Developer news

6 October 2026
Heads up - updates about the phase-out of script engine Nashorn

As we have written earlier, we are waving goodbye to the script engine Nashorn. Some of you have contacted us and asked for more time to check for Nashorn usage and to make sure scripts work in the Rh...

24 September 2026
Introducing the Developer Community app

Keeping up with Sitevision Developer Community just got easier. From today, you can access the community through our new app for both iOS and Android.

13 August 2026
Say goodbye to Nashorn

The Nashorn script engine was supported in Sitevision Script modules between 2015 and 2019. In the upcoming 2027.01.1 version, Nashorn will be removed from Sitevision, and legacy Script modules that r...

6 August 2026
Tech Session: Get started with container deployment

The clock is ticking. During 2026, Sitevision is transitioning to a container-based delivery model. If you're running Sitevision on your own servers, now is the time to start preparing.

11 June 2026
Nominate a Sitevision Most Valuable Professional 2026

Do you know someone who goes above and beyond with Sitevision? Someone who generously shares their knowledge, helps others succeed, and inspires colleagues, customers, partners, and the wider communit...

8 June 2026
Responsive Images in Sitevision: Smarter Defaults with sizes="auto"

Modern websites rely heavily on responsive images, but getting them right has always been harder than it should be. In the 2026.07.1 update , Sitevision introduces a new default strategy built aroun...

19 May 2026
AI in Sitevision Takes the Next Step

AI is no longer just about generating text. The next step is AI that can understand context, retrieve information, make decisions, and actually perform tasks.

14 April 2026
Extracting page content as markdown

In the current age of AI, a highly valuable format is markdown. When building AI solutions, markdown can help the LLM better contextualize the information, resulting in better responses. While working...

10 April 2026
Sitevision is going Containerized

We’ve been working towards modernizing how Sitevision is run, and now we’re taking the next step. For developers, this changes how you access and run Sitevision on your machine. For customers running ...

20 March 2026
Sitevision Tech Summit 2026 – That’s a wrap!

What happens when you bring together skilled developers, sharp partners and a shared passion for smarter digital experiences? You get a day like the one we had this past wednesday. A pretty great one,...

18 March 2026
Tool calling now supported in the AI SDK

We've added support for tool calling in the Sitevision AI SDK. This allows the model to call server-side functions in your apps to fetch data, perform logic, or interact with the Sitevision Public ...

19 February 2026
Timber! How to handle logging

Logging is a powerful tool for understanding what’s going on in your application. It’s especially useful for detecting when something goes wrong, and ideally, uncovering how and why it happened. Howev...

30 January 2026
“Do I really need another certification?” – Here are 5 reasons why ours are different

We get it. There’s no shortage of certifications out there. But before you scroll – let us give you five reasons that getting certified in Sitevision is different (and that it actually makes a differe...

5 December 2025
New Rules for Unsigned Apps in Sitevision Cloud

Starting in 2026, unsigned apps will no longer be allowed in the test environment. This is an important step to strengthen the security and quality of our customers’ development efforts.

20 November 2025
Help us help you - how to get faster and more accurate support

When you reach out to us at Sitevision Product Support, our goal is to make sure you get the guidance or solution you need as quickly and smoothly as possible. To do that, we sometimes need a bit mor...

14 November 2025
Help Us Create the Sitevision Cookbook – Share Your Ideas!

We at Sitevision want to make it easier than ever for partners and customers to build their own modules and integrations. That’s why we’re starting work on the Sitevision Cookbook – a collection of...

7 November 2025
How to Make a Sidebar Module Sticky

A sticky sidebar can make long pages easier to navigate, for example, by keeping a table of contents visible as you scroll. In this quick guide, we’ll show you how to make any module “stick” in a side...

3 November 2025
Working with AI Assistants

AI Assistants are powerful tools you can use to build AI-powered solutions for your website. They combine the strengths of artificial intelligence to handle questions and requests, together with your ...

24 October 2025
Initiatating Envision Dialog Component using React

Using Envision in React is straightforward once you know a few key patterns.

27 August 2025
Performance Improvements for Server-Side Rendered WebApps

With Sitevision 2025.07.1, WebApps receive improvements that boost performance for apps without a client side. In short, the main.js file is no longer required.

19 June 2025
The magic URLs of Sitevision Marketplace

In the previous version of Sitevision Marketplace, product URIs were limited to a simple ID format, and filtering options could neither be saved nor shared. In the redesigned Marketplace , we’ve ove...

18 June 2025
Setting up your development environment

How you set up your development environment is very much up to personal taste. In this article we would like to share with you a few developers tips and preferences when it comes to developing WebApps...

30 April 2025
Smooth Sailing to React 18: Your Upgrade Guide for Sitevision WebApps

Time to set sail — React 18.3.x is ready for your Sitevision WebApps! In this guide, you’ll find everything you need to make the upgrade from React 17. No tricky details, just the steps that get the j...

27 March 2025
Sitevision Marketplace gets even better – now with multilingual support

It’s now even easier to find the right modules in Sitevision Marketplace. Customers can now choose their preferred language, making the Marketplace more accessible – even for multilingual websites.

10 March 2025
Addons version limit

In order to improve performance, optimize storage, and streamline the user experience, Sitevision 2025.03.1 introduces a version limit for addons. Previously, addons could accumulate an unlimited numb...

