The Problem One of our clients had purchased the Content Recommendations module for use within their newly build CMS 12 corporate site.  Our challenge was that the main content team lacked development expertese and would outsource functionality li...

Introduction The following is based on a 30 minute presentation performed by myself at Optimizely North in Manchester on the 1st March 2023.  Some of this content is based on question and answer sections performed on the day as well as observing...

Background With the move to CMS 12 and .NET 5/6, developers are now able to build Plugins and Extensions using Razor Class Libraries (RCL).  These are a fantastic option as it allows you to bundle up any client side scripts, styles and razor files...

Background In the previous article of this series,   Unit Testing Optimizely CMS 12 Dynamic Data Store - Part 1 , an introduction was given to what the Dynamic Data Store is, and an approach was given for unit testing by mocking the   DynamicDataS...

Background If you've never heard of it, the   Dynamic Data Store (DDS)   which is a component that offers an API and infrastructure for CRUD operations of custom data objects.  It allows developers to access and store data without needing to...