Sitecore Symposium 2024 | Roadmap XM Cloud Developer Experience

If you haven't heard of Liz Nelson, you're missing out on a key figure in Developer Experience—seriously, where have you been? 😉 Liz has been a game-changer for us developers. She and her team at Sitecore are tackling the challenges we face and coming up with real solutions.

Today, during her presentation titled "Front-end Development, Headless CMS & Commerce," she unveiled the roadmap for XM Cloud. But this wasn't just any roadmap—it was specifically designed for us, the developers. Every feature she shared is geared toward enhancing our developer experience, making our work smoother and more efficient.

Roadmap XM Cloud Developer Experience

Now

  • XMC SPA Proxy
  • Angular Starter Kit for XM Cloud
  • .NET Starter Kit for XM Cloud
  • JSS for XM Cloud
  • Leaner Modern Starter Kits
  • Pages Extensibility via Components
  • Component Library
  • Deployment Flexibility for Repository Management

Next

  • Onboarding AI XM Cloud APIs to Reference Catalog
  • Onboarding AI XM Cloud APIs to Edge Platform
  • Pages Extensibility for the Marketplace
  • App Router for JSS
  • Marketer Driven Edge Personalization Patterns
  • Component Modelling in Component Library
  • Layout Configurability
  • Monorepo Support in Deploy
  • Marketplace EA – APIs and SDKs

Later

  • Authoring SDK
  • Component Building with AI
  • Marketplace CLI
  • Marketplace Component Libraries
  • Observability in Deploy
I'm really excited about the future of Sitecore! The fresh direction and energy coming from the new management team is inspiring, especially with Dave O'Flanagan’s commitment to making the products better every day. I can't wait to see how this vision continues to shape the platform. The changes so far have been great, and I'm looking forward to what’s next!

"Don't be a fool, keep your devs happy and your code cool!"

Stay tuned for more!