MyGet http://www.myget.org/ https://www.myget.org/F/sitecore-pathfinder/ jakobchristensen jakobchristensen Sitecore Pathfinder builds # Sitecore Pathfinder [](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/JakobChristensen/sitecore-pathfinder) [](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/JakobChristensen/sitecore-pathfinder) Get started, get far, get happy! An experimental tool chain for Sitecore. ## Introduction Pathfinder is an experimental toolchain for Sitecore, that allows developers to use their favorite tools in a familiar fashion to develop Sitecore websites. The toolchain creates a deliverable package from the source files in a project directory and deploys the package to a website where an installer installs the new files and Sitecore items. The developer process is familiar; edit source files, build and install the package, run tests or review the changes on website, repeat. *Please notice that this document is a brain dump, so concepts and functionality are probably not explained in a friendly manner.* ### How does Pathfinder make Sitecore development easier * Familiar developer experience: Edit source files, build project, test, repeat... * Text editor agnostic (Visual Studio not required - use Notepad, Notepad++, SublimeText, Atom, VS Code etc.) * Build process agnostic (command-line tool, so it integrates easily with Grunt, Gulp, MSBuild etc.) * Everything is a file (easy to edit, search and replace across multiple files, source control friendly) * Project directory has whole and single truth (source is not spead across development projects, databases and websites) (contineous integration friendly) * Project is packaged into a NuGet package and deployed to the website * Dependency tracking through NuGet dependencies * NuGet package installer on Sitecore website * SitecorePathfinderCore NuGet package tweaks Sitecore defaults to be easier to work with (e.g. removes initial workflow) * Support for Html Templates (with [Mustache](https://mustache.github.io/mustache.5.html) tags) makes getting started with the Sitecore Rendering Engine easier * Code Generation for generating strongly typed item model, factories and unit tests https://www.myget.org/Feed/Details/sitecore-pathfinder/