Professional Sitecore® Development -- Contents -- Chapter 1 Introducing the Sitecore ASP.NET CMS -- Understanding Web Content Management Systems -- Introducing Sitecore -- Logging In -- Embedded Applications -- Working with Sitecore -- Sitecore Company History -- Sitecore ASP.NET CMS Version History -- Sitecore Components -- Sitecore Databases -- Hosting IIS Websites -- IIS Application Pool -- Document Root Subdirectory -- Data Subdirectory -- Sitecore Visual Studio Project -- Sitecore Rocks -- Take Home Points -- Chapter 2 Information Architecture -- Introducing Information Architecture -- Sitecore Items -- Item Languages, Versions, and Revisions -- Item Properties -- Item Structure -- Definition Items -- Insert Options -- Sorting Items -- Managing ItemURLs -- How Sitecore Generates URLs -- How Sitecore Resolves URLs -- Removing /sitecore/content from URLs -- Clone Items -- Alias Items -- Wildcard Items -- Sitecore Data Templates -- Data Template Sections -- Data Template Fields -- Data Template Field Types and Categories -- Data Template Field Properties -- Standard Values -- Data Template Inheritance -- The Standard Template -- Data Validation -- Managing Multilingual Solutions -- Language and Culture -- Determining the Context Language -- Falling Back to an Alternate Language -- Managing Media -- Sitecore Media Folders -- Media URLs -- Configuring the Media Library -- Media Upload Watcher -- WebDAV -- Media Types -- Configuring MIME Types -- Media Path Provider -- Caching Media -- Sharing Content -- Importing Content -- Take-Home Points -- Chapter 3 The Layout Engine and Data Access APIs -- The ASP.NET Page Lifecycle -- The Sitecore Context -- Layout Details and Layout Deltas -- Presentation Components -- Devices -- Layouts -- Placeholders and Placeholder Settings -- Presentation Controls (Renderings) -- Sublayouts.

XSL Renderings -- Method Renderings -- URL Renderings -- Web Controls -- Rendering Parameters and Rendering Parameters Templates -- Presentation Control Definition Item Properties -- Choosing Presentation Technology -- Presentation Component Data Sources -- Conditional Rendering and Personalization -- The FieldRenderer Web Control and the renderField Pipeline -- The Page Mode -- Fundamental Sitecore APIs -- Sitecore.Configuration.Factory -- Sitecore.Data.Database -- Sitecore.Data.Items.Item -- Sitecore.Data.Fields.Field and Related Classes -- Sitecore.Data.ID -- Sitecore.Data.Items.EditContext, BeginEdit(), and EndEdit() -- Sitecore.Data.Items.CustomItem -- Sitecore ID Constants -- Sitecore Data Access Techniques -- Direct Item API Access -- Sitecore Query Access -- Sitecore Fast Query Access -- Lucene Search Index Access -- Internal Links Database Access -- Recursion -- Sitecore Web Services -- Syndicate Content with Sitecore -- Public RSS Feeds -- Client RSS Feeds -- Layout Engine Best Practices -- Take Home Points -- Chapter 4 Sitecore Security -- Access Rights -- Inheriting Access Rights -- Evaluating Access Rights -- Setting Access Rights -- Interpreting Access Rights with the Access Viewer -- Securing Data Template Fields -- Applying Access Rights with APIs -- Security Accounts and Domains -- Users -- User Profiles -- Anonymous Users -- Context User -- Roles -- Everyone Roles -- Nested Roles -- Sitecore Client Roles -- Security Domains -- Preventing Sitecore from Applying Security -- Impersonating a Sitecore User -- Disabling Sitecore Security -- Requiring Authentication for a Managed Website -- Integrating and Extending Sitecore Security -- Configuring ASP.NET Membership, Profile, and Role Providers -- Building Virtual Users -- Employing Federated Authentication -- Switching Providers -- Take-Home Points.

