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Magento 2 Coding Kickstart

Quickly learn and reference all Magento programming basics, concepts & patterns, even with no prior experience.

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There are 93 lessons in this course:

Introduction

Prerequisites, focus and outcome of the Magento 2 Coding Kickstart course
2:36

Free Preview Prerequisites, focus and outcome

Application & environment setup

Application and directory structure of Magento
6:15

Free Preview Application and directory structure

Available application modes in Magento
2:38

Free Preview Available application modes

Enabling developer mode in Magento
1:09

Free Preview Enabling developer mode

Set up Composer auth credentials for Magento Marketplace
2:23

Free Preview Set up Composer auth credentials for Marketplace

Install & deploy sample data in Magento
1:43

Free Preview Install & deploy sample data

Config, environment, and version control in Magento
1:50

Free Preview Config, environment, and version control

Set up development tooling for Magento
0:58

Free Preview Set up development tooling 2

Caching

Enabling & disabling cache types in Magento
1:51

Enabling & disabling cache types

Cleaning & flushing caches in Magento
2:01

Cleaning & flushing caches

Enable automatic cache clearing for development in Magento
1:53

Enable automatic cache clearing for development

Module basics

Local module directory naming conventions in Magento
2:26

Local module directory naming conventions

Third-party module directory naming conventions in Magento
1:56

Third-party module directory naming conventions

Create a module registration file in Magento
3:30

Create a module registration file

Create a module definition file in Magento
4:21

Create a module definition file

Enable a module in Magento
3:16

Enable a module

Exercise: Create your own custom module

Exercise: Install a third-party module

Create a composer.json file for a module in Magento
3:42

Create a composer.json file for a module in Magento

Routing

Overview of routers in Magento
2:47

Overview of routers

The anatomy of a URL in Magento
3:43

The anatomy of a URL

Create a new custom route in Magento
2:34

Create a new custom route

Create a controller action in Magento
4:21

Create a controller action

Exercise: Create a controller action

Reserved keywords within controller actions in Magento
2:13

Reserved keywords within controller actions

Dependency injection

Dependency injection with Object Manager in Magento
2:19

Free Preview Dependency injection with Object Manager

Incorrect way to create objects with new keyword in Magento
1:46

Free Preview Incorrect way to create objects with new keyword

Create a new object using Object Manager in Magento
2:23

Free Preview Create a new object using Object Manager

Create a singleton object with dependency injection in Magento
2:59

Create a singleton object with dependency injection

Interceptors with generated code in Magento
2:49

Interceptors with generated code

Map interfaces to concrete classes with XML in Magento
4:05

Map interfaces to concrete classes with XML

Interfaces and factories

What are service contracts in Magento?
1:56

What are service contracts

Create a class that implements an interface in Magento
1:56

Create a class that implements an interface

Create an object with a factory using dependency injection in Magento
2:55

Create an object with a factory using dependency injection

Exercise: Return a page response from a controller action

Redirect a controller action using a factory in Magento
2:19

Redirect a controller action using a factory

Forward a request using a Factory object in Magento
3:14

Forward a request using a Factory object

Views

Page layouts and containers in Magento
4:02

Page layouts and containers

Core layouts and blocks in Magento
2:52

Core layouts and blocks

Custom layout handles in Magento
1:44

Custom layout handles

Create a custom layout XML file in Magento
2:01

Create a custom layout XML file

Create a new template file in Magento
2:33

Create a new template file

Display a template with a block in Magento
3:09

Display a template with a block

Challenge: Create and render a template within a block using layout XML

Review: Create and render a template within a block using layout XML in Magento
4:58

Review: Create and render a template within a block using layout XML

Change the page layout of a view in Magento
2:54

Change the page layout of a view

Locate block templates in Magento
4:22

Locate block templates

Locate block nodes within layout XML files in Magento
1:44

Locate block nodes within layout XML files

Exercise: Locate a template and layout XML block

Move blocks on a page in Magento
3:12

Move blocks on a page

Remove or control the display of a block in Magento
1:57

Remove or control the display of a block

Override and translate template text with i18n in Magento
4:28

Override and translate template text with i18n

Override an existing block template in Magento
3:22

Override an existing block template 4

Render and wrap children blocks with containers in Magento
2:19

Render and wrap children blocks with containers

Exercise: Module cleanup

Update templates with placeholder data in Magento
6:23

Update templates with placeholder data

Database models

Declarative schema in Magento
1:54

Declarative schema

Create a new database table in Magento
7:47

Create a new database table

Automatically remove database fields in Magento
2:10

Automatically remove database fields

Model vs ResourceModel vs Collection in Magento
1:36

Model vs ResourceModel vs Collection

Create a model in Magento
1:22

Create a model

Create a resource model in Magento
4:46

Create a resource model

Create a collection in Magento
3:13

Create a collection

Repositories and data interfaces

Introduction to service contracts in Magento
2:51

Introduction to service contracts

Create a data transfer object (DTO) interface in Magento
6:51

Create a data transfer object (DTO) interface

Implement a DTO into a model in Magento
2:35

Implement a DTO into a model

Preference a DTO interface to a model in Magento
1:31

Preference a DTO interface to a model

Create a repository interface in Magento
6:35

Create a repository interface

Create a repository in Magento
2:26

Create a repository

Saving and querying data

Load data with a resource model in Magento
4:57

Load data with a resource model

Save data with a resource model in Magento
1:33

Save data with a resource model

Delete data with a resource model in Magento
1:55

Delete data with a resource model

Write a setup patch data script in Magento
3:29

Write a setup patch data script

Save data using a repository in Magento
2:41

Save data using a repository

Execute setup patch data scripts in Magento
2:31

Execute setup patch data scripts

Exercise: Write another setup data patch script

Create a ViewModel in Magento
4:19

Create a ViewModel

Pass data to a template using a ViewModel in Magento
4:54

Pass data to a template using a ViewModel

Exercise: Pass data to another template using a ViewModel

Exercise: Create a new function within a ViewModel

Load data using a collection in Magento
3:25

Load data using a collection

Load data using a repository in Magento
4:12

Load data using a repository

Escape template data to prevent XSS security vulnerabilities in Magento
4:05

Escape template data to prevent XSS security vulnerabilities

Expose a REST API endpoint using a repository in Magento
7:48

Expose a REST API endpoint using a repository

Design patterns

Create and dispatch an event in Magento
3:50

Create and dispatch an event

Listen to an event with an observer in Magento
7:04

Listen to an event with an observer

What is a plugin or interceptor in Magento?
3:13

What is a plugin or interceptor?

Use a before plugin to modify function parameters in Magento
6:14

Use a before plugin to modify function parameters

Use an after plugin to modify the result of a function in Magento
6:35

Use an after plugin to modify the result of a function

Use an around plugin to silence a function in Magento
3:44

Use an around plugin to silence a function 2

Override a class using a preference in Magento
4:32

Override a class using a preference

Wrap-up

Downloadable archive of modules

Next steps