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What is prototype?

Let's say that you have a great idea for a new product. You can imagine in your mind how it'll work and how cool it'll be when it's done. You can see in your mind how each of the pieces work together and how much easier it makes your life. But putting that into words is a little challenging. You then go to work to make something physical that resembles the picture in your mind and you create a rough mock-up of what the final product will look like.

You've just created a prototype. A prototype is an initial creation of a product that shows the basics of what a product will look like, what the product will do, and how the product operates. A prototype isn't meant to be the final version; it's the rough draft form of the product. It'll often have elements that demonstrate how the product will work, even though the prototype may not have the functionality that the final product will have after it's professionally manufactured. The prototype helps you to get a solid idea of what the product will be and make alterations while the item is still in concept mode.

Advantage of Prototype

A prototype is a valuable tool in the product development process. It gives the inventor or the creator a chance to see their idea come to life. By creating an initial example of your idea, you've got a chance to make changes to the design, work out problems in design, and make alterations to make the product look nice. The prototype is essentially a rough draft of the product. Once the prototype is created, steps can be taken to refine the product, both in design and function.
Prototypes may be used to demonstrate a potential product and can also be used as a tool to gain financing or investments. When a potential investor can see what the item is you want to create, they can get a better vision of what you want to produce and may be more interested in putting their money towards the project.


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How to find or count all pages in AEM project?

We may find all the AEM pages using the SQL query. Run the below SQL query to get the count and list of all the cq:Page from your project.

SELECT * FROM [cq:Page] AS page WHERE ISDESCENDANTNODE(page ,"/content/project")
Below is the screenshot of the result and query execution steps. You may replace the path with your own project path e.g. /content/project 
Count of pages in AEM project 

.content.xml files are not visible in Eclipse project explorer

While working in Eclipse with Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) code, .content.xml file which is the content file of node structure is not visible in Eclipse project explorer.

This is happening because of the filtration of the file in the project explorer.

To view the .content.xml or any other hidden file which starts with .[dot], remove the following filter from project explorer.


Open Eclipse >> open project explorer >> click on view option >> Filters and Customization

How to open Filters and Customization option in Eclispe.


A new popup window will appear as below. From here, we need to de-filter the .resources option.

Goto tab Pre-set filters >> uncheck the .*resources >> OK

Eclipse filters and customization option