In AEM very often we need to synchronize content (html, css, dialogs, nodes and so on) between local AEM instance and development environment. We can achieve this in a few ways:
- deploy content bundle every time when we need content refresh with maven (common approach)
- use some IDE with built-in functionality for synchronization (Eclipse with Sling IDE plugin, Brackets)
There is also exists another way which I’m referrer to synchronize content – to use Jackrabbit FileVault (VLT) which introduces a JCR repository to filesystem mapping.
Let me show in few steps how to configure it (I believe all console commands are self-explained): Continue reading “How to simplify AEM UI developing”