coreyasmith / jss-extensible-json-renderings

🔄 Code for my blog post on extending JSON renderings in @Sitecore JavaScript Services.

Extensible JSON Renderings

This is a sample repository to demonstrate how to extend rendering data in both the mock (disconnected) Layout Service and real Layout Service in Sitecore JavaScript Services.

Read more details about the inner workings here: https://www.coreysmith.co/jss-extend-layout-service-rendering-data/

Setup

1. Clone this repository.
   • The default clone path is C:\Projects\Sitecore\jss-extensible-json-renderings.
2. Install an instance of Sitecore 9.1 Initial Release.
   • The default install path is C:\inetpub\wwwroot\extjsonrenderings.sitecore.
   • The default URL is extjsonrenderings.sitecore.
3. Install Sitecore JavaScript Services 11.0.0.
4. If you used a clone path, install directory, or URL different than the defaults above, open ExtensibleJsonRenderings.sln and modify the following files in the .config folder:
   • CoreySmith.Project.Common.Dev.config
     • Change sourceFolder to your repository directory.
   • CoreySmith.Project.JssRocks.Dev.config
     • Change hostName to the URL you used for your instance.
   • PublishSettings.targets
     • Change publishUrl to the path of your Sitecore instance.
   • scjssconfig.json
     • Change instancePath to the path of your Sitecore instance.
     • Change deployUrl host name to the host name of your Sitecore instance.
     • Change layoutServiceHost to the URL of your Sitecore instance.
5. Navigate to /src/Project/JssRocks/app and deploy the JSS app with jss deploy files.
6. Build the solution in Visual Studio.
   • This will publish all code to your instance thanks to Helix Publishing Pipeline.
   • Note: you may need to reload the solution and build a second time if you get errors about missing assemblies/references when you load Sitecore.
7. Perform a Unicorn sync at /unicorn.aspx?verb=sync.
8. Navigate to your site at http://hostname.sitecore.