EXDST news and Sitecore technical articleshttps://exdst.com/en-ushttps://exdst.com/posts/20260310-sitecore-hackathon-2026/https://exdst.com/posts/20260310-sitecore-hackathon-2026/My team for Sitecore Hackathon 2026: me and two Claude Code instances. Together we built Sitecore JavaScript Extensions - an alternative to SPE with ~100 methods, integration tests, and documentation. Here is how AI changed what one person can build in 24 hours.Tue, 10 Mar 2026 10:00:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20260223-figma-product-hunt/https://exdst.com/posts/20260223-figma-product-hunt/We won Product of the Day on Product Hunt with our Figma MCP server. Here is what we learned about the launch process, the shady business of paid upvotes, and why you should still launch on Product Hunt - but not overestimate its impact.Mon, 23 Feb 2026 10:00:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20260218-figma-claude/https://exdst.com/posts/20260218-figma-claude/Figma announced a new feature to migrate code from Claude Code to Figma. We anticipated this — our open-source Figma MCP server did it first. Here is a quick demo of how it works with Cursor, Claude Opus, and community MCP tools.Wed, 18 Feb 2026 10:00:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20260204-sitecore-mvp-2026/https://exdst.com/posts/20260204-sitecore-mvp-2026/Anton Tishchenko named Sitecore MVP in Technology for the eighth consecutive year, recognized for sharing expertise and driving innovation across the global Sitecore community.Wed, 04 Feb 2026 12:30:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20260109-figma-mcp-server-presentation/https://exdst.com/posts/20260109-figma-mcp-server-presentation/Watch the presentation of the community Figma MCP Server at The Context #27, where Anton Tishchenko walks through the server architecture and demonstrates AI-powered Figma editing in action.Fri, 09 Jan 2026 10:00:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20251222-figma-mcp-server/https://exdst.com/posts/20251222-figma-mcp-server/Announcing the Unofficial Figma MCP Server - a free and open source tool that lets AI assistants edit Figma design documents, bridging the gap left by the official read-only server.Mon, 22 Dec 2025 10:00:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20251112-sitecore-mcp-in-action/https://exdst.com/posts/20251112-sitecore-mcp-in-action/Anton Tishchenko presented at the Sitecore User Group Jaipur on 28th of October. He showed a completely new approach to Sitecore development: generation of Sitecore components using Large Language Models and the Sitecore MCP server.Wed, 12 Nov 2025 10:00:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20251111-sitecore-ai-that-works/https://exdst.com/posts/20251111-sitecore-ai-that-works/Anton Tishchenko presented the Sitecore MCP server on the Konabos webinar on the 10th of September. He told the story about forcing AI to work with Sitecore and showed a few use cases on content creation, translation, and automated integration with Jira and n8n.Tue, 11 Nov 2025 10:00:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20251110-sitecore-astro-migration/https://exdst.com/posts/20251110-sitecore-astro-migration/Anton Tishchenko presented the Astro Demo Sitecore website on Sitecore Headless Development User Group #16. He told Astro, Sitecore Astro SDK, Sitecore Demo website on Astro, and compared it with Next.js.Mon, 10 Nov 2025 10:00:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20251022-sitecore-mcp-figma/https://exdst.com/posts/20251022-sitecore-mcp-figma/How to leverage AI agents with Sitecore MCP, Figma MCP, and Chrome DevTools MCP to speed up the creation of Sitecore components directly from Figma designs.Wed, 22 Oct 2025 10:00:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20250928-swiss-army-knife-mcp-server/https://exdst.com/posts/20250928-swiss-army-knife-mcp-server/Exploring the versatility and potential of the MCP server that integrates multiple tools from the GitHub MCP Registry.Sun, 28 Sep 2025 10:00:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20250915-sitecore-statistics/https://exdst.com/posts/20250915-sitecore-statistics/What are current trends of Sitecore headless usage? Is it time to switch to Sitecore Content SDK?Mon, 15 Sep 2025 10:00:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20250810-sitecore-content-sdk-vs-astro/https://exdst.com/posts/20250810-sitecore-content-sdk-vs-astro/Comparing performance of Sitecore Astro SDK and Sitecore Content SDK for Next.js.Sun, 10 Aug 2025 11:35:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20250724-sitecore-mcp-release/https://exdst.com/posts/20250724-sitecore-mcp-release/Announcing the release of Sitecore MCP Server 1.0.0 with 102 tools for Sitecore APIs.Thu, 24 Jul 2025 11:35:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20250711-sitecore-mcp-jira/https://exdst.com/posts/20250711-sitecore-mcp-jira/Integrating Jira with Sitecore MCP for streamlined task implementation using AI agents.Fri, 11 Jul 2025 11:35:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20250629-sitecore-mcp-inspector/https://exdst.com/posts/20250629-sitecore-mcp-inspector/A guide to setting up, troubleshooting, and contributing to the Sitecore MCP server.Sun, 29 Jun 2025 11:35:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20250629-sitecore-mcp-connection/https://exdst.com/posts/20250629-sitecore-mcp-connection/Learn how to configure the Sitecore MCP server to connect to any Sitecore instance, including XM Cloud. This guide covers necessary configurations for GraphQL API, Item Service, and Sitecore PowerShell Remoting.Sun, 29 Jun 2025 10:35:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20250621-sitecore-mcp-docker/https://exdst.com/posts/20250621-sitecore-mcp-docker/Learn how to run Sitecore MCP server in a Docker container. This guide covers the setup and configuration of the MCP server within a Docker environment.Sat, 21 Jun 2025 12:35:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20250621-sitecore-mcp-remote/https://exdst.com/posts/20250621-sitecore-mcp-remote/Learn how to securely connect to remote Sitecore MCP servers. This guide covers the configuration of secure access using a secret token, enabling AI agents to work with remote Sitecore instances.Sat, 21 Jun 2025 10:35:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20250607-sitecore-mcp-logging/https://exdst.com/posts/20250607-sitecore-mcp-logging/Now, AI Agents can read Sitecore logs and fix issues based on the logs. It is a powerful tool that allows AI Agents to understand the context of the problem and fix it step-by-step.Sat, 07 Jun 2025 10:35:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20250603-sitecore-mcp-search-first-iteration/https://exdst.com/posts/20250603-sitecore-mcp-search-first-iteration/We have added another chunk of MCP tools. These MCP tools are based on the Indexing Sitecore PowerShell Commands. You can rebuild the index, add or remove items from the index, stop indexing, pause indexing, resume indexing, and most importantly, you can search!Tue, 03 Jun 2025 10:35:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20250524-cursor-mcp-troubleshooting/https://exdst.com/posts/20250524-cursor-mcp-troubleshooting/Model Context Protocol servers have become very popular. And Cursor is the most popular developer's tool for using MCP servers. Unfortunately, from time to time, some MCP servers don’t work. There could be tons of reasons why. Today, I will tell you how to find the reason why MCP may not work. And how to fix it!Sat, 24 May 2025 10:35:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20250522-sitecore-mcp-help-wanted/https://exdst.com/posts/20250522-sitecore-mcp-help-wanted/Despite of your wishes, you will likely develop or use MCP servers in the next few years. It will be like REST or GraphQL. And you have a unique opportunity to try it first, to be on the edge of technology. And you will try it with Sitecore, the technology that you know well.Thu, 22 May 2025 10:35:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20250505-sitecore-mcp-sitecore-powershell-and-security/https://exdst.com/posts/20250505-sitecore-mcp-sitecore-powershell-and-security/Sitecore PowerShell is a great tool for managing Sitecore security! And if we give this tool to AI Agents by the implementation of the Sitecore MCP server, we get a really useful assistant!Fri, 16 May 2025 10:35:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20250505-sitecore-mcp-npm-package-setup/https://exdst.com/posts/20250505-sitecore-mcp-npm-package-setup/You can configure and run the Sitecore MCP server in less than 10 minutes. It is easy and fun! You can use Cursor, VS Code, or Claude Desktop to run it. The configuration is simple and straightforward. You can use it for your own projects. What are you waiting for? Try it now!Tue, 06 May 2025 10:35:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20250426-astro-partnership/https://exdst.com/posts/20250426-astro-partnership/We’re proud to announce that EXDST has been selected as an official partner in the newly launched Astro Agency Partner Program — a strategic initiative created to connect businesses with expert development agencies that specialize in Astro, the modern frontend framework built for speed.Sat, 26 Apr 2025 12:35:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20250425-sitecore-mcp-page-translation/https://exdst.com/posts/20250425-sitecore-mcp-page-translation/We implemented the model context protocol for Sitecore. It covers the basic Sitecore API for working with items. It is only the beginning. But the results exceeded our expectations. LLM Agents can do a lot of your routine Sitecore work just in a few messages! Isn’t it the magic?Fri, 25 Apr 2025 12:35:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20250303-sitecore-astro-jss-1-0-1-release/https://exdst.com/posts/20250303-sitecore-astro-jss-1-0-1-release/We