This is quick, high level, possibly incorrect, overview of how Magento 2 runs applications, and what the kernel of its system architecture looks like. This is the level above MVC/MVVM, and will only be of interest to folks (like me) who need to know how everything works. From a high level point of view, Magento 2 is an abstract operating [...]
astormMagento 2: Serializing a Category Tree as Primitive Types
astormOne thing that keeps biting me in the trnasition from Magento 1 to Magento 2 is that sometimes the etc folder has an area hierarchy. For example, in Magento 1, you system configuration file (respoisble for building out a module’s configuratioin UI) lived in etc/system.xml In Magento 2 this file lives in etc/adminhtml/system.xml [...]
astormMagento 2: Serializing a Category Tree as Primitive Types Fence post towawrds understanding Magento’s Service Contracts. (Service Contracts underly the new API system)
astormmage-eag/mage-enhanced-admin-grids Interesting extension I stumbled upon during a consulting gig. Lets you — via a UI — add columns to many of Magento’s backed UI grids based on the fields avaiable in the collection.
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