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Magento 2 Cookbook

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Magento 2 Cookbook

Overview of this book

Magento 2 is an open source e-commerce platform that has all the functionality to function from small to large online stores. It is preferred by developers and merchants due to its new architecture, which makes it possible to extend the functionalities with plugins, a lot of which are now created by the community. This merchant and developer guide is packed with recipes that cover all aspects of Magento 2. The recipes start with simple how-to’s then delve into more advanced topics as the book progresses. We start with the basics of setting up a Magento 2 project on Apache or Nginx. Next, you will learn about basics including system tools and caching to get your Magento 2 system ready for the real work. We move on to simple tasks such as managing your store and catalog configuration. When you are familiar with this, we cover more complex features such as module and extension development. Then we will jump to the final part: advanced Magento 2 extensions. By the end of this book, you’ll be competent with all the development phases of Magento 2 and its most common elements.

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Magento 2 Cookbook
Mar, 2016 | 342 pages
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Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Magento 2 Cookbook
Magento 2 Cookbook
Credits
Credits
Foreword
Foreword
About the Authors
About the Authors
About the Reviewer
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
Free Chapter
1
Installing Magento 2 on Apache and NGINX
Installing Magento 2 on Apache and NGINX
Introduction
Installing Apache
Installing NGINX
Installing PHP-FPM
Installing HHVM
Installing MySQL
Installing Magento 2
Installing Magento 2 on Hypernode
Managing Magento 2 on Docker
2
Magento 2 System Tools
Magento 2 System Tools
Introduction
Installing Magento 2 sample data via GUI
Installing Magento 2 sample data via the command line
Managing Magento 2 indexes via the command line
Managing Magento 2 cache via the command line
Managing Magento 2 backup via the command line
Managing Magento 2 set mode (MAGE_MODE)
Transferring your Magento 1 database to Magento 2
3
Enabling Performance in Magento 2
Enabling Performance in Magento 2
Introduction
Configuring Redis for backend cache
Configuring Memcached for session caching
Configuring Varnish as the Full Page Cache
Configuring Magento 2 with CloudFlare
Configuring optimized images in Magento 2
Configuring Magento 2 with HTTP/2
Configuring Magento 2 performance testing
4
Creating Catalogs and Categories
Creating Catalogs and Categories
Introduction
Create a Root Catalog
Create subcategories
Manage attribute sets
Create products
Manage products in a catalog grid
5
Managing Your Store
Managing Your Store
Introduction
Creating shipping and tax rules
Managing customer groups
Configuring inventories
Configuring currency rates
Managing advanced pricing
6
Creating a Magento 2 Theme
Creating a Magento 2 Theme
Introduction
Creating a new theme
Changing a layout XML of a Magento 2 module
Adding CSS/JS to pages
Using Grunt for CSS changes
Adding static blocks to pages through layout XML
Adding static blocks to pages through widgets
Using a dynamic serving theme based on the client browser
Creating theme-specific translations
7
Creating Magento 2 Extensions – the Basics
Creating Magento 2 Extensions – the Basics
Introduction
Initializing extension basics
Working with database models
Creating tables using setup scripts
Creating a web route and controller to display data
Creating system configuration fields
Creating a backend data grid
Creating a backend form to add/edit data
8
Creating Magento 2 Extensions – Advanced
Creating Magento 2 Extensions – Advanced
Introduction
Using dependency injection to pass classes to your own class
Modifying functions with the use of plugins – Interception
Creating your own XML module configuration file
Creating your own product type
Working with service layers/contracts
Creating a Magento CLI command option
Index
Index

Foreword

Ray and Vladimir have been THE BEST thing to happen to Magento ever since X.Commerce.

Ok, that may be a slight exaggeration..., but it remains true that besides the software itself, Magento has always thrived on the dedication and enthusiasm of its large community. Ray and Vladimir are prime examples of the literally hundreds of developers, merchants, project managers, extension providers, event organizers, and platform evangelists that contribute every day to help community members make the most of their Magento shop.

I met Ray and Vladimir in the early days of Magento and got to know them as two highly engaged Magento fanatics. They built shops, extended the functionality, and pushed Magento to its limits. Failed and succeeded more often than anyone can count. More importantly, they were always generous enough to share their learning with the community through blog posts, webinars, events, and as Magento Doctors!

After a not-to-be-specified number of days, the announcement—we finally have Magento 2! If there are two people in our community capable of taking a deep dive into this new amazing platform and giving us practical recipes, it will be Ray and Vladimir.

I look forward to seeing what we can make happen in this new chapter for Magento. A lot of things will change and this book will help you get started with over 50 recipes.

One thing, however, will never change: don't touch the core...

Guido Jansen

Magento Community Manager

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