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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)

Template file locations

Time to dive into template files. A PHTML template file is typically associated with a block related to a specific module on a rendered page. It’s worth noting that a single template can be linked to multiple blocks, even those of different classes, although this isn’t standard practice. For ease of maintenance, a 1:1 association between templates and blocks is generally preferred. We already know that blocks are added and defined by Layout XML. In the previous chapter, I’ve added this code in order to display a block with a template on the homepage:

<page [...]">
    <referenceContainer name="content">
        <container [...] >
            <block name="packt1.block" template="Magento_Theme::packt1.phtml" />
        &lt...