Delivery Tier

Overview

The delivery tier in Bloomreach Content, also known as the HST (Hippo Site Toolkit), is designed for building scalable, content-driven, and personalized websites. The delivery tier supports flexible development through tools, Spring bean configuration, and a set of standard features. You can manage production changes through the Experience manager.

Getting Started

To begin developing websites with Bloomreach Content, follow these tutorials:

• Get Started tutorial
• Build a Website tutorial

To configure your development environment, refer to:

• Development Environment

The recommended approach is to use the Essentials setup application and leverage or extend standard components:

• Essentials Setup Application
• Standard Components

Delivery Tier Concepts

To understand the delivery tier architecture and implementation, review the following topics:

• Configuration Model
• URLs
• Request Handling
• Component Development
• Content Beans
• Templating

Managing Production Changes

After deploying your website, refer to the following documentation to manage updates and changes:

• Content and Configuration Updates

Alternative Development Approaches

If you prefer to use a different technology stack or want to integrate Bloomreach Content with an existing website, review the RESTful services support:

• RESTful JAX-RS Support