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Magento 2 Cookbook

By : Bogman, Kerkhoff

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Magento 2 Cookbook

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By: Bogman, Kerkhoff

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.

Preface

Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Sections

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

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1. Installing Magento 2 on Apache and NGINX

1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

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What this book covers

Chapter 1, Installing Magento 2 on Apache and NGINX, is a totally different ballgame compared to Magento 1. Where Magento 1 could be installed through FTP or SSH, Magento 2 is installable only via the command-line interface for an experienced webmaster.

Chapter 2, Magento 2 System Tools, explains how to install Magento 2 via the command shell. Magento released a new powerful tool to manage and install sample data, reindex your database, back up your site, or flush your caches, which are just a few of the options.

Chapter 3, Enabling Performance in Magento 2, explains how to configure different types of caching options. In Magento 2, the Full Page Cache (FPC) can be handled by Varnish to give your store a performance boost. There are also external services that you can use as a cache.

Chapter 4, Creating Catalogs and Categories, shows you one of the major elements of a Magento store before creating products. Creating the correct product type including attributes is an important step in setting up a Magento store.

Chapter 5, Managing Your Store, covers setting up the correct tax rules, configuring an inventory, and creating customer groups.

Chapter 6, Creating a Magento 2 Theme, discusses the Magento 2 blank theme and how to use the fallback to create seasonal variations. It also explains how the new theme is set up and where files are stored.

Chapter 7, Creating Magento 2 Extensions – the Basics, contains the basic functions required to use extensions in a Magento 2 installation. It contains a brief introduction to new methods introduced in the Magento 2 framework and examples on how to create basic functions.

Chapter 8, Creating Magento 2 Extensions – Advanced, explains how to use advanced features in extensions for Magento 2. It also includes how to add unit/functional tests as this is a new requirement for extensions listed on the new Magento Connect.

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