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Find Uncached Sitecore Components

Sitecore recommends caching the HTML of renderings wherever it's practical to do so. Here's a quick SQL script to find View Renderings and Controller Renderings that are not marked as cacheable.

Find Sitecore Child Item Counts

The performance of the Sitecore Content Editor can be affected when an item has too many child items. A rule of thumb is to keep the child count below 100. Here's a quick SQL script to show how many children each item has.

Helix Smells - Fat Project

This post describes the Fat Project Helix Smell. It's part of a series documenting some of the common pitfalls of Sitecore development when following the Helix architecture.

Helix Smells - Unearned Foundation Status

This post describes how to spot and improve a Helix module that exhibits Unearned Foundation Status . It's part of a series documenting Helix Smells - some of the common pitfalls of Sitecore development when following the Helix architecture.

Fat Foundation

This post describes how to spot and resolve a Fat Foundation module. It's part of a series documenting Helix Smells - some of the common pitfalls of Sitecore development when following the Helix architecture.

Helix Smells

"Helix Smell" is the term I use for a sign that there might be a problem within a Sitecore Helix implementation. Each Helix smell has a name and definition. I hope this will provide Sitecore developers with a common vocabulary for discussing issues in their Helix solutions.