Here comes Kentico 8!

Kentico 8

Webinar

Martin Hejtmanek, CTO

Higher limits …

We were here …

… but we are going here …

The right way?

Two ways at once

Technology Usability

Whole new user experience

And a lot of technology work by geeks

The actual Kentico geeks

Biggest release ever

• Completely redesigned UI

• Lots of new features

• Covered lots of most wanted topics

• Improved architecture

• Agile development

All new features

… will not be shown today, see

http://devnet.kentico.com/articles/an-overview-of-kentico-8-features

Lower number of project files

v6 SP1 v7 v8

16131

10777

8526

My top 5 architecture improvements

• Better MVC support – Separated project

• Support for automated testing – First step to successful CI

• DataQuery / ObjectQuery / DocumentQuery – The new API

• Event handlers – More handlers, more powerful

• Housekeeping – Clearer responsibilities

DEMO

Let’s go to Visual Studio …

My top 5 developer features

• Smart search improvements – Attachments, Predictive, Synonyms

• Form engine improvements – Macros everywhere

• Improved K# - Console, Report, Customization

• Testing compilation of virtual objects – Find errors fast

• Easier module development – The Kentico way

DEMO 2

Let’s go to the UI …

What is coming next?

Kentico 8

Kentico 8.x

Kentico 9 ?

Kentico X ?

The closest steps

• Further education about Kentico 8 through DevNet articles

• Delivering upgrade from Kentico 7 – End of April

• Shorter release cycles - Q3/2014, Q4/2014?

• Improving team development and CI

• Further reduction of the code base for faster compilation times

• Further improvements of UX

• Deepening of functionality

Feedback?

Twitter - @Kentico @martinh_kentico

E-mail – support@kentico.com martinh@kentico.com

User voice - http://ideas.kentico.com