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Running Optimizely 12 on a Mac
Now that Optimizely 12 runs on .NET 5 it can be run on a Mac, and with most front enders using Macs, I thought it might be useful to demonstrate the steps on how to get it up and running on a Mac.
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Setting Up Optimizely on Aspire: A Developer's Walkthrough
Explore the step-by-step guide to setting up Optimizely with dotnet aspire and C# 8.0, tailored for developers seeking to enhance their digital projects. Dive into my comprehensive walkthrough on the Optimizely Aspire GitHub repository.
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Optimizely (Episerver) Content Cloud Exam - My Tips
After sitting the exam, I thought I would document some of the ways I prepared for the exam, and what I found most useful out of the material.
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New site for Wife of a Geek
Also built on Contentful and Azure Cognitive Search
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Why every web developer should have k6 installed
Discussing the benefits of local load testing, and how k6 can also be used for regression/integration testing
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How to open rich text links in a new tab in Contentful.net
Contentful doesn't have an option to choose a target for links in a rich text field (yet), so for now I assume that external links should be opened in a new tab. This is achieved with an IContentRenderer.
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Sitemap Driven Load Test
A nice script I put together to do load testing based on the contents of a sitemap.
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Optimizely CMS Roadmap
Explore Optimizely CMS's latest roadmap, packed with developer-focused updates. From SaaS speed to Visual Builder enhancements, developer tooling upgrades, and Graph-first architecture in CMS 13, see how these innovations empower modern content delivery.
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Tagging in Contentful
Contentful have recently introduced tagging, I think this is a really important step forward for the headless CMS.
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Generating testable content in Episerver
A simple episerver project with a couple of basic page types to show how an Initializable Module can be used to generate pages that QA and UAT teams can use during their testing/sign off process.
I have used Bogus and Waffle to generate realistic content, the Faker classes can be found in the business module along with the module.
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My go-to nuget packages
A categorised list of nuget packages that I tend to use in most projects. Covers data access, business logic, and presentation packages.
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SDL Topology Generator
My solution to the writing SDL Web Topology Powershell scripts
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