Magento Code That Sucks
Bad Magento code is not random. It follows a few patterns.
You've opened a file before, a legacy project, a colleague's module, your own code from two years ago, thought some version of "this code sucks", and closed it again without a plan.
That's because messy Magento code usually isn't random. It's the same handful of mistakes repeating: god classes, hidden side effects, plugins fighting each other. Once you can name the pattern, the fix stops being a guess.
This course walks real, messy Magento code and refactors it live.
One anti-pattern at a time, from diagnosis to a working refactor you can compare line by line. Each lesson ends with the same file, cleaner than it started.
This is specialized topics, step 4, the last step of the specialized topics for now. Every new course ships into the University first, so what comes after this one arrives there.
You leave able to look at someone else's Magento code, including your own, and know exactly where to start.
Meet the instructor
Mark Shust has over 25 years of real-life development experience and holds 6 Adobe Commerce certifications. He has helped tens of thousands of developers all over the world learn and improve their Magento skills through courses, lessons and tutorials.
Mark's passion is taking complex topics and simplifying them down into easy-to-understand concepts. He enjoys teaching others, and strives getting you to that "ah ha!" moment as quickly as possible.
So far I love the Magento Code That Sucks course. Especially being a VERY entry level developer, I need stuff like this to make sure I know and follow best practices.
Foundational excellence
Step-by-step
This course breaks down Magento's complexities into easy-to-understand lessons that teach you exactly what you need to know, when you need to know it.
And you'll also not only get full access to the underlying source code which you can reference for years to come, but also a 24/7 Magento AI tutor to help you out when you get stuck.
Full 30-day money-back guarantee. Learn risk-free.
- Identify common Magento coding pitfalls
- Learn to spot the red flags in Magento code that can lead to performance issues, bugs, and maintenance nightmares.
- Understand why bad code happens
- Gain insights into the thought processes and misconceptions that often lead to suboptimal Magento code.
- Learn Magento best practices
- Turn bad code examples into efficient, clean, and maintainable Magento solutions.
- Performance optimization techniques
- Discover how to write Magento code that not only works but also performs at its best, even under heavy loads.
- Real-world problem-solving skills
- Develop the ability to approach complex Magento issues with a critical eye and solve them effectively.
- Magento architecture insights
- Gain a deeper understanding of Magento's intricate architecture and how to work with it, not against it.
Prerequisites
Basic experience with Magento development
Familiarity with PHP and OOP concepts
Curiosity about code quality and best practices
Willingness to learn from mistakes
Sense of humor and ability to laugh at code
Everything to succeed
- Magento 2.4.4+ support
- Commerce 2.4.4+ support
- 10 step-by-step lessons
- 1h 10m of on-demand video
- Full source code
- Ability to ask tech questions
- Access to Maggie, the AI tutor
- Enhanced lesson transcripts
- Tech-friendly closed captions
- Multi-language support
- Certificate of completion
- Lifetime access
Your courses helped me apply some "gotchas" that really eased my development work. Thank you!
What you'll learn
Each video lesson can be played back & referenced as many times as you wish at slow or fast speed.
Perfect AI-enhanced tech-friendly closed captions available in 9 languages:
🇺🇸 ENEnglish🇪🇸 🇲🇽 ESSpanish🇵🇹 PