12 Techniques and strategies from a consultant’s perspective

1. Developing on Large
Scale Applications
12 Techniques and strategies
from a consultant’s perspective

2. Adrian IORGU
Freelance Sitecore Consultant
Sitecore Technology MVP 2016 & 2017
• Passionate about web development, 15+ years of experience
• Started as a designer, moved to front-end and now a back-end engineer
• In love with extreme sports, nature and travel

3. What my
clients think I
do

4. What my family
thinks I do

5. What I
actually do

6. Contents
1. About boondoĠġle
2. Heard of Sitecore before?
3. Technologies we deal with everyday
4. 12 take away points
5. Demo
6. Q&A

7. Please
allow me to
introduce

8. Nice to
meet you.
We are

10. co-creativity output driven
omni-channel
user-centric
we imagine, design and build brand
experiences with the consumer at
heart

11. brand guidance
we're interested in brands
that know why they get up in
the morning. That can look
at themselves in the mirror
and not blink. A brand that
understands its own truth
can easily distinguish itself
in a world of chaos and
complexity.
to bring a brand's promise to life we
believe in creating products and
services that are rooted in a deeper
understanding of the audience's
needs. Meaningful brands deliver
meaningful experiences.
humans understand their world
through stories. Through advances
in new technology, we can bring
brand stories to life in even more
meaningful ways to touch the mind
and hearts of our audiences.
communicationsproducts & services
brand experiences

14. Heard of Sitecore before?

15. Integrated .NET
CMS platform &
e-commerce
solution
www.sitecore.com

16. Built for large enterprises and mid-market Organizations.

17. Over 4,000 customers globally

18. Free Developer License – 60 Days Trial
www.sitecore.com
sitecore.stackexchange.com

19. Okay, so what about
Large Scale Web
Applications?

20. Developing on large scale
applications can be sometimes
scary

21. Programming languages and technologies we use
daily, integrated together in our solutions
.NET&C#(Sitecore)usingMVCpatterns
Angular&TypeScript
MicrosoftSQLServer&MongoDB
Gulp,NPM&NodeJS
Lucene&Solrforsearch
ManyexternalAPI’sandintegrationswithdifferentthird-partyvendors

22. Most of the time, a client’s deployed solution
consists of:
• 250+configurationfiles(App_Configfolder)
• HundredsofDLL’s(binfolder)
• AfewGBofcode
• AbunchofVisualStudioProjects
• Complexintegrationswithdifferentsystemsand3rd-partyvendors

24. Developing on large scale
applications is always fun and
challenging

25. 12 Techniques and strategies
from my experience

26. How do you eat an
elephant ?
1
Most developers panic when
dealing with a complex
project. No 1 mistake

27. One bite at a time


28. Always look at the
big picture
2
Details are important, but
the big picture is what
counts

29. Don't get lost in the
details, keep your eyes
on the goal

30. Always find your
way around
3
Google is your friend

31. Having trouble with your code? Google it.
Someone else had this problem too.
… but don't just copy paste the code without
checking how it works, otherwise you don't learn
anything

32. Make use of all the
tools you have
4
Chrome Inspector is my
friend

33. Reverse engineering is the
key to your answers. It’s the
first thing I do in order to learn
the solution

34. The rubber duck
method
5
Recommended reading:
“The Pragmatic
Programmer “

35. Aprogrammer would carry around a
rubber duck and debug their code by
forcing themselves to explain it, line-by-
line, to the duck.

36. Collaborate with
your team
6

37. In order to improve productivity,
you need to collaborate with your
team

38. Security &
Performance
7
Should be dealt with from
the very first line of code

39. Fixing security afterwards or
masking bad design with Web App
Firewalls, caching etc… is not a
good idea.

40. Don't
Reinvent The
Wheel
8

41. Don't reinvent the wheel,
just realign it.

42. Be client
focused.
9
Always ask yourself if
what you’re adding also
adds real user/business
value
Techies sometimes loose
themselves in writing code
that is pretty cool but is virtually
never used

43. I always act as I am the business owner
while on the project and try to offer the
expected value back.
People appreciate it!

44. Sorry,
works on my
machine
10

45. Double checking that everything is
correctly implemented and pushed to GIT
can save a lot of time.
For both: QAand Devs

46. Keep on
learning
11

47. Keep on learning! Technology is
evolving fast, don’t get comfortable.

48. Believe in
magic, trust
your skills.
12
Those who don’t belive in
magic will never find it.

49. TIME FOR
DEMO

50. Q&A

51. thank you
together
beyond