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Drupal 8 introduces a great templating system “Twig“ which is originating from Symfony, a PHP framework. This has brought about a big change in the Drupal community. Unlike Drupal 7, developers can’t use PHP functions directly now on. Twig is a template framework and is a direct replacement for PHP template. Twig extension provides more flexibility to […]

This is the second part of the two-blog series on ‘Important things to consider for Migrating Content to AEM’. Click here to checkout blog-1. Following are some more points to help in the process of migration to AEM: Migration Strategy: Decision of what strategy/approach is needed to be followed for migration is very important. Following are […]

CheddarGetter provides a full-featured, easy-to-use billing & subscription management system. CheddarGetter API enables you to leverage the full power of CheddarGetter directly into your subscription module. You can use these APIs with any programming language for recurring billing and subscription management. In one of my projects, I have used Java to interact with CheddarGetter, but […]

Front end development and Coding is an art. Efficiency of code increases if it is organized in a right way. Certain questions that you need to address are: a) How long it takes for you to write code? (Consider efficiency while writing the code) b) How much code you will have to re-write for similar […]

Have you heard about Progress Schedulers? You might have often seen Progress Schedulers on websites and applications these days. These schedulers can display a whole lot of information in a sleek and confined way. They can be seen as schedulers to depict a day’s schedule and as status tracking systems like tracking packages on e-commerce sites. Let […]

Elasticsearch offers highly useful plugin mechanism as a standard way for extending its core functionality such as custom analyzer, native scripts and more. While some plugins may contain static content which is served through its HTTP server, some others offer a graphical front-end for selected parts of the Elasticsearch REST API such as monitoring, managing cluster and […]

Brands foraying into Smart TV space need to provide a superior user experience for better recall and engagement as there has been a great increase in Smart TV content consumption. So, why are Smart TVs becoming popular?  Content consumption patterns are changing with the arrival of Smart TVs. This is definetely because of the features […]

In our current setup, we are using multiple technologies but the most used ones are AWS ECS and Elasticsearch Cluster. As discussed earlier we are using AWS ECS for powering our application layer in all the environments and Elasticsearch for centralized logging and as a database for our core application. AWS ECS uses auto scaling […]

Recently, I was introduced to a new technology called ETL (Extract, Transform and Load) which I can use to simplify and to increase the productivity of my daily tasks as AEM migration developer. There are various ETL tools available, some of them are listed here. I chose Talend, as it is built on top of Eclipse […]

As you might be aware, API  stands for Application Program Interface. As the name suggests, it acts like an interface between the user and the application. APIs are mainly responsible for the data exchange services between the two different software. Software testing is complicated and challenging. It is therefore essential to understand best practices and […]

Installing Dev build across different platforms can be as direct as by pressing install button and at the same time it can become complex and go tricky for if the concerned person is operating from a different geographical location. In this blog, I will be covering Samsung’s Tizen OS for a Smart TV application which requires few […]

The first and foremost step of testing in the testing life cycle is “Test Planning”.  Test planning helps to set up a roadmap for testing. Testing roadmap is planned by an experienced person with 5-8 years of experience as it is one of the key factors in delivering bug-free products. After completion of test initialization and finalization […]