outdoor displays and even car entertainment systems. Pretty much every version of Windows is recent times had it’s embedded incarnation (XP, 7, 8 and now 10). The OS […]
How to Create Placeholder Dropdowns in Sitecore 8
The Content Editor in Sitecore contains the ability to type a placeholder name when adding a component to presentation details. But was the correct name ‘three-left-col’ or ‘three-col-left’ or ‘three-left-column’? To see the list of available placeholders, we have to close the add window, navigate the content tree to find the placeholders, then go back […]