Microservices in the frontend – why?
Micro frontends describes an architectural pattern in which the frontend monolith is decomposed into smaller features fully owned by different cross-functional teams. »
MSMQ queue clearance with Powershell
When developing in a semi-microservice system utilizing MSMQ as message queue, these queues get filled up by messages from other services from time to time. To »
Episerver Find UnifiedSearchFor with configurable operator
When using UnifiedSearch in Episerver Find, I prefer to use the method IClient.UnifiedSearchFor() because it takes care of necessary logic without exposing implementation details, rendering »
Generic EditorDescriptor for custom SelectionFactories
We are extensive users of the feature of implementing custom selection factories by using the EditorDescriptor-attribute in Episerver. The use-case is quite simple and provides the »
Make Episerver SelectionEditor support HTML-labels
Somewhere between the releases of Episerver 7.5 and latest, a small but subtle change in how the epi-cms/contentediting/editors/SelectionEditor displays labels in associated »
Compile Node module binaries for AWS Lambda
A while back I had some issues with AWS Lambda and specific npm-packages. Since I'm new to exploring the architecture, I thought I'd put some time »
Use Octopus variables in PowerShell cmdlets
Octopus Deploy is a powerful deploy tool, and we use it in our CI-chain alongside TeamCity and GitHub. Amongst things, Octopus enables you do run scripts »
IContentMedia and Required fields is not the best idea
Sometimes when working with MediaData or other inherited IContentMedia in EPiServer you need to add extra fields and properties. If you do – resist the temptation to »
Working with Categories in EPiServer CMS 8 – a nice 'gotcha'!
I am currently working with the category functionality in EPiServer and ran into a small hiccup with the new CategoryRepository introduced in EPiServer CMS 8. Nothing »
Using page properties as dynamic properties
Sometimes in EPiServer you need properties that inherit values.Dynamic Properties is great for that, but as Anders Hattestad claims (and proposes a solution), it's a »
Debug local sites on multiple devices using Fiddler as proxy
Here's a thing I learned the other day and maybe I'm slightly behind the ball on this, but here's a tip for all you hot shot »
Using :first-child:nth-last-child() to apply styles based on number of items
In a recent project, I stumbled across the need to count items (and determine width based on number of siblings). Normally in a situation like this, »