are happy to announce the major release of Sitecore JavaScript Software Development Kit for Astro 1.0.1.Mon, 17 Mar 2025 12:35:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20250223-sitecore-astro-verticals-features-list/https://exdst.com/posts/20250223-sitecore-astro-verticals-features-list/We built the demo website with the Astro framework. We used the official Sitecore Next.js demo as a reference. The website looks the same and feels the same. Let’s go through the Next.js and Astro features and compare them side by side. We will compare both Next.js and Astro as well as JSS SDKs for Next.js and Astro.Fri, 14 Mar 2025 11:21:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20250221-sitecore-astro-verticals-components/https://exdst.com/posts/20250221-sitecore-astro-verticals-components/We made a Sitecore Verticals Astro Demo. Now, we have Astro and Next.js Sitecore websites side by side. They are feature-equal and look the same. Let’s compare the code.Thu, 13 Mar 2025 12:35:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20250225-sitecore-astro-verticals-performance/https://exdst.com/posts/20250225-sitecore-astro-verticals-performance/We built the demo website with the Astro framework. We used the official Sitecore Next.js demo as a reference. The website looks the same and feels the same. Let’s go through the Next.js and Astro features and compare them side by side. We will compare both Next.js and Astro as well as JSS SDKs for Next.js and Astro.Wed, 12 Mar 2025 10:42:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20250217-sitecore-astro-verticals-local/https://exdst.com/posts/20250217-sitecore-astro-verticals-local/It is easy to run the Sitecore Astro Verticals Demo locally. You can run the front-end application with Experience Edge or run everything locally with Docker.Tue, 11 Mar 2025 12:35:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20250214-sitecore-astro-verticals-demo-portal/https://exdst.com/posts/20250214-sitecore-astro-verticals-demo-portal/You can easily deploy and try the Sitecore Astro Demo project on Sitecore Demo Portal. The configuration and deployment take less than half an hour!Mon, 10 Mar 2025 11:35:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20250213-sitecore-astro-verticals-demo-process/https://exdst.com/posts/20250213-sitecore-astro-verticals-demo-process/We made the open-source Sitecore Astro Demo that could be run on the Sitecore Demo portal. Feel free to try it, and evaluate it for your needs! Fri, 07 Mar 2025 10:35:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20250226-sitecore-astro-verticals-announcement/https://exdst.com/posts/20250226-sitecore-astro-verticals-announcement/We are happy to announce the release of the new Sitecore Demo Website. We took the existing Sitecore Verticals Demo Website on Next.js and re-implemented it on Astro, which took us about two months of work.Thu, 06 Mar 2025 10:35:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20250220-sitecore-images-url-ttc-tt-hash/https://exdst.com/posts/20250220-sitecore-images-url-ttc-tt-hash/There are some undocumented query parameters in Sitecore media URLs. They are `ttc` and `tt`. We will figure out what they are and how to handle them.Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:35:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20250130-sitecore-mvp-2025/https://exdst.com/posts/20250130-sitecore-mvp-2025/EXDST is proud to announce that Anton Tishchenko, CTO, has been named a Most Valuable Professional (MVP) in Technology by Sitecore®. Anton is one of only 241 MVPs worldwide recognized for his significant contributions to the Sitecore communityThu, 30 Jan 2025 12:30:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20250127-sitecore-xm-cloud-astro/https://exdst.com/posts/20250127-sitecore-xm-cloud-astro/Trying Sitecore Astro JSS was never so easy! We prepared the Github Astro XM Cloud template. You can set up your project in less than 10 minutes!Mon, 27 Jan 2025 12:35:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20250108-sitecore-xm-cloud-angular/https://exdst.com/posts/20250108-sitecore-xm-cloud-angular/Sitecore recently released a new version of Sitecore JSS. Sitecore added Angular support for XM Cloud with SPA Proxy. Do you want to try it? It is easier than you think!Wed, 08 Jan 2025 13:35:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20241224-sitecore-hackathon-2024/https://exdst.com/posts/20241224-sitecore-hackathon-2024/Memories from the Sitecore Hackathon 2024. Our team created a Visual Studio Code extension for Sitecore!Tue, 24 Dec 2024 16:35:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20241216-sitecore-nextjs-app-router-performance/https://exdst.com/posts/20241216-sitecore-nextjs-app-router-performance/Setting the correct expectation about performance of Next.js App Router, once it will be adopted by Sitecore JSS.Mon, 16 Dec 2024 11:40:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20241209-sitecore-statistics/https://exdst.com/posts/20241209-sitecore-statistics/What had changed since March 2024?Mon, 09 Dec 2024 10:00:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20241202-sitecore-nextjs-app-router-server-components/https://exdst.com/posts/20241202-sitecore-nextjs-app-router-server-components/Do you want to use Sitecore Next.js App Router with server components and streaming? It is possible!Mon, 02 Dec 2024 10:40:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20241122-sitecore-nextjs-app-router/https://exdst.com/posts/20241122-sitecore-nextjs-app-router/Are you interested about using Next.js App Router together with Sitecore? This article is for you!Fri, 22 Nov 2024 20:40:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20241010-metadata-editing-mode/https://exdst.com/posts/20241010-metadata-editing-mode/We examine the main JSS feature of the latest release: Metadata editing mode for Next.js. How does it work internally? How will it impact on developers and content managers?Thu, 10 Oct 2024 13:15:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20241010-sitecore-symposium-2024-recommendations/https://exdst.com/posts/20241010-sitecore-symposium-2024-recommendations/Sitecore Symposium 2024 will be as always big event. Do not know what session to attend? Read our recommendations!Thu, 10 Oct 2024 10:40:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20241007-sitecore-nextjs-dynamic-import/https://exdst.com/posts/20241007-sitecore-nextjs-dynamic-import/Utilize Next.js Dynamic Imports to make your Sitecore website faster!Tue, 08 Oct 2024 11:52:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20240917-sitecore-openai-chat-gpt/https://exdst.com/posts/20240917-sitecore-openai-chat-gpt/Do you want to get more from ChatGPT while working with Sitecore? We know how!Tue, 17 Sep 2024 10:52:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20240829-astro-react-angular-together/https://exdst.com/posts/20240829-astro-react-angular-together/How to integrate React and Angular in Astro projects togetherThu, 29 Aug 2024 15:38:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20240827-sitecore-atomic-design/https://exdst.com/posts/20240827-sitecore-atomic-design/How well do atomic design principles work with Sitecore?Tue, 27 Aug 2024 11:52:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20240822-universal-editor-rich-text-editor/https://exdst.com/posts/20240822-universal-editor-rich-text-editor/What is the best RTE for our needs?Thu, 22 Aug 2024 18:49:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20240807-universal-editor-layout/https://exdst.com/posts/20240807-universal-editor-layout/Where and how can we save what will be on the site?Wed, 07 Aug 2024 13:55:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20240731-sitecore-builtwith/https://exdst.com/posts/20240731-sitecore-builtwith/Learn about the ways to detect if a website is built on Sitecore!Wed, 31 Jul 2024 18:19:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20240722-universal-editor-general-thoughts/https://exdst.com/posts/20240722-universal-editor-general-thoughts/Is it possible to have a universal visual editor for headless CMSs?Mon, 22 Jul 2024 11:45:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20240710-sitecore-astro-sugcon/https://exdst.com/posts/20240710-sitecore-astro-sugcon/Vasyl Gavryliuk presents the Sitecore Headless SDK for Astro at SUGCON 2024, exploring why Astro is an excellent choice for Sitecore projects. Learn about Astro blazing-fast performance, island architecture, framework-agnostic approach, and how it compares to Next.js. Discover how this open-source SDK provides the same functionality as official Sitecore SDKs while offering better performance for content-focused marketing sites.Wed, 10 Jul 2024 10:00:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20240403-sitecore-react-astro/https://exdst.com/posts/20240403-sitecore-react-astro/How you can easily add Static Site Generation using Astro to your Sitecore React project.Wed, 03 Apr 2024 11:45:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20240311-sitecore-jss-performance/https://exdst.com/posts/20240311-sitecore-jss-performance/Learn how to analyze and optimize your Next.js JavaScript bundle, reducing the Sitecore JSS npm package size by 4 times. This presentation demonstrates techniques for identifying unnecessary client-side code and using webpack configuration to exclude server-side dependencies like GraphQL, graphql-request, and axios from the client bundle, resulting in measurable performance improvements.Mon, 11 Mar 2024 10:00:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20240310-sitecore-astro-suglatam/https://exdst.com/posts/20240310-sitecore-astro-suglatam/Astro is a blazing-fast web framework for content-driven websites. Sitecore XM is a powerful and intuitive CMS for the simplified creation and management of experiences across channels and devices. Together they could be a perfect match! Consider Astro as an option for your Sitecore headless implementation in 2024Sun, 10 Mar 2024 10:00:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20240305-sitecore-statistics/https://exdst.com/posts/20240305-sitecore-statistics/What had changed since December 2023?Tue, 05 Mar 2024 13:00:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20240226-sitecore-netlify/https://exdst.com/posts/20240226-sitecore-netlify/We continue our journey with Sitecore Headless and different hostings. Today we will talk about Netlify and we will find out how it fits Sitecore Next.js.Mon, 26 Feb 2024 22:45:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20240220-cheapest-possible-sitecore-nextjs-hosting/https://exdst.com/posts/20240220-cheapest-possible-sitecore-nextjs-hosting/This article describes how to achieve image optimization during static exportWed, 21 Feb 2024 17:25:07 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20240220-nuxt-edit-mode/https://exdst.com/posts/20240220-nuxt-edit-mode/Wouldn't it be nice to have Sitecore Experience Editor support in your Nuxt website? This article shows you how to implement itTue, 20 Feb 2024 12:30:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20240215-sitecore-jss-npm-optimization/https://exdst.com/posts/20240215-sitecore-jss-npm-optimization/If your site is based on Sitecore and Next.js then this article is for you. It allows you to decrease the size of the client-side JavaScript bundle. Thu, 15 Feb 2024 17:45:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20240209-sitecore-mvp-2024/https://exdst.com/posts/20240209-sitecore-mvp-2024/EXDST is proud to announce that Anton Tishchenko, CTO has been named a Sitecore MVP in the Technology for 2024. Anton Tishchenko was one of only 147 Technology MVPs worldwide to be named a Sitecore MVP this year.Fri, 09 Feb 2024 16:40:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20240208-sitecore-jss-vue-astro-migration-simplified/https://exdst.com/posts/20240208-sitecore-jss-vue-astro-migration-simplified/We made the process of adding Astro to your Vue.js Sitecore website even simpler. Read the article to find out how.Thu, 08 Feb 2024 18:25:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20240207-sitecore-jss-vue-nuxt-migration/https://exdst.com/posts/20240207-sitecore-jss-vue-nuxt-migration/This article describe how to use Nuxt in the Vue.js JSS projectWed, 07 Feb 2024 07:10:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20240202-sitecore-jss-vue-astro-migration/https://exdst.com/posts/20240202-sitecore-jss-vue-astro-migration/This article is about how to use the Vue.js integration feature in the Astro web framework for migrating Sitecore Vue.js JSS project to Sitecore Astro JSSFri, 02 Feb 2024 19:34:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20240121-sitecore-azure-static-web-apps/https://exdst.com/posts/20240121-sitecore-azure-static-web-apps/Could Azure Static Web Apps be the alternative for Vercel? We tried to find an answer to this question. Results are presented in the article.Sun, 21 Jan 2024 21:15:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20240118-sitecore-nextjs-edit-mode/https://exdst.com/posts/20240118-sitecore-nextjs-edit-mode/Have you ever wondered how all editing magic works? This article will explain what is under the hood of Next.js editing mode.Thu, 18 Jan 2024 16:46:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20240104-sitecore-astro-rendering/https://exdst.com/posts/20240104-sitecore-astro-rendering/Working with Astro as a frontend framework is very similar to other web frameworks supported by Sitecore. We will go through the all process of rendering creation.Thu, 04 Jan 2024 13:26:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20240103-first-sitecore-astro-project/https://exdst.com/posts/20240103-first-sitecore-astro-project/It is very easy to start with Sitecore Astro JSS SDK. We will go through the all process of project initialization.Wed, 03 Jan 2024 14:31:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20240102-sitecore-jss-react-nextjs-migration/https://exdst.com/posts/20240102-sitecore-jss-react-nextjs-migration/The following steps will help you fast and easy migrate you Sitecore JSS application from React to Next.js framework witch make you project more performed faster and optimizedTue, 02 Jan 2024 16:54:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20231206-sitecore-xm-cloud-astro/https://exdst.com/posts/20231206-sitecore-xm-cloud-astro/Sitecore XM Cloud is a new Sitecore offering. The most popular web framework for Sitecore XM Cloud is Next.js. But you can use any other framework. And we have already implemented it for Astro!Wed, 06 Dec 2023 21:56:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20231204-sitecore-statistics/https://exdst.com/posts/20231204-sitecore-statistics/What