This document discusses Sitecore Helix and Habitat, an architecture and implementation approach for Sitecore projects. It covers the principles of Helix, including modules and layers. It also discusses Habitat, an example Sitecore solution built with a modular architecture focused on simplicity, flexibility and extensibility. The presentation includes information on implementing Habitat, with steps to install prerequisites, get the source code, and configure the project to be productive. Online references and resources for further information on Helix and Habitat are also provided.

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Montreal Sitecore User Group - Février 2017
Mohamed Krimi
Solutions Architect
@medkrimi

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Agenda
● Architecture, Principles and conventions
● Sitecore Helix Modules and Layers
● Sitecore Habitat Ecosystem
● Sitecore Habitat Implementation and source code (Setup & Demo)
● Sitecore Helix/Habitat Online Resources

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Architecture, principles and conventions
● Tells you why ? → Principles → Principles of package Design
● Tells you how ? → Conventions → Helix
● Shows you → Examples → Habitat
● Guides you → Tools → Build scripts, Task Management, Unicorn etc.

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Architecture, principles and conventions
● Tells you why ? → Principles → Principles of package Design
● Tells you how ? → Conventions → Helix
● Shows you → Examples → Habitat
● Guides you → Tools → Build scripts, Task Management, Unicorn etc.
“Websites are built for changes” : Architecture helps us manage
the change better.

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Costs vs Time
● Requirements changes
● Technologies Upgrades →
Increasing Complexity
● Costs of change increases over
time
It helps cutting costs and
complexity

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Productivity vs Coupling

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Principles of Package Design

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Principles of Package Design
● Cohesion ?
○ Reuse-Release
○ Common-Reuse
○ Common-Closure
● Coupling ?
○ Acyclic-Dependencies
○ Stable-Dependencies
○ Stable-Abstraction

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Principles of Package Design

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Sitecore Helix : Modules and Layers
Type Centric System

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Sitecore Helix : Modules and Layers
Type Centric System Feature Centric Model

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Sitecore Helix : Modules and Layers
Type Centric System Feature Centric Model
“A module packages related objects for maintenance purposes.”
“Modules are business/domain focused”

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Sitecore Helix : Layers
https://blog.coates.dk/2017/01/17/helix-and-modular-architecture/#layers

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Habitat
Habitat is a Sitecore solution
example built on a modular
architecture. The architecture and
methodology focuses on:
● Simplicity
● Flexibility
● Extensibility
Habitat 67, or simply Habitat, is a model community and housing complex
in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, designed by Israeli/Canadian architect
Moshe Safdie. Each apartment has a unique design. Each window has a
unique view.

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Sitecore Habitat Ecosystem

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Sitecore Habitat Implementation and source code
1. Install Sitecore 8.2 Update 1
2. Install WFFM (161129)
3. Get the source code
4. Update Source and Target
Path
5. Run NPM install
6. Run Default Gulp Task
7. Now !! Be Productive and
have fun :)

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Sitecore Habitat Implementation and source code
● Theming
● Features / Modules
● Sitecore Templates Types (Interface, Page Type, Data source, Folder, Settings,
Rendering)
● Unicorn or TDS
● Dependency Injection
● ORM Tools Glass Mapper
● Dev Ops and CI consideration (Team City, Jenkins, Octopus, Gulp, etc..)
“Habitat !! not a religion take what you want and add what you need and Keep
up your good work”

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References Sitecore Helix/Habitat Online
● Demo: http://habitat.sitecore.net
● Github: http://www.github.com/sitecore/habitat
● Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/mastersitecore
● Docs Helix: http://helix.sitecore.net/
● Docs Habitat: https://github.com/sitecore/habitat/wiki
● Docs Architecture: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Package_principles