Reading Time: 5 minutesThe world of front-end development is changing at a lightning fast pace. It’s hard enough for a front-end developer to keep up. So, how should a Tridion architect or general back-end developer stay “in the know” about the world of … Continue reading
Category: Content Management
Why we can’t conclusively determine that Tridion structure group icons are pink
Reading Time: 4 minutesRecently, Tanner Brine made the case that Tridion’s Structure Group icons are pink. And he declared his results conclusive. I’m here to say, “no they aren’t”. 1
How does a front-end developer get started in Tridion?
Reading Time: 2 minutesFront-end developers have enough on their plates. Between the latest CSS modules, the “HTML5” APIs, JavaScript updates, and new frameworks (Angular 2, React), it’s hard enough to keep up. And if that isn’t enough, then there’s the content management systems: … Continue reading
Two more things a front-end developer should know about schemas in Tridion
Reading Time: 5 minutesSo, you’re a front-end developer. You’re trying to learn about Tridion and how it affects your life. Maybe you’ve met some Tridion architects you want to impress. Maybe you’ve aggravated them, but you’ve run out of whisky. Even after my … Continue reading
Four Things a Front-end Developer Should Know about Schemas in Tridion
Reading Time: 5 minutesYou’re a front-end developer. You’re writing for a component template. You hand off HTML for a back-end developer to write a view. The back-end developer looks at it, goes cross-eyed and starts muttering to himself. You explain it. He says, … Continue reading
7 Things a Front-end Developer Should Know about Tridion
Reading Time: 8 minutesSo, you’re a front-end developer, eh? And you’ve been told that you’ll be writing code, and that it’ll be moved into a Content Management System. Called Tridion. And you can’t find out where to download it because there’s not a … Continue reading
Front-end for the Middle: Coding and CMSing for Relationships
Reading Time: 5 minutesThis is part three of a series called “Front-end for the Middle”. Honestly, I didn’t mean to write three posts. But when one post is over 2,000 words without being finished, it’s time to get slicing. Previously, we’ve talked about … Continue reading
Front-end for the Middle: Semantics and Schemas
Reading Time: 5 minutesThis is a continuation of a previous post that I wrote, entitled Front-end for the Middle: Focus and Design. Previously, we established that it’s better for a front-end developer to be focused on content, rather than design. In this post, … Continue reading
Front-end for the Middle: Focus and Design
Reading Time: 3 minutesA few months back I had the opportunity to present at the Tridion Developer Summit in Amsterdam. Gino Toro, (former) product manager for Media Manager was going to be speaking on Media Manager, so I decided to try a different … Continue reading
What’s that Schema? A Basic Alchemy Plugin
Reading Time: 6 minutesEver looked at a component in Tridion and wondered, “what schema does that use?” I have. All the time. Opening up the component to find out what schema it uses is just too many clicks. Ain’t nobody got time for … Continue reading