to know more which Sitecore version do clients use? Or what web frameworks are popular? Or what are current trends? Then this article is for you.Mon, 04 Dec 2023 21:56:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20231201-sitecore-nextjs-bundle/https://exdst.com/posts/20231201-sitecore-nextjs-bundle/Delve into the intricacies of optimizing Next.js bundles within the Sitecore JSS ecosystem using Webpack and the @next/bundle-analyzer tool. Fri, 01 Dec 2023 18:00:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20231123-sitecore-astro-angular/https://exdst.com/posts/20231123-sitecore-astro-angular/You can use Angular for interactive islands with Sitecore Astro. See, how easy it is.Thu, 23 Nov 2023 18:00:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20231123-sitecore-astro-vue/https://exdst.com/posts/20231123-sitecore-astro-vue/You can turn your existing Sitecore JSS Vue website into the SSG website using Astro. See, how easy it is.Thu, 23 Nov 2023 14:00:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20231122-sitecore-astro-react/https://exdst.com/posts/20231122-sitecore-astro-react/Static or dynamic Sitecore website? You don’t longer need to choose with Astro JSS SDK for Sitecore! See, how easy you can use React together with Astro.Wed, 22 Nov 2023 21:00:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20231012-sitecore-composable-components-101/https://exdst.com/posts/20231012-sitecore-composable-components-101/Check if your Sitecore frontend implementation is really composable. And if it is not, then learn how to make it composable.Thu, 12 Oct 2023 21:00:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20231002-sitecore-astro/https://exdst.com/posts/20231002-sitecore-astro/We are happy to announce the first public version of Sitecore JSS SDK for Astro! Mon, 02 Oct 2023 10:00:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20231001-sitecore-statistics/https://exdst.com/posts/20231001-sitecore-statistics/What to know more which Sitecore version do clients use? Or what web frameworks are popular? Or what are current trends? Then this article is for you.Sun, 01 Oct 2023 21:56:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20230926-component-factory/https://exdst.com/posts/20230926-component-factory/Component Factory: what is it and why do we need it?Tue, 26 Sep 2023 21:52:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20230914-sitecore-jss-frontend/https://exdst.com/posts/20230914-sitecore-jss-frontend/Send this to your frontend developer, who will work on Sitecore project without Sitecore experience.Thu, 14 Sep 2023 11:45:41 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20230807-your-own-sitecore-jss-framework/https://exdst.com/posts/20230807-your-own-sitecore-jss-framework/It is not that hard as you might think. You will need: components factory, placeholder, fields, and editing API. Other parts you will be able to reuse from Sitecore JavaScript Rendering SDK.Wed, 30 Aug 2023 12:13:41 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20230807-react-experience-editor/https://exdst.com/posts/20230807-react-experience-editor/Advanced techniques for conditional rendering to make them fully compatible with Sitecore Experience EditorMon, 07 Aug 2023 13:14:42 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20230525-host-docker-internal-sitecore-containers/https://exdst.com/posts/20230525-host-docker-internal-sitecore-containers/Using host.docker.internal to access local services from Sitecore containers.Thu, 25 May 2023 23:11:44 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20230521-ngrok-sitecore-containers/https://exdst.com/posts/20230521-ngrok-sitecore-containers/This article describes how to build a bridge between Sitecore container and local Node server using ngrok.Sun, 21 May 2023 19:14:15 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20230325-sitecore-hackathon-technical-details-2023/https://exdst.com/posts/20230325-sitecore-hackathon-technical-details-2023/EXDST team process of creation the winning solution on Sitecore Hackathon 2023 in Best Enhancement to SXA Headless category. From the idea to implementation.Sat, 25 Mar 2023 18:44:05 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20230324-sitecore-hackathon-win-2023/https://exdst.com/posts/20230324-sitecore-hackathon-win-2023/EXDST developer team wins Sitecore Hackathon 2023 in the category Best enhancement to SXA Headless. Team created module for using JSX inside Sitecore SXA rendering variants.Fri, 24 Mar 2023 12:35:03 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20230210-sitecore-mvp-2023/https://exdst.com/posts/20230210-sitecore-mvp-2023/EXDST is proud to announce that Anton Tishchenko, one of our team members, has been named a Most Valuable Professional (MVP) in Technology by Sitecore. As a Sitecore MVP, Anton brings a wealth of expertise and deep understanding of the platform to EXDST and our