AEM Image Processing and Best Practices

Objective Objective of this document is to define the out of the box Image renditions and processing concepts in AEM and compare with the Image Transformation process using ACS (Adobe Consulting Services) commons library. Its pros/cons are also listed. Image Renditions vs Image transformations In Image renditions separate images are created and stored in DAM … Continued

Local AEM Dispatcher Made Easy

Testing and developing an Adobe Experience Manager dispatcher in a local environment can be a challenge. Configuring Apache on a local computer always seems to be unique to the operating system. Where is Apache installed? Where are the configuration files? Where is the error log? What version is installed? What do you do if you … Continued

Measuring the Benefit of Your Unit Tests

When unit testing you might trust your technologies and frameworks. You might feel comfortable assuming that using the standard unit testing technologies for a particular technology stack will be a net benefit. However there are times where you might be considering unit testing in particular scenarios with specific technologies that aren’t quite as well proven. … Continued

AEM Groovy Console

New Releases of ICF Next AEM Open Source Libraries

ICF Next maintains several open source libraries for the Adobe Experience Manager platform.  In anticipation of the release of AEM version 6.5, we’ve updated our libraries (detailed below) to provide preliminary support for the upcoming 6.5 release in addition to backward compatibility with AEM versions 6.3 and 6.4.  Historically, these libraries have been coupled to … Continued