Build a Website

Introduction

This tutorial will guide you through the development of the GoGreen demo web site. The tutorial follows two development iterations. In each iteration you will deliver a working site and increase your Bloomreach Experience Manager knowledge level at the same time. At the end of the tutorial, you will have a good idea of the basic development tasks involved in the implementation of a Bloomreach Experience Manager-based web site.

Prerequisites

Before you start this tutorial, you must:

• Have experience with basic web technologies likeHTML and CSS.
• Have experience with templating languages likeFreemarker or similar.
• Have the required Java version installed:
  • Java 17 for brXM 16
  • Java 11 for brXM 15
  • Java 8 for brXM 14
• Have the required Maven version installed:
  • Maven 3.3.9+ for brXM 14
  • Maven 3.5.4+ for brXM 15)
  • Maven 3.5.4+ for brXM 16
• Know how tocreate, build and run a Bloomreach Experience Manager project.
• Be familiar with theBloomreach Experience Manager User Interface.

Experience with Java development is not required because you will exclusively usestandard components.

Using an IDE likeEclipse orIntelliJ is highly recommended.

Approach

• Download theGoGreen web design from Github.
• Start with the first task: Select Out-of-the-Box Features!
• The source code of each completed iteration can be downloaded/cloned from Github if you want to skip an iteration. We do recommend you follow the entire tutorial if you are new to Bloomreach Experience Manager.
• See the troubleshooting page if you have any issues, orask your questions at the developer forum.

Get Started

Go ahead andstart with the first iteration!