Uniting Sitecore Enthusiasts Worldwide
After a brief halt due to COVID-19, SUGCON 2023, held on 24th and 25th August 2023 at The Hotel Grand, New Delhi, was full-packed with two-day sessions focused on Sitecore and various interactive topics.
Sitecore User Group Conference
Leading Tech companies have organized the Event, and the 2-day conference provides a multi-range of knowledge about diverse Sitecore products and a future vision of excellent technology. As an experienced Sitecore development company that brings value to many of our clients, it's been privileged to meet with many industry leaders, the Sitecore team, the Sitecore community group, Talented Sitecore engineers, and likeminded people who love Sitecore. There were around 300+ participants, and sessions were concurrently breakouts to 3 different halls.
Insights from Sitecore's VP and Developer
The Events commenced by the VP of Product Marketing and Developer at Sitecore, Mr. Pieter Brinkman, who shared his knowledge on the growth of DXP (Digital Experience Platform) and the collaboration of team members, Mr. Pieter Brinkman brightened their session “Digital Experience is a Team Sport!” and shared his thoughts on Sitecore's vision from a future DXP perspective. The talk stayed around DXP and the growing digital landscape. Sitecore is committed to innovation and staying ahead of the curve.
What you will get?
Implementing Sitecore Search
Rob Earlam gave an idea about how they implemented Sitecore Search on the Developer Portal and different learning on search, search widgets, Search configuration, Eventing, Analytics, and Challenges he overcame
- Use different crawlers to index data in Sitecore Search
- For seamless data integration, attach Push-APIs
- Creating custom attributes, search fields, facts, and more
Lightweight Headless CMS - Sitecore Content Hub with GenAI
Marvin briefly described Content-Hub as representing SaaS solutions; it’s headless and leverages content hub while maintaining its unique user interface and APIs; the platform is tailored to meet tech-savvy teams seeking rapid Omni channel experience.
Furthermore, He walkthrough with a further 6-month roadmap, including exciting features and innovation.
His live demonstration was an invitation to scan the QR code, which granted him access to the application's real-time analytics.
Exploring the Experience Edge GraphQL
One of the first Sitecore MVP from Australia - Alistair Deneys, has 18 years of experience and commenced his session by imparting the fundamentals of GraphQL.
Alistair revealed how various source systems (like Content Hub, Content Hub One, XM, or XM Cloud) dynamically shape the schema. Consequently, this greatly affects the approach developers take when formulating queries for the API.
Attendees observed practical usage scenarios, learning to leverage the potential of Sitecore's Experience Edge through Powershell scripting and .NET Core C# apps.
XM To Cloud Component, A True Composable
The future of Sitecore development with gaming-changing features within XM Cloud. Daivagna and Akshay, a Creative approach for marketers and developers to build a component without writing a single line of code; yes, you heard right. Truly No Code: these components are essentially created in Azure Blob, making them independent requests that render as separate HTML.
XM Cloud Components ensure efficiency and the next level of simplicity.
Implementing Sitecore Search
Rob Earlam gave an idea about how they implemented Sitecore Search on the Developer Portal and different learning on search, search widgets, Search configuration, Eventing, Analytics, and Challenges he overcame
- Use different crawlers to index data in Sitecore Search
- For seamless data integration, attach Push-APIs
- Creating custom attributes, search fields, facts, and more
Lightweight Headless CMS - Sitecore Content Hub with GenAI
Marvin briefly described Content-Hub as representing SaaS solutions; it’s headless and leverages content hub while maintaining its unique user interface and APIs; the platform is tailored to meet tech-savvy teams seeking rapid Omni channel experience.
Furthermore, He walkthrough with a further 6-month roadmap, including exciting features and innovation.
His live demonstration was an invitation to scan the QR code, which granted him access to the application's real-time analytics.
Exploring the Experience Edge GraphQL
One of the first Sitecore MVP from Australia - Alistair Deneys, has 18 years of experience and commenced his session by imparting the fundamentals of GraphQL.
Alistair revealed how various source systems (like Content Hub, Content Hub One, XM, or XM Cloud) dynamically shape the schema. Consequently, this greatly affects the approach developers take when formulating queries for the API.
Attendees observed practical usage scenarios, learning to leverage the potential of Sitecore's Experience Edge through Powershell scripting and .NET Core C# apps.
XM To Cloud Component, A True Composable
The future of Sitecore development with gaming-changing features within XM Cloud. Daivagna and Akshay, a Creative approach for marketers and developers to build a component without writing a single line of code; yes, you heard right. Truly No Code: these components are essentially created in Azure Blob, making them independent requests that render as separate HTML.
XM Cloud Components ensure efficiency and the next level of simplicity.
MVP Awards
Nicole Montero briefly described her journey with Sitecore, presented a roadmap for becoming an MVP and shared information on MVP mentorship. It was valuable information in every aspect of the MVP, growth, knowledge and more.
Sitecore MVP 2023
People, Networks and Knowledge
We're super excited and can't wait to dive into the Sitecore Sugcon experience! We're looking forward to hearing from awesome speakers, meeting fellow developers, and just having a great time.
And, we urge you to join us at this one-of-a-kind Sitecore conference. It's a great chance to learn new things, meet cool people, and be part of the lively Sitecore community.
We're looking forward to meeting you. Also, keep an eye out for updates and insights when we get back from the event. See you on the other side!
