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Blow-by-blow of the hot new update of dotCMS 5.1

WordPress keeps growing in 2019 and more open source news

So here comes the upgrade of dotCMS — dotCMS 5.1

With a range of promising upgrades circling around marketers and developers; dotCMS 5.1 has been released. The pioneer open-source Java CMS unveils four enhancements — Edit Mode Anywhere, Scriptable APIs, simplified single page application development, and native GraphQL support. These features will swiftly enhance the marketers’ experience in a headless CMS environment.

The advancements stem to provide an enterprise with a content-based as a service, by empowering them to build and deploy the enterprise’s digital experience. The feature includes inline editing, layout design, personification, drag-&-drop capabilities and device-specific content previews, irrespective of what front-end framework is being used.

The fabulous news for developers comes as native GraphQL support. Also, the scriptable APIs turns out to be like “Scripting as a Service,” this dotCMS feature allows users to form their responses in run-time. Just as speed, modern marketers need the ability to manage and control every aspect of their digital experiences whether they are delivering to their consumers either via websites, mobile apps or single page applications.

Here’s everything you need to know when you decide to build your website with dotCMS 5.1:

1. Edit Mode Anywhere

With Edit Mode Anywhere, the marketer can edit their sales, application, kiosk experiences and any other content-specific application without diving into codes. Haven’t we fiddled with the way we deal with content relationships? Dotcms 5.1 enables users to easily organize existing relationships.

2. Scriptable APIs

The new upgrade makes it possible to define and deliver scripted REST endpoints using a single versionable.VTL file. The Scriptable API Builder supports a full range of REST actions including content pulls, content formatting, remote API calls, and content rendering.

3. Simplified single page application development

dotCMS 5.1 pushes a Single Page Application kit that includes a demo site. This feature makes the single page load faster without considering authentication, navigation, routing and API queries by allowing complete manageability.

4. Native GraphQL support

dotCMS 5.1 comes with support for the GraphQL API and GraphQL query. This exposes the ditCMS content repository as GraphQL by providing an API that gives space to developers to return specific properties of content and shape the API responses at the call time.

The main motive behind the pop of dotCMS 5.1 is based on four strongly put up pillars:

1. Hybrid CMS: for static and dynamic content publishing

2. Continuity: for business/marketers, experience continuity and hyper-personalized customer experiences.

3. No Code: Swift from hardcode Java to making business and marketing self-sufficient.

4. Intelligence: to drive content performance, personas, trends, customer journey maps, helping brands streamline business outcomes.

Conclusion:

dotCMS is reviving and the most competitive marketers and businesses are making strategic decision to adopt the new age customization and intelligence, especially AI we see. Know more about our brilliant theme — Vizion AI Startups that can be customized easily. With the pre-built demo pages and inner pages that are made for brands and startups, this theme makes the best 2019 website option.

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