Umbraco UK Festival 2012 - uComponents

uComponents is one of the most popular packages for Umbraco, in this session, you will learn about new features and hidden gems.

http://umbracoukfestival.co.uk/speakers/#lee-kelleher

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1. uComponents Umbraco UK Festival 2012 Lee Kelleher Umbraco Specialist, Umbrella
2. uComponents #uComponents Background of the project Overview of DataTypes What's new Demonstrations Where to find documentation and download Any questions? · · · · · · 2/14
3. What is uComponents? What are uComponents? Data types XSLT extensions UI modules - drag-n-drop / keyboard shortcuts 404 handlers Server controls - RenderTemplate #uComponents uComponents is a collaborative project for creating components for Umbraco · 3/14
4. uComponents usage #uComponents The most popular Umbraco package 35,000+ downloads on Our Umbraco 10,000+ downloads on CodePlex 900+ downloads on NuGet 60 downloads per day · · · · · 4/14
5. uComponents that are now part of Umbraco #uComponents Multi-Node Tree Picker (MNTP) Multiple Textstring Slider XPath CheckBoxList, XPath DropDownList uQuery Based on community feedback, more popular uComponents could be added to Umbraco; e.g. Url Picker · · · · · · 5/14
6. Overview of DataTypes #uComponents 6/14
7. uComponents update #uComponents Cleaned up the code and project structure Retired legacy components Ongoing compatiblity with Umbraco releases · · · 7/14
8. New features #uComponents Razor Model Binding - working towards strongly-typed properties XSLT Macro Engine · · < u m b r a c o : M a c r o r u n a t = " s e r v e r " L a n g u a g e = " x s l t " F i l e L o c a t i o n = " ~ / x s l t / N a v i g a t i o n . x s l t " / > F I L E L O C A T I O N New DataTypes - coming in v5.1 · SQL AutoComplete SQL DropDownList XPath AutoComplete - - - 8/14
9. When will v5.1 be released? #uComponents 9/14
10. Right now Ready to download from CodePlex #uComponents 10/14
11. New DataTypes demonstration SQL AutoComplete / SQL DropDownList #uComponents 11/14
12. Documentation New website at ucomponents.org. Hosted on GitHub for collaboration. #uComponents 12/14
13. Where to download? #uComponents Download package from Our Umbraco · http://bit.ly/ucomponents - NuGet P M > I n s t a l l - P a c k a g e u C o m p o n e n t s · http://nuget.org/packages/uComponents - Source code on CodePlex · http://ucomponents.codeplex.com - 13/14
14. Any questions? twitter @leekelleher www umbrellainc.co.uk