Getting started with XM Cloud

Note

You must deploy a project and environment before you can see XM Cloud in the Sitecore Cloud Portal. When you deploy an environment, it appears as an XM Cloud app in the Cloud Portal.

This walkthrough series applies a front-end-development (FED) first approach, as opposed to full-stack development with Docker. It describes getting started with front-end development in XM Cloud with either the JavaScript Rendering SDK (JSS) for Next.js, or the ASP.NET Core SDK. It explains running a local server and connecting the application directly to the remote content preview endpoint, to allow you to create a component, visualize, and test your work. This sets you up for developing the front end with XM Cloud.

You follow the steps outlined here using the Deploy app Projects tab. You use the XM Cloud interface to create a site and then start editing a site page in Pages. Finally, you use the Content Editor to create a component. You can learn more about the Deploy app and other tools and apps that make up XM Cloud, and get to know some of our terminology.

Follow the walkthroughs in this order:

  1. Deploy a project and environment

  2. Create a site and a page

  3. Set up your local development environment

  4. Build your first component

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