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Magento 2 Development Cookbook

Magento 2 Development Cookbook

By : Bart Delvaux
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Magento 2 Development Cookbook

Magento 2 Development Cookbook

4.8 (5)
By: Bart Delvaux
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Overview of this book

With the challenges of growing an online business, Magento 2 is an open source e-commerce platform with innumerable functionalities that gives you the freedom to make on-the-fly decisions. It allows you to customize multiple levels of security permissions and enhance the look and feel of your website, and thus gives you a personalized experience in promoting your business.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)
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Preface
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Preface
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What this book covers
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What you need for this book
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Who this book is for
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Sections
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Conventions
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Reader feedback
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Customer support
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1. Upgrading from Magento 1
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1. Upgrading from Magento 1
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Introduction
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Creating a Magento 1 website with sample data
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Creating a Magento 2 website
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Preparing an upgrade from Magento 1
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Upgrading the database
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Using an IDE
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Writing clean code with PHP MD and PHP CS
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2. Working with Products
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2. Working with Products
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Introduction
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Configuring the catalog defaults
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Working with attribute sets
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Working with product types
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Adding social media buttons
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Embedding an HTML object
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Changing the URL of a product page
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3. Theming
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3. Theming
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Introduction
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Exploring the default Magento 2 themes
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Creating a Magento 2 theme
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Customizing the HTML output
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Adding extra files to the theme
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Working with LESS
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Changing a page title
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Working with translations
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Adding widgets to the layout
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Customizing email templates
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4. Creating a Module
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4. Creating a Module
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Introduction
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Creating the module files
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Creating a controller
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Adding layout updates
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Adding a translation file
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Adding a block of new products
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Adding an interceptor
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Adding a console command
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5. Databases and Modules
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5. Databases and Modules
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Introduction
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Creating an install and upgrade script
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Creating a flat table with models
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Working with Magento collections
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Programmatically adding product attributes
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Repairing the database
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6. Magento Backend
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6. Magento Backend
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Introduction
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Registering a backend controller
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Extending the menu
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Adding an ACL
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Adding configuration parameters
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Creating a grid of a database table
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Working with backend components
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Adding customer attributes
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Working with source models
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7. Event Handlers and Cronjobs
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7. Event Handlers and Cronjobs
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Introduction
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Understanding event types
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Creating your own event
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Adding an event observer
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Introducing cronjobs
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Creating and testing a new cronjob
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8. Creating a Shipping Module
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8. Creating a Shipping Module
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Introduction
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Initializing module configurations
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Writing an adapter model
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Extending the shipping method features
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Adding the module in the frontend
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9. Creating a Product Slider Widget
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9. Creating a Product Slider Widget
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Introduction
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Creating an empty module
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Creating a widget configuration file
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Creating the block and template files
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Creating a custom configuration parameter
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Finalizing the theming
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10. Performance Optimization
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10. Performance Optimization
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Introduction
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Benchmarking a website
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Optimizing the frontend of the website
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Optimizing the database and MySQL configurations
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Optimizing the Apache web server
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Finding performance leaks in Magento
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Configuring OPcache, Redis, and Memcached
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Optimizing the PHP configurations
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11. Debugging and Unit Testing
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11. Debugging and Unit Testing
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Introduction
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Logging into Magento 2
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Getting started with Xdebug
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Running automated tests from Magento
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Creating a Magento test case
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Index
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Index

Using an IDE

Writing good code starts with a good development environment. An Integrated Development Environment (IDE) is the main part of a good development environment. NetBeans is a free and open source PHP editor that can be used for Magento development. In this recipe, we will set up a Magento 2 project in NetBeans.

Getting ready

Install the latest version of NetBeans IDE on your computer. You can download it from the following URL:

https://netbeans.org/downloads/

For PHP development, you need to download the HTML5 & PHP bundle.

How to do it...

  1. To create a new project, open NetBeans and navigate to File | New Project.
  2. A window like the one in the following screenshot will appear on your screen. Click on PHP and PHP Application with Existing Sources.
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  3. Click on Next and configure the following settings:
    • Source Folder: This field is set to the location of your Magento code (like /var/www/html/magento2/)
    • Project Name: The NetBeans project name is entered in this field
    • PHP Version: This field is set to PHP 5.5
    • Default Encoding: This field is set to UTF-8
  4. In the next screenshot, you can see how everything is configured:
    How to do it...

    Tip

    When you are working with a version control system like GIT, it is recommended that you check the checkbox. Put NetBeans metadata into a separate directory. If not checked, a .nbproject folder is created in your Magento root, and you don't want to have that folder in your version control system. Another possibility is to add the .nbproject folder in the .gitignore file.

  5. Click on Next and configure the final settings:
    • Run as: If you are developing on a local PC, choose Local Web Server
    • Project URL: The URL of your website
    • Index file: Set this to index.php

    The settings are shown in the following screenshot:

    How to do it...
  6. Click on the Finish button and your NetBeans project is ready. You can now start developing.

There's more...

In this recipe, we used the free code editor NetBeans, but there are also some other good alternatives on the market, such as:

  • PHPStorm
  • Eclipse with PDT (PHP Development Tools)
  • Zend Studio
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