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6x Adobe Commerce certified. 25+ years in web development. I spent years lost in Magento, so you can learn it in an order that makes sense.
When I started with Magento, it took me years to become productive. I wasted months reading outdated blog articles, watching hard-to-follow YouTube tutorials, and got lost in the DevDocs, nearly giving up countless times. The learning curve wasn't just steep -- it felt impossible.
I remember thinking: there has to be a better way.
Why should every developer have to suffer through the same painful process? Complex concepts don't have to be taught in complex ways.
So in 2019, I founded M.academy with a simple belief: anyone with the desire to learn Magento can finally do so, if someone just takes the time to break it down properly.

Today, developers from 85 countries trust M.academy to shortcut their path through it. Every lesson is designed around the same principle: take something complex and make it feel obvious. No 20-hour courses you'll never finish. No endless documentation rabbit holes. Just clear, simplified video lessons so you always know the next thing to learn, and never run out of road.
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Professional & Expert level certifications across Developer, Frontend & Business
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PHP, MySQL, Docker, and the full LAMP/LEMP stack since the early 2000s
Hand-selected from 1 billion users. Just 0.0002% ever receive this recognition.
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Magento Imagine, Meet Magento New York, Meet Magento Florida & more
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docker-magento, the most popular Magento dev environment on GitHub
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Featured in MageZine, Magento Association, and other leading publications
Founder & Teacher
6x Adobe Commerce certified developer with 25+ years of experience, turning complex Magento concepts into simple lessons.
Tech Guru
Magento certified expert who ensures every lesson and discussion meets the highest technical standards.
AI Tutor
Our AI-powered Magento tutor providing personalized, on-demand support to help you overcome challenges quickly.
M.academy turns complex systems into a path, so a working developer always knows the next thing to learn and never reaches the end of it.
Writing code is cheap and fast now, but knowing how it works and whether it should even be there is what you have to earn. That is what every lesson here is for.
-- Mark Shust, Founder
Enroll in the Library and the open-access courses are yours, no credit card needed. The path starts there.