Magento 2: Super Course - Module Development (Subtitled EN)

Some tips on how to make a better use of this course

Check the main differences between installation via github, composer or package

Some Important Tips and solving common troubles

Here's how to upgrade your Magento to the latest version with only 3 commands

Here's how to download the content of this course’s lessons in the course's git repository

How to quickly install sample data such as orders, customers and products

Depending on how you install your Magento, folders are different. Let's learn the main differences of the github version and its structure.

Find out what you can find in a Magento 2 module or component folder

All about key settings files and places where settings are saved

What else you need to know about the settings in Magento 2 and taking advantage of it

Learn about the differences of default mode, developer and production

Here's how to put your store into production mode and the top issues you can find

Meet my 2 favorite tools to develop for Magento

What are XSD files for in Magento 2 and how can they help you and your IDE

How to install a module via composer. Let's install a powerful debugging tool.

Get to know a very useful tool for dealing with JavaScript in Magento 2

Here's how to find template files and open them in PhpStorm from the browser with just 2 clicks

Check this out: this tool gives a boost in your bin/magento with extra commands and it only need to be installled once in a lifetime

Meet a friendly and free Magento 2 module generator. But use wisely to avoid problems.

With this tool you can enable all caches on local environment. Let this tool to flush the correct cache when needed.

Let's create a module for Magento 2?

Let's create a command that will be available in bin/magento. It is the simplest way to learn what is to come.

Let's talk about Dependency Injections and how our di.xml file can be useful

What are plugins? What are they for? What types are there? Find out in this lesson.

Let's see and create all kinds of plugins with practical examples.

When Plugins are not enough, use Preference. :)

Let's learn how Observers work, main differences of Magento, example of use and good practices

In Magento 2 we have 6 different types of setup scripts. Let's talk about them.

Let's create a product attribute using a InstallData setup script

Understand Magento 2 URL structure and how to identify its controller

How to create a Controller in Magento 2 and a page from scratch with a custom URL

Magento 2 uses layout XML instructions to organize every page contents. See how it works and the different XML types it has.

Hands on LayoutXML. Let's modify the page we created with a custom controller, and talk about custom Blocks

Understand the purpose of this section.

Let's learn how to insert an external JS, and how to insert a custom JS in Magento 2 using RequireJs. Let’s understand how mapping and JavaScript dependencies work.

In this lesson we will create the structure of a theme and we will also learn how to install this or another theme