20 January 2025
NodeIteratorUtil is your iterative buddy

Iterating children of a Node is a common thing to do when implementing solutions using the Sitevision API. Your developer life will most likely be a bit better if you start using NodeIteratorUtil when...

20 November 2024
IT-café: Year in Review and Sneak Peek of 2025 Sitevision Launches

As the year wraps up, we’re excited to invite you to our digital IT café. Let’s reflect on the past year and look forward to 2025 – what new and exciting developments await us at Sitevision? Grab a cu...

20 October 2024
The Sitevision way of "beach 2025"

A new, "slimmer" way of rendering pages was introduced in Sitevision 2024.08.1. The new rendering mode is used by default for new websites but existing ones must be tested before activation. Here's al...

25 September 2024
Enhanced Personalization Capabilities in Sitevision 2024.09.2

With the release of Sitevision 2024.09.2 , several new features and enhancements have been introduced, enabling developers to create more personalized and targeted user experiences. These enhancemen...

25 September 2024
Getting Started with Enhanced Personalization: Target Audience Code Examples

These hands-on code examples help you get started with enhanced personalization using target audiences. Learn how to determine if a user belongs to specific target audiences, dynamically build search ...

24 September 2024
Webinar: AI opportunities for developers

Don't miss our lunch webinar about AI for developers on 10 October - register today!

23 September 2024
Get certified in Sitevision - online

Did you know that our certification programmes, Certified Sitevision Website Developer and Certified Sitevision Solution Developer, are now available as online courses? Take the opportunity to book yo...

11 September 2024
Optimized loading of resources

Sitevision 2024.08.1 introduces an optional lightweight render mode to reduce page footprints and improve loading times. By streamlining JavaScript and CSS and dynamically loading resources, it optimi...

19 August 2024
Tech preview: AI SDK with Text Generation

In Sitevision 2024.08.1, we’re previewing our new AI SDK. This update empowers developers to integrate advanced text generation into their projects, enhancing content creation and user experiences.

19 February 2024
Getting started with the types API

The types REST API endpoint is available as of Sitevision 2023.11.1 and its accompanying "pin/unpin content" friend is available as of Sitevision 2024.01.1

1 February 2024
Specify expected file size in the manifest

As of the last Sitevision release (Cloud and On-prem), zero is accepted as valid value for the maxUploadSizeInMB in the manifest. From now on we recommend to always specify maxUploadSizeInMB.

8 September 2023
Increased Envision usage in built-in Sitevision modules - Part 2

Sitevision 2023.09.1 continues on the Envision migration path that was started in Sitevision 2023.07.1. This time inline styling of built-in modules has been replaced with Envision classes.

12 July 2023
Increased Envision usage in built-in Sitevision modules - Part 1

Sitevision comes with approximately 150 modules that have been around for years. The time has now come for these modules to start using Envision for CSS styling. Changes in Sitevision 2023.07.1 are th...

10 March 2023
Propagation of session between intertwined apps

As of Sitevision 2022.03.1 there are a new updateSession function to propagate session state between intertwined apps (typically a WebApp that executes a RESTApp via RestAppInvoker).

13 February 2023
TypeScript support in @sitevision/create-sitvision-app

Our command line utility has gone through som major refactoring and now has built in support for TypeScript

8 September 2022
Validation in WebApp configuration

As of Sitevision 2022.09.1 it will be easier to display error messages in the app configuration panel.

9 August 2022
SRI for external resources

As of Sitevision 2022.08.1 it will be possible to add SRI checks to external resources.

9 August 2022
Content security policy and inline javascript

As of Sitevision 2022.08.1 it is possible to use a CSP without the unsafe-inline attribute for javascripts.

28 January 2022
Multilingual WebApp names

As of Sitevision 10.1 you can deploy WebApps with different names in different languages.

2 September 2021
Protect your WebApp against CSRF-attacks

Sitevision 9.1 introduces a way to protect your apps against CSRF-attacks.

10 June 2021
Bundled apps

Sitevision 9 introduces improved support for bundled apps. A step which we believe will boost developer experience and simplify building rich Sitevision apps with modern web libraries.

22 March 2021
Changes to Envision in Sitevision 8.2

Envision is adopting CSS variables (CSS custom properties) .

12 November 2020
Webpack and Sitevision

All modules bundled with Sitevision will, from now on, be built using webpack.

22 October 2020
The importance of using a proper REST API URL

We have noticed that several consumers of the Sitevision Model REST API are using suspicious/bad URL:s. Most likely unintentionally. This article a friendly reminder of how a REST API URL should be pr...

7 September 2020
WebApp CSS class names

The enclosing markup of WebApps will be more predictable as of Sitevision 7.2.

19 May 2020
OAuth2 integrations made super simple

Ever wondered of all technical considerations regarding OAuth2? Where do you store access tokens and refresh tokens safely? How do you declare a redirect uri? Do you need state, nonce or PKCE? Or all ...

28 May 2019
Technology preview: Sitevision 5 beta

Sitevision 5 is soon here but a beta version for testing is available today!

23 January 2019
Upcoming Sitevision 5 and web performance

Sitevision 5 will make a giant leap in measurable performance.

20 December 2018
Technology preview: DataStorage

Get a preview of the new proposed data storage API:s that will be officially released in a future Sitevision version.

25 April 2018
We proudly present WebApps and RESTApps

The Sitevision 4.5 release include WebApps and RESTApps - a revolutionary technique to develop new modules and extend existing behaviour and API of a website.