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News about Hyvä Themes
Hyvä 1.1 is available About a month and a half after the release of version 1.0 of Hyvä Themes, the updated version is available, which includes new features. We want to take this as an opportunity to take a look at what has happened around Hyvä Themes in the...
Fooman E-Mail-Attachments for Magento 2
This blog post assumes that you are familiar with and have a working knowledge of: how to write plugins and observers how to set up integration tests (not mandatory, if you want to implement it without tests) Basic understanding of how you can distinguish email types,...
Curtain up for our client: Die Ballondrucker
Colourful diversity united in one shop Die Ballondrucker combine a large selection of balloons and matching accessories in their online shop, as well as the possibility to individually design balloons with the balloon print designer. For private occasions, company...
Curtain up for our client: Gustini
Good taste, not only in food With Gustini, a real piece of Italy comes directly to your home. The online retailer for delicatessen and specialities from Italy has been offering a wide variety of products since 2008, which are presented in an appetising way in its...
Recap of Hyvä Release Party
On the 12th February 2021, we celebrated the release of version 1.0 of Hyvä Themes. As the main partner and co-creator, integer_net organized and sponsored the event. Here you can find a summary of the event, including recordings of the talks.
Butterfly – integer_net’s third Hyvä Launch
Our newest project with a Hyvä Themes frontend is finished. Read more here about the measures we took to improve performance and the resulting lighthouse score. Also included: a glimps on our first two Hyvä projects.
Hyvä Release Party on February 12th 2021
Since the announcement of Hyvä Themes at Reacticon 2020, many merchants, agencies and developers have waited for this moment: The release of version 1.0 of Hyvä Themes. Up to now, only a few people and agencies had access to a pre-release version of Hyvä Themes, so...
Maintain Maintainability in Utility-First Frameworks in the example of Tailwind CSS
The new Magento 2 Frontend Hyvä uses Tailwind CSS, the most popular utility-first framework, for styling. While working with Tailwind CSS, having some general rules of thumb helps a lot with clarity, reusability and readbility of code. Utility-first frameworks like...
Hyvä Themes – which features are already supported by the new Magento frontend and what is planned
Hyvä Themes is currently under development and we are working hard on the new Magento frontend to make the first version available soon. If you are interested, you can sign up for the waiting list for Hyvä Themes. Here you will find an overview of features already...
From the idea to the realisation of Hyvä Themes
Having an idea is one thing, but actually turning it into reality is something completely different. How the idea of Hyvä Themes emerged in the first place and which events led to the realisation of Hyvä Themes is told in this article. First of all: Sometimes it takes...
Hyvä Themes and the Magento frontend problem
Magento's major strengths include its multi-store functionality and customizability; from a developer's point of view these are probably mainly the Dependency Injection and the API support. Unfortunately, the frontend is not one of its strengths: both the traditional...
About the “Magento Commerce Cloud Developer” Certification Exam
In late September 2020, I passed the certification which was known as "Magento Certified Cloud Developer" before. Its full name is now "Adobe Certified Expert - Magento Commerce Cloud Developer". I took the exam remotely from home - you can read more about the...
Hyvä – the new Frontend for Magento
The future of the Magento Frontend After a few months of work in a quiet little room, the big secret is finally out. At Reacticon 2020, our colleague Willem Wigman presented our latest project at the final session of the conference: Hyvä, the new frontend for Magento....
Remote Exams for the new Magento Certifications
In August 2020, all Magento 2 certifications have been transferred to the Adobe certification program, as my colleague Sonja has written here. You can still take certification exams online and in test centers, but the process is different now. I have already described...
Update to Magento Certifications
In August 2020, Adobe announced an update to the existing Magento certifications. Aiming to create more consistency over all Adobe certifications, the main visible changes are the updated names and badges of the Magento certifications. For those that take a...
A Template for Open Source Magento Modules
If you ever published a Magento module as open source, you know that there's a lot more to it than making its code public. For many small modules making it ready for the public is more work than actually writing the code. At least if you want it to be presentable and...
An approach for integration testing the Magento 2 checkout
The checkout is usually one of the most heavily adjusted parts of an online store. Besides the visual appearance and the UI, adjustments typically cover some backend parts too. For example: you adjust the e-mails which are being sent at checkout success, or you send...
Magento shop security at integer_net – The SanSec integration
To prevent hacks and data theft, we use several mechanisms at integer_net: Always the latest Magento version - thanks to our Magento partnership, we usually have access to it before the official release Use of a Web Application Firewall ("WAF") to block SQL injection...
Adobe Summit 2020
Due to the global situation, caused by Covid-19, Adobe Summit could not take place as planned. The biggest event by Adobe, which would have gathered around 16.000 attendees in Las Vegas, would have also incorporated the biggest Magento event of the year, Imagine. In...
A new Magento meetup for the Euregio
In 2020, a new Magento meetup will kick-off in the Euregio between Aachen, Genk, and Heerlen.The idea The Euregional Magento Meetup will take place every 2 to 3 months. The location will rotate between Genk (Belgium), Heerlen (Netherlands) and Aachen (Germany). It...