Setting up a project (Visual Studio) to connect an application to SDL Web content using CIL.
Here are is the second in a series of Quick Start Guides to introduce you to the power and simplicity of SDL Web 8. This guide will introduce you to the Content Interaction Library (CIL), the recommended method of communicating with SDL Web's Content Interaction Service (CIS). The guide aims to practically get you up and running with a basic project as well as highlighting the function of CIL.
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This guide is only available in .Net right now but the same principles would apply to a Java application.
Other Quick Start Guides:
Getting started with DXA (.Net and Java)
The Quick Start Guides will show you how to connect to a read only instance of Web 8 that has been specifically setup for your use.
If you have any questions then please feel free to post here...