Using Content Driven Development

Content-first development ensures code is built against real content and author-friendly models. This Skill orchestrates the entire workflow—from content discovery and modeling through implementation and validation—prioritizing author needs and preventing design-code mismatches before launch.

Defining intuitive, author-friendly content models before building blocks prevents costly rework and ensures blocks are easy for content authors to use. This approach grounds development in real-world scenarios and eliminates post-launch issues from misaligned designs.

This Skill automates content search to quickly find existing content for testing or create new test content. Preparing robust test content ensures your block development is grounded in realistic author scenarios and validates against actual content structures.

Yes, this workflow applies to all AEM Edge Delivery Services development tasks—creating new blocks, modifying existing blocks, changes to core decoration functionality, debugging, and validation. It enforces content-first design across the entire development lifecycle.

This approach eliminates costly rework by enforcing mandatory content preparation, content modeling, and validation steps. It prevents design-code mismatches, reduces post-launch issues, and ensures author satisfaction through upfront content-centric planning.