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The “ultimate guide” to Magento 2 JavaScript Bundling
First part of the “Ultimate guide to Magento 2 JavaScript bundling”. An introduction to Front End performance and benchmarks of available solutions.
Magento 2 front end performance settings – Magento 2 bundling patches
Second part of the “Ultimate guide to Magento 2 JavaScript bundling”. Set up a basis for performance testing with default Magento 2. Get patches needed for Magento 2 JavaScript bundling.
How to bundle Magento 2 with Baler or M2 DevTools extension
Third part of the “Ultimate guide to Magento 2 JavaScript bundling”. Learn how to implement Magento 2 bundling with Baler or with the M2 DevTools Toolbar.
The integer_net solution to Magento 2 JavaScript bundling
Fourth and final part of the “Ultimate guide to Magento 2 JavaScript bundling”. Learn how we got the best possible Lighthouse Audit score for Magento 2.
MageUnconference 2019: Let them eat cake!
During a weekend with the Magento community in Cologne, MageUnconference offers simply the best opportunity for some heart-to-heart talks about Magento, ecommerce development, and life in the year 2019 in general.
MageUnconference 2019
The time has come again, the MageUnconference is only a few days away. Therefore I want to show you why we will be there for the fifth time and what is so special about this event: Our team at the MageUnconference 2018 Not an ordinary conference As the name suggests,...
How to install the official Magento 2 language pack
The official Magento 2 language packs, which can be found on GitHub at https://github.com/magento-l10n, are relatively unknown so far. The purpose of this article is to increase awareness and make the installation easier. My colleague Sonja has already written a blog...
Magento Page Builder – Introduction for Developers
Page Builder was introduced with Magento Commerce 2.3.1. It's the successor of "Bluefoot", an advanced, intuitive and very flexible CMS tool for individual layouts and content elements. A typical task for a developer is to create a new content element with a few...
PWA! But when? Yesterday? Now? Tomorrow?
PWAs have become an indispensable part of my everyday life. In the conversations I have with shop operators and e-commerce managers of online shops, there is always the big question: When can I finally change my frontend? And which technology should I use?In this...
How to contribute to Magento 2 translations
Magento 2 is built for international ecommerce. In order to provide the best user experience, translations need some support from the community. Here is how you can help.
Magento Imagine and its side-events
Disclaimer:Most of my calendar entries actually were on the weekend before the conference. So I'll let you in on what happened before Magento Imagine in chronological order. And then add my most inspirational moment from Imagine. For a review of Imagine and all major...
Magento Imagine 2019 – Review
On May 13th to 15th, the annual Magento Imagine took place in Las Vegas. It is the biggest Magento conference worldwide, organized by Magento themselves. integer_net was represented by Sonja and Andreas. As every year, there were several announcements. Here are the...
Miles & More Integration in Magento
Customer loyalty programmes are a useful tool to tie customers tighter to the own brand and to generate more sales with lower customer acquisition costs than it would be necessary to gain a new customer. That is a reason why programmes, that reward customers for their...
MageRun Leipzig 2019
Prepare yourself for a long conference day with a run outside. The exercise and fresh air help to enjoy the day full of input. Like last year, we organise the MageRun in Leipzig for all attendees of Meet Magento DE.
Make Magento 2 small again
With version 2.3.0, Magento includes about 200 internal PHP packages (in the "magento" namespace) plus more than a hundred external PHP packages. These numbers have grown a lot in the last few releases, especially with several packages for the GraphQL integration and...
For the third time in a row: two Magento Masters at integer_net
A few weeks ago, the Magento Masters 2019 were announced. For the third time in a row our colleague Sonja has been awarded, for Andreas from our team it's the first time. In 2017 and 2018 Fabian was also one of the Magento Masters. ...
Resolving Session Bottleneck in Magento AJAX Requests
In a Magento 2 project we monitor with Tideways, we noticed a recurring bottleneck at session_start(), especially in the AJAX requests that load customer data. The issue is that simultaneous requests that use the same session will block each other, causing them to...
Welcome Wagon for newcomers at Meet Magento DE 2019
Is this your first time attending the Meet Magento DE? We organise a Welcome Wagon for newcomers to connect so you don’t feel lost in the crowd.
Magento Integration Tests & TDD – What to expect from the workshop at MageTestFest
In March, Fabian offers a workshop at MageTestFest in Florence. Here are more details about the workshop, his intentions and what to expect from the one day workshop.
Why you should not use @escapeNotVerified in Magento templates
Did you ever wonder, what @escapeNotVerified is doing all over the place in Magento templates? I've often seen it blindly copied from core code. Don't do this! Let me explain: First, there is a good overview by Magento architect Alex Paliarush @paliarush on...