Blog – Magento 2
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...
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...
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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
Ever since the release of Magento 2 in November 2015, much has changed for this e-commerce platform. New versions, new features and partnerships, and a different approach to collaborations with the community keep us moving. Although the documentation of Magento 2 is much more extensive and helpful than it was the case for Magento 1, there are still specific topics to cover – which we do here, in order to help others.
Complementary descriptions of default features in Magento 2, examples of how to use these features, reports of the interaction between different extensions or tips and tricks for the development with this complex software can be found in this chapter of our blog.