Daniele Fontani - Modernizing Enterprise CMS Using Pimcore

Discover techniques and best practices for creating custom websites with rich digital experiences

Daniele Fontani

Marco Guiducci

Francesco Min

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To the forests, which taught me the value of small things. To the climbs, which made me stronger. To everyone who told me it wasn't possible, because they gave me the motivation to go on.

Daniele Fontani

This book is dedicated to my wife, who is the anchor that holds me steady, and who has always been by my side at all the important moments of my career. And to my son, who has just come to life, and who supported me in writing this book from the belly of his mother.

Marco Guiducci

To Pongo, Pizzicottina, and the unforgettable Brina and Paco for bearing with me and making every day of my life special. I would be lost without you.

Finally, a special thanks to Daniele Fontani for his constant and priceless support and pulling me out of my comfort zone. A true friend and an immeasurable leader.

Francesco Min

More than ten years have passed since Pimcore's conception. During this time, thousands of companies have embraced the Pimcore data and experience management revolution. So far, Pimcore has helped over 100,000 businesses deliver digital solutions and successfully perform digital transformations. We are proud to be able to offer Pimcore's Open-Source Community Edition to our whole ecosystem free of charge, complemented by an optional Enterprise Subscription. Pimcore is the point of conjunction between the marketing department, the development team, and the partner agency. Using Pimcore helps all parties to share the same vision, without friction, without getting lost in technicalities. Choosing the right digital platform in the right moment of its digital evolution is essential to business success today. So, learning how to build and deliver modern applications with Pimcore means that you are following the right path.

In this book, you will get the foundation of being autonomous in Pimcore development, starting from scratch and without any additional requirements. You will be led through the pillars of building a Pimcore solution. It will make you able to implement any kind of digital solution for your project, or for any customer project. This book will take you step-by-step through Pimcore, from the user perspective and as a developer. You will learn how to create web pages, manage and distribute digital assets, create golden records of your master data, and develop custom code.

After reading this book, you will be ready to start your next digital project and, with Pimcore, you will discover that regardless of the complexity of the project, there is always a solution.

Dietmar Dietz" Rietsch

CEO and co-founder of the Pimcore company

Daniele Fontani is the CTO in Sintra Digital Business and has worked as a senior developer, team leader, and architect in a very large set of enterprise projects. He has a master's degree in robotic science and another master's degree in project management. His experience in technology extends to many technologies (Java, PHP, and .NET) and platforms (SharePoint, Liferay, and Pimcore) other than techniques (Agile, DevOps, and ALM). He is interested in Agile techniques, project management, and product development. He implemented DXP platforms for banks and worked in the loan industry as a team leader and software architect. In the pharma industry, he designed and developed retail portals for training and for the social engagement of retailers.

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniele-fontani/

Website: https://www.danielefontani.it/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/zeppaman

Blog: https://daniele-fontani.medium.com/

I want to thank the coauthors of this book, the reviewers, the editors, and all the staff for making this book possible. I never felt alone.

Marco Guiducci is a certified Pimcore expert, team leader, and software engineer. He earned a master's degree in information science in 2017 with a thesis on AI, focused on semantic text analysis. Since then, he has taken his first steps as a developer. He fell in love with PHP and Pimcore. Now, Marco has matured with long-term experience, documented by public speaking and contributions to the Pimcore code base. Inside the Pimcore ecosystem, he is focused on the PIM/DAM/MDM strategy and has delivered a broad set of enterprise projects across the world. He has designed and delivered a lot of PIM solutions for enterprises using Pimcore, integrating with major e-commerce solutions such as Shopify, Magento, and Shopware. He has also delivered B2B portals and websites using Pimcore and other technical solutions.

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marco-guiducci/

I want to thank the people who have been close to me and supported me, especially my wife and my parents.

Francesco Min started programming in 1997 and, since that time, has followed the most important trends in digital innovation. He graduated with a degree in industrial automation in 2010 with a thesis on informatic science, in which he built a box for sending profiled marketing messages to customers on their devices, anticipating what would become the norm a few years later with modern social networks and tools. During his professional life, Francesco has worked as a senior developer on Magento, WordPress, Pimcore, and other CMS solutions. He is a solution architect and team leader in a digital innovation company, where he delivers a complete solution based on Pimcore. Francesco is active as a public speaker and an open source contributor. He developed an open source solution for delivering WordPress plugins and presented it as a best practice at many developer conferences. He developed erpselection.it, the first Italian software selection network. Throughout his career, he has delivered portals and B2B applications for the fashion and logistics industries.