This talk was given by Christopher Zimmermann, Magnolia, at Magnolia Conference 2015 in Basel, Switzerland. Magnolia has always made content management fast and easy for editors, but 5.4 goes one step further: now it’s fast and easy for developers too. The new version contains several key initiatives specifically for front-end developers. We’re introducing a new templating module: Magnolia Templating Essentials, or MTE. It is front-end framework agnostic, easy to understand and easy to integrate. As a front-end developer, you can learn the basics of Magnolia templating in one hour. Another essential development in 5.4 is that you don’t need to know Java or to have a Java development environment to develop a best-practice Magnolia project. 5.4 allows you to have a consistent, straightforward workflow for editing templates, resources and configuration directly on the file system.

1. 5.4 = Fast Frontend Dev;

2. Hi.

3. And who might you be?

6. IN A WORLD

7. where you must remember to
export bootstrap files

8. IN A TIME

9. when to add a resource

10. you need to reinstall your theme
module and dont forget to click the
bypass checkbuttons again
afterwards

11. IN A PLACE

12. where there are so many
component templates you can’t find
your own shoes

13. ONE CMS

14. will try anything!

15. er, i mean...

16. WILL CHALLENGE CONVENTIONS

17. ,

18. DESTROY OBSTACLES

19. & STUFF

21. 5.4

22. Coming soon to a Nexus repository near you.

23. The path.

24. STK

25. 370 files

27. Magnolia is a registered trademark owned by Magnolia International Ltd.Version 1.1
Intro - The 3 Users
Author Frontend Dev Java Dev
Magnolia Tasks
Capability

28. Magnolia is a registered trademark owned by Magnolia International Ltd.Version 1.1
The 3 Users - Vision
Author Frontend Dev Java Dev
Magnolia Tasks
Capability

32. BE BOLD.

33. So,

34. What have we done?

35. MTE

36. Magnolia
Templating
Essentials

37. Chatiryworld CC BY-ND 2.0

38. Ted Sakshaung CC BY-ND 2.0

39. NASA Robonaut CC BY-ND 2.0

40. JD hancock CC BY-ND 2.0

41. STK

42. Niklas Freidwall

45. STK features are integrated.

46. PLATFORM
FRONTEND
MTE
Photo: Barbara Eckstein

47. MTE: The “Open Suite” of Templating
MTE

48. Templating functions
Models

49. 370 -> 32

50. Hello Magnolia.

51. Configuration by file.

52. Harmonized resources.

53. New demo project.

54. ...

55. Light Develoment.

56. Light modules.

57. Nan Almero CC BY-ND 2.0

59. Yin Yang.

60. Magnolia = Content services.

61. Agile deployment.

62. Fast. Easy. Fun.

64. On the significance of speed.

65. Kristal Kraft CC BY-ND 2.0

66. Ben Winslow CC BY-ND 2.0

67. Blender.

68. Business ++

69. 5 vs 5.4

70. Cage match.

71. Just edit the file.

72. Fin.

73. Queries?

74. Community components.