Chapter 5 Error Management -- Exception Levels -- Designing an Error Helper Class -- Implementing Your Own Exception Classes -- Trapping Exceptions with try...catch...finally Blocks -- Handing Errors in Presentation Controls -- Handing Syntax and Runtime Errors in XSL Renderings -- Handling Exceptions in Sublayouts -- Handling Exceptions in Web Controls -- Hiding Presentation Control Errors -- Handling Exceptions at the Page Level -- Handling Exceptions at the Application Level -- Error Management Pages -- ASP.NET Error Management Pages -- IIS Error Management Pages -- HTTP 404 Not Found -- System Outages -- Take-Home Points -- Chapter 6 Optimizing, Scaling, and Troubleshooting -- Optimizing Sitecore Performance -- Leveraging Sitecore Caching -- Utility Caches -- Database Caches -- Site Media Caches -- Site Output Caches -- Tuning Cache Sizes -- Disabling Cache Size Limits -- Bringing the Most Bits Together -- Scaling Your Solution -- Scaling Infrastructure -- Load Balancing -- Balancing Content Management -- Balancing Content Delivery -- Scaling Publishing -- Scaling the Database Layer -- Virtualizing Sitecore -- Edge Caching and Content Delivery Networks -- Architecting High Availability -- Planning Hardware Capacity -- Troubleshooting Your Solution -- The Sitecore Log Files -- Rendering Statistics -- Tracking Performance Thresholds -- Debugging in a Browser -- Debugging with Microsoft Visual Studio -- Spelunking Sitecore -- The Web.Config File -- Web.Config Include Files -- The /configuration/sitecore Section -- Reflecting on Sitecore -- Reviewing Stack Traces -- Browsing Sitecore Databases -- Take-Home Points -- Chapter 7 Extending and Integrating Sitecore -- Determining Types with the Configuration Factory -- Extending Sitecore Classes with Extension Methods.

Leveraging the Sitecore User Interface Framework -- Introducing Sitecore Commands -- Extending Ribbons -- Adding Entries to Item Context Menus -- Using Content Editor Warnings -- Overriding Sitecore User Interface Applications -- Engaging the Rules Engine -- Validating Data -- Validating Fields -- Validating Items -- Scheduling Sitecore Processes -- Defining Agents in the Web.config File -- Registering Tasks in a Sitecore Database -- Integrating from the Back End -- Initializing with Hooks -- Handling Events -- Processing Pipelines -- Handing the httpRequestBegin Pipeline -- Processing the renderField Pipeline -- Intercepting the renderLayout Pipeline -- DMS Pipelines -- Hook, Pipeline Processor, Event Handler, or Rule? -- Extending the Sitecore Page Editor -- Take-Home Points -- Chapter 8 Automated Testing -- Understanding Automated Testing -- Complexities of Testing Against Sitecore -- Testing Techniques for Sitecore -- The Test Project -- Creating the Test Project -- Running the Tests -- Testing with the HTTP Protocol -- Implementing Tests over HTTP -- Limitations of Testing over HTTP -- Testing Using a Web Browser Driver -- Implementing Testing with a Web Browser Driver -- Limitations of the Web Browser Driver Technique -- Testing with an Embedded Test Runner -- Implementing an Embedded Test Runner -- Deploying the Embedded Test Runner -- Instantiating Controls to Test -- Implementing Tests that Instantiate Controls -- Limitations of Testing by Instantiating Controls -- Invoking the Sitecore API Directly -- Using Sitecore APIs without an HTTP Context -- Considering Calling Sitecore APIs Without an HTTP Context -- Limitations of using Sitecore API outside an HttpContext -- Working with Test Data -- Location of Test Data -- Creating Test Data through HTTP -- Creating Test Data through the API.

Creating Test Data from XML -- Take-Home Points -- Chapter 9 Managing Implementations -- Approaching Sitecore Projects -- Prototyping with Sitecore and RAD -- Prototyping with Traditional RAD -- Prototyping with Sitecore RAD -- Facilitating Object-Oriented Coding Techniques -- Integrating Front-End Markup -- Integrating Custom Business Logic/Objects -- Publishing with Sitecore -- Publishing Modes -- Republishing -- Incremental Publishing -- Smart Publishing -- Publishing Restrictions -- Publishing Targets -- Publishing to Preproduction Sitecore Environments -- Publishing Media -- Scheduling Publication -- The publishItem Pipeline -- Workflow -- The Sitecore Workbox -- Locking and Workflow -- Workflows -- Workflow States -- Initial Workflow State -- Final Workflow States -- Workflow Commands -- Workflow Actions -- Managing Sitecore Deployments -- Sitecore Item Serialization -- Creating a Deployment -- Deploying to the QA Environment -- Deploying Additional Changes -- Deploying to the Production Environments -- Upgrading Sitecore -- Team Development for Sitecore -- Managing Multiple Sites with Sitecore -- Take-Home Points -- Chapter 10 On Beyond CMS -- The Digital Marketing System -- Engagement Analytics -- Engagement Automation -- Testing and Optimization -- Visitor Profiling -- Real-Time Personalization -- Universal Profile Management -- Campaign Management -- Dynamic Segmentation -- Web Forms for Marketers -- Email Campaign Manager -- Standalone Sitecore Products -- Sitecore Intranet Portal -- Sitecore Foundry -- Sitecore App Center -- Optional Modules -- Active Directory -- Adaptive Print Studio -- Calendar -- dtSearch -- E-Commerce Modules -- SharePoint Integration Framework -- Sitecore Search Engine Optimization Toolkit -- Sitecore Azure -- Take-Home Points.

Chapter 11 Sitecore Best Practices, Tips, and Tricks.