What this book covers

Chapter 1, Introducing Pimcore, explains what Pimcore is. It introduces the main characteristics and describes how it works. This chapter introduces the tool to the reader and reveals all the features from a wide-angle point of view.

Chapter 2, Setting Up Your Pimcore Development Environment, covers the installation of Pimcore with a deep dive into setting up a local environment compatible with a source code repository.

Chapter 3, Getting Started with Pimcore Admin UI, explains how the admin UI works and how to find UIs for basic commands. This is useful for navigating the Pimcore menus and functionalities.

Chapter 4, Creating Documents in Pimcore, explains how to create Pimcore's documents and how to handle basic settings. This is a useful resource when it comes to editing documents and creating web pages.

Chapter 5, Exploring Object and Classes, explains how to create and manage Pimcore objects and classes. This step constitutes the basis for the majority of Pimcore tasks, such as creating complex websites.

Chapter 6, Using Digital Asset Management, explains how to manage assets in Pimcore using the DAM feature. This is important for uploading assets and spreading or integrating them inside web pages.

Chapter 7, Administrating Pimcore Sites, covers administration and maintenance routing. It explains how to install Pimcore sites and how to manage third-party add-ons. This is what you need to keep Pimcore up and running.

Chapter 8, Creating Custom CMS Pages, explains how to implement themes and prepare templates for custom CMS pages. Doing this is important when it comes to mastering the basics of custom web page building.

Chapter 9, Configuring Entities and Rendering Data, explains how to present data to the user in terms of implementing web pages. This is a real-world use case that helps to put into practice what you have learned so far.

Chapter 10, Creating Pimcore Bricks, explains how to create reusable components that can be configured by the user. This is the way to save you from a lot of work and simplify maintenance.

Chapter 11, Finalizing the Website, contains tips and tricks that save time and provide assistance in reusing a component on multiple projects.

Chapter 12, Implementing Product Information Management, shows the PIM configuration of Pimcore. It explains how to tune it for managing it as a PIM system. With this chapter, you can start using Pimcore as a PIM system.

Chapter 13, Implementing Master Data Management, explains how to expose data using GraphQL APIs. With this, you can activate this feature and start data integration.

Chapter 14, Data Integration, covers the data integration feature of Pimcore. This helps to implement a standard way of integrating with other systems without any development effort.