Author Archives: John West

This blog post explains the following diagram that describes responsibilities for components in a SaaS headless content management implementation and the three main phases at which customer solutions can retrieve data from the CMS. To make it easier to understand, this diagram intentionally omits systems often integrated with solutions that involve content management systems, suchContinue reading “-SaaS Headless CMS Components, Responsibilities, and Phases for Data Access”

This blog post describes a prototype for a .NET typed client that accesses HTTPS content delivery services that return JSON from the Contentstack SaaS headless content management system. This post also contains some important notes about appsettings.json and exceptions in Blazor, which I understand uses JavaScript and some JavaScript components to run C# as WebAssemblyContinue reading “-Prototype Content Delivery .NET Typed Clients for the Contentstack SaaS Headless CMS”

This post simply celebrates the fact that it is approximately the hundredth on this blog since I started writing it in July of 2020. Update 15.Dec.2025: After years of frustration with WordPress, I am finally abandoning this blog. The content will likely stay here for some time, but new content will appear here: I highlyContinue reading “-One Hundred deliverystack.net Blog Posts!”

This blog post provides some perspectives about managing custom metadata for media assets stored in the Contentstack SaaS headless CMS. I do not have anything implemented as I do not have any related requirements; these are just some ideas that I wanted to write down while I was thinking about the topic. If anyone isContinue reading “-Manage Custom Media Metadata in the Contentstack SaaS Headless CMS”

This blog post provides pointers for calling HTTP APIs that return JSON from ASP.NET Blazor client applications, specifically using the Contentstack SaaS headless content management system. If I understand correctly, with Blazor, developers can write C# code that runs as WebAssembly in the browser. Update 15.Dec.2025: After years of frustration with WordPress, I am finallyContinue reading “-Call Contentstack HTTPS JSON APIs from ASP.NET Blazor Clients”

This blog post lists tools that can improve productivity for developers, especially those working with .NET and headless content management systems. Update 15.Dec.2025: After years of frustration with WordPress, I am finally abandoning this blog. The content will likely stay here for some time, but new content will appear here: I have not used theseContinue reading “-Cool Tools for [Contentstack] [SaaS] [Headless] [CMS] [.NET] Developers”

This blog post contains information about validating data with the Contentstack SaaS headless content management system. Update 15.Dec.2025: After years of frustration with WordPress, I am finally abandoning this blog. The content will likely stay here for some time, but new content will appear here: Throughout the system, roles and access rights validate which usersContinue reading “-All About Validation with the Contentstack SaaS Headless CMS”

This blog post suggests a technique for setting field values programmatically in entries as they move through workflows in SaaS headless content management systems, specifically considering my experiences with the Contentstack SaaS headless CMS. Full disclosure: I wrote it some time ago, moved on, forgot about it, never reviewed it, and published it to clearContinue reading “-Setting Field Values Programmatically in SaaS Headless Content Management Systems”

This blog post explains how get Visual Studio to use Windows Terminal to run and debug your projects rather than using the Windows console. Update 15.Dec.2025: After years of frustration with WordPress, I am finally abandoning this blog. The content will likely stay here for some time, but new content will appear here: 30.October.2021 Update:Continue reading “-Use Windows Terminal for Visual Studio Run and Debug”

This short blog post describes a hack that I implemented to log HTTP request details to the console from ASP.NET Core applications for debugging purposes. If this approach has any value, the logic should be extracted, refactored, and tested. Update 15.Dec.2025: After years of frustration with WordPress, I am finally abandoning this blog. The contentContinue reading “-ASP.NET Core: Dump HTTP Request Data to Console”