clients. This recognition highlights our commitment to delivering innovative and cutting-edge Sitecore solutions, and we are confident that Anton contributions will continue to drive our success and help our clients achieve their digital transformation goals.Fri, 10 Feb 2023 09:25:03 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20221115-new-relic-monitoring-for-sitecore-docker-environment/https://exdst.com/posts/20221115-new-relic-monitoring-for-sitecore-docker-environment/Health monitoring of the containerized distributed environments is important. It could be done with New Relic service. Wanna know how?Tue, 15 Nov 2022 02:22:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20221111-sitecore-traefik-dashboard-access-logs/https://exdst.com/posts/20221111-sitecore-traefik-dashboard-access-logs/You can get more from Traefik in your Sitecore Docker configuration. We will review Dashboard and configure access logs.Fri, 11 Nov 2022 18:43:00 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20221014-sitecore-solr-search-q-fq/https://exdst.com/posts/20221014-sitecore-solr-search-q-fq/Do you know when to use “Where” and when to use “Filter” in Sitecore Solr search? Let’s figure it out.Fri, 14 Oct 2022 22:44:10 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20221010-sitecore-processors-dependency-injection/https://exdst.com/posts/20221010-sitecore-processors-dependency-injection/All Sitecore processors have Singleton lifetime. Let’s figure out how to use another lifetime for your dependencies.Mon, 10 Oct 2022 12:20:32 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20220912-validate-sitecore-serialization-using-git-hooks/https://exdst.com/posts/20220912-validate-sitecore-serialization-using-git-hooks/Usage of git hooks together with Sitecore serialization CLI will make you confident that you will never accidentally break items serialization and block other developers.Mon, 12 Sep 2022 10:19:22 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20220905-cover-sitecore-dianoga-with-integration-tests/https://exdst.com/posts/20220905-cover-sitecore-dianoga-with-integration-tests/Being confident in your code changes is an important thing in software development, especially when your code is used in many different projects in many different ways. We will improve confidence in code Dianoga changes by covering them with integration tests.Mon, 05 Sep 2022 13:23:02 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20220828-using-sitecore-dianoga-asset-image/https://exdst.com/posts/20220828-using-sitecore-dianoga-asset-image/Step by step guide how to start using Sitecore Dianoga Asset Image in containerized environment.Sun, 28 Aug 2022 11:25:07 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20220728-sitecore-docker-github-actions/https://exdst.com/posts/20220728-sitecore-docker-github-actions/GitHub Actions provides ability to run build scripts for your CI/CD pipeline. We can use them to build our Sitecore Dianoga Docker Asset Image. And then publish it to the Docker Hub registry.Thu, 28 Jul 2022 16:25:07 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20220723-sitecore-icons/https://exdst.com/posts/20220723-sitecore-icons/Are you tired of all Sitecore backeds looking the same? Refresh your Sitecore backend with modern and shiny Font Awesome icons or Material UI icons!Sat, 23 Jul 2022 16:25:07 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20220707-sitecore-dianoga-docker/https://exdst.com/posts/20220707-sitecore-dianoga-docker/A step-by-step description of how to build a Sitecore Docker asset image. We will go through the all process from selecting the build image and building the project to copying everything that we need to the base image.Wed, 06 Jul 2022 15:25:07 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20220703-sitecore-docker-asset-image/https://exdst.com/posts/20220703-sitecore-docker-asset-image/There are many articles and quite a significant amount of documentation about Sitecore Docker Asset images. And there are discussed the complex things. But I haven’t seen a basic explanation, of what it is and what it is not. Let’s reveal the magic!Sun, 03 Jul 2022 15:25:07 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/20220603-widows-event-log/https://exdst.com/posts/20220603-widows-event-log/Do you have difficulties in troubleshooting Sitecore Docker containers? Read, how to view Windows Event Logs from your container similar to your local computer.Fri, 03 Jun 2022 17:25:07 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/sitecore-mvp-2022/https://exdst.com/posts/sitecore-mvp-2022/Anton Tishchenko, has been named fourth time in a row a Most Valuable Professional (MVP) in the Technology category by Sitecore® the global leader in digital experience management software.Tue, 01 Feb 2022 10:35:07 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/sitecore-sxa-css-source-map-10-2/https://exdst.com/posts/sitecore-sxa-css-source-map-10-2/The easy way of using cascade stylesheet and javascript source map files with Sitecore Experience Accelerator starting from 10.2.Fri, 26 Nov 2021 12:35:03 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/sitecore-solr-proxy/https://exdst.com/posts/sitecore-solr-proxy/Your Sitecore Solr Admin Console could be in the one click on Sitecore CM instance when you install this moduleFri, 12 Nov 2021 13:25:07 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/sitecore-unicorn-blobid/https://exdst.com/posts/sitecore-unicorn-blobid/Do not forget to update BlobId, when update Value in your YML filesFri, 01 Oct 2021 17:25:07 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/sitecore-sxa-css-source-map/https://exdst.com/posts/sitecore-sxa-css-source-map/The ultimate guide how to use cascade stylesheet source map files with Sitecore Experience Accelerator.Sat, 24 Jul 2021 10:35:07 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/sitecore-sxa-site-structure-decision-helper/https://exdst.com/posts/sitecore-sxa-site-structure-decision-helper/The one more interctive test in our website section: "Choice". New test will help you to choose proper strucutre for you new Sitecore Experience Accelerator (SXA) multisite project.Mon, 21 Jun 2021 10:35:07 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/sitecore-sxa-component-decision-helper/https://exdst.com/posts/sitecore-sxa-component-decision-helper/We are glad to introduce a new section of our website: "Choice". It will contain interactive tests, which will help you make the right decision while working with Sitecore. And the first test is Sitecore SXA Component Decision Helper.Mon, 07 Jun 2021 20:35:07 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/sitecore-sxa-ci-cd-improvements/https://exdst.com/posts/sitecore-sxa-ci-cd-improvements/Are you tired of fixing conflicts in the serialized SXA theme files? You can avoid it by small improvement of your CI/CD pipeline.Fri, 28 May 2021 17:35:07 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/sitecore-tiny-mce-new-life/https://exdst.com/posts/sitecore-tiny-mce-new-life/Small story of taking existing integration of TinyMCE with Sitecore and bringing it to a new level.Sat, 01 May 2021 10:35:07 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/sitecore-sxa-cli-theme-error/https://exdst.com/posts/sitecore-sxa-cli-theme-error/Even if you follow all steps in official Sitecore SXA CLI documentation, you can face with edge cases. One of them is described here.Sat, 20 Mar 2021 05:35:07 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/sitecore-hackathon-2021-ererenderingdering/https://exdst.com/posts/sitecore-hackathon-2021-ererenderingdering/Have you ever get bored of editing multiple Sitecore items? Bulk editing of items can solve this issue.Wed, 10 Mar 2021 10:35:07 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/sitecore-hackathon-2021-omega/https://exdst.com/posts/sitecore-hackathon-2021-omega/The complexity of layout details on page items grows through time. But there is still a way how to display list of all renderings in human-friendly view.Mon, 08 Mar 2021 10:35:07 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/sitecore-hackathon-2021/https://exdst.com/posts/sitecore-hackathon-2021/2 teams from EXDST participated in Sitecore Hackaton 2021. Teams created modules for enchancement of visuzlization of item presentation and for bulk editing of Sitecore items.Sun, 07 Mar 2021 10:35:07 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/sitecore-rendering-xml/https://exdst.com/posts/sitecore-rendering-xml/Have you ever turned on "View Raw Values" and looked into __renderings field? And wonder what do all these values mean? This article provides complete explanation of the internal structure of renderings field.Mon, 22 Feb 2021 05:35:07 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/sitecore-mvp-2021/https://exdst.com/posts/sitecore-mvp-2021/Anton Tishchenko, has been named a 2021 Most Valuable Professional (MVP) in the Technology category by Sitecore® the global leader in digital experience management software. Anton is being honored among only 170 Technology worldwide in the program’s 15th year.Sat, 30 Jan 2021 10:35:07 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/sitecore-dianoga-cdn-2021/https://exdst.com/posts/sitecore-dianoga-cdn-2021/Optimization of images is very important for your site speed. But what is better: optimize your Sitecore images by yourself or delegete this function to CDN?Fri, 15 Jan 2021 05:35:07 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/ngrok-sitecore/https://exdst.com/posts/ngrok-sitecore/Do you want to share your local Sitecore instance with you remote colleague or customer? We will explain how to do it in 15 minutes!Thu, 07 Jan 2021 05:35:07 GMThttps://exdst.com/posts/sitecore-mvp-2020-award-arrived/https://exdst.com/posts/sitecore-mvp-2020-award-arrived/Tue, 01 Dec 2020 10:35:07 GMT