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Mastering Adobe Commerce Frontend

By : Jakub Winkler
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Mastering Adobe Commerce Frontend

By: Jakub Winkler

Overview of this book

Navigating the frontend realm of the Adobe Commerce platform can often feel like a labyrinth, given its multifaceted systems and intricate layering. This book demystifies Adobe Commerce frontend development, guiding you through its paths with clarity and precision. You'll learn how to set up your local environment, paving the way for a smooth development experience and navigate the platform's theming ecosystem, exploring layout XML systems and the power of templates. As you progress through the book, you'll leverage an array of JavaScript libraries and frameworks that Adobe Commerce boasts of, with special emphasis on RequireJS, jQuery, Knockout.JS, and UI Components. Additionally, you'll gain an understanding of the intricacies of Adobe Commerce CMS, explore frontend-related configurations in the admin panel, and unlock the secrets of frontend optimization. Practical exercises provided in the book will enable you to create top-notch Adobe Commerce sites that are functional, optimized, user-centric, and a step ahead in the ever-evolving frontend landscape.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)

A quick introduction to Adobe Commerce CMS

In the previous chapters, we did already work with the Content menu in the Admin Panel, but we only played with just a small part of it related to design changes, schedules, and the theme view.

CMS, as we know, stands for content management system, but what exactly is the content part? Let’s define it in terms of an e-commerce website:

Content: The overall definition would be very simple: it is everything that is visible on the storefront. All the textual, visual, and medial elements are presented to the customer, including product data, category descriptions, images, reviews, videos, banners, and any other information aiming to inform, engage, or convert visitors into customers. The content is critical for marketing operations and search engine optimization (SEO) work. It’s the thing that makes the store unique. In AC, the CMS has a narrower meaning, and it does not include the catalog; it only refers to widgets, Blocks...