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Slack
Join the Sitecore Slack community to engage daily with fellow Sitecore developers, enthusiasts, architects, and MVPs. Also includes gaming, venting, random and many other channels.
To get started, see Akshay Sura's post: How to join Sitecore Slack Community Chat
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Sitecore Stack Exchange
Ask questions, get answers. The Sitecore Stack Exchange is full of great knowledge on all areas of Sitecore.
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Sitecore Community Forums
The official Sitecore forums are great for asking questions and getting advice. Thanks to announcements and involvement by Sitecore, it's worth checking out on a regular basis.
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Sitecore User Groups
Meet your fellow Sitecore developers in person. Find your local user group by checking for it on Meetup. This isn't exhuastive, so check other sources (including Twitter) to see if there is a SUG near you.
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Sitecore Lunch
Grab lunch and hang out with others in the community every week. Follow Corey Smith and Rick Bauer on Twitter for announcements every Thursday and Friday.
Sitecore Resources
Community Involvement
Official Docs & Downloads
Sitecore's official documentation has improved greatly over the last couple of years. Here are the most useful links to common Sitecore documentation and software downloads.
- dev.sitecore.netPublic downloads of Sitecore, as well as official modules and more.
- doc.sitecore.comGeneral documentation on most aspects of the Sitecore platform and ecosystem.
- doc.sitecore.net/developersLatest developer documentation for Sitecore, xConnect, deploying on Azure, containerization, and more.
- kb.sitecore.netSitecore knowledge base, most importantly containing known issues and support information.
- marketplace.sitecore.netThe official repository for Sitecore modules built by the community.
- sdn.sitecore.netThe Sitecore Developer Network hosts legacy documentation, downloads, and release notes for old versions of Sitecore (5, 6, and 7).
- support.sitecore.comLinks to common support resources, including the Sitecore Support Portal (help desk).
- github.com/SitecoreSitecore's open source repositories, including JSS and public demos.
- github.com/SitecoreSupportRepositories for official Sitecore patches provided by Sitecore Support.
Video Channels
The best sources for Sitecore tutorials, walkthroughs, and demos in video form. Do you know of a great YouTube channel that should be added to this list? Contact me and I'll add it.
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Dylan Young
Sitecore MVP and Core Community Winner, Dylan is passionate about teaching Sitecore best practices to the community. Updated frequently.
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Master Sitecore
Sitecore's official education channel. Updated frequently.
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Akshay Sura
Sitecore MVP and community leader Akshay Sura's channel focuses on community events and instructional videos. Updated occasionally.
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Vasiliy Fomichev
Sitecore MVP Vasiliy Fomichev creates how-to and demonstration videos. Updated occasionally.
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SUG Bangalore
Videos from the Sitecore User Group in Bangalore. Updated occasionally, but recently.
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Sitecore (Official)
Marketing, promotion, Symposium, and other video highlights from Sitecore.
Links
Common Sitecore tools, blogs, and other links that should prove useful to developers, marketers, and architects.
Blogs
- Akshay SuraSitecore Cron module, community, Sitecore development; updated regularly.
- Alan Coates - Sitecore/.NET BlogSitecore development; updated regularly.
- Brian Pedersen's Sitecore/.NET BlogSitecore development; updated frequently.
- Horizontal Integration BlogSitecore development; updated frequently.
- JammykamSitecore development, community; updated frequently.
- Perficient - SitecoreMarketing and technical insights. Updated regularly.
- Sitecore JunkieMike Reynolds; Sitecore development, best practices; updated frequently.
- Sitecore SandboxToby Gutierrez; Sitecore development; updated frequently.
- Sitecore RunnerRob Reilley; updated frequently.
- Something To KnowMichael West; Sitecore development and tools; updated regularly.
Tools & Essentials
- UnicornSerialize Sitecore items across environments. Free and open source.
- Team Development for Sitecore (TDS) ClassicItem serialization, code generation, and advanced deployment tooling. Commercial product.
- Sitecore RocksIntegrates many Sitecore development tasks into Visual Studio. Free.
- Glass.MapperORM for mapping Sitecore data to solution code. Free and open source.
- dotPeek.NET decompiler. Useful for examining and studying Sitecore DLLs.
- Sitecore PowerShell Extensions - Latest ReleasesPowerShell brings a lot of flexibility to Sitecore tooling, reporting, development. A must-have module.
Miscellaneous
- Awesome SitecoreA curated list of Sitecore-related projects on GitHub.
- Sitecore.LinkA comprehensive list of Sitecore-related links, listed by topic.
- Sitecore PartnersSearchable list of Platinum, Gold, Certified, and Implementation partners.