tips when developing for AEMaaCS (sites) when you're coming from on-premise

[jayv25585659]

Trying to find the development gotchas while developing for AEMaaCS.

any tips/suggestions? Thanks

(outside of the ones mentioned on this page: https://experienceleague.adobe.com/en/docs/experience-manager-cloud-service/content/release-notes/ae...)

[MukeshYadav_]

One change is as below though it is not significant change

Aem 6.5 explicitly mention create component/ template however same can be achieved in two step create node and then select node type cq:Component and add all other related property after node is created and saved

AEM as a cloud (only have create Node option)

[VeenaVikraman]

@jayv25585659 

• Though you can do your local development as usual , there could be some features which will be available only on cloud. e.g WebP Optimization.
• Also , custom logs are not available on Cloud. 
• CRXDE access will be restricted on Cloud. Even if you can access , we should not make any changes directly . All the code changes should be pushed via CM pipeline. 
• Leverage the Enviornment Specific Configurations where ever possible https://experienceleague.adobe.com/en/docs/experience-manager-cloud-service/content/implementing/dep...
• Core Components are part of the Libs. No separate installation required
• While developing components for cloud , try to reuse the core components as much as possible or overlay them using the concepts of Sling Resource Merger.

[jayv25585659]

I was using netcentric for user/group access and we install this package manually. Would that work?

[VeenaVikraman]

Yes , it will work like magic . I have written something around that back when I started AEM as Cloud Dev . Please see if this helps https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/aem-how-configure-netcentric-aemcaas-veena-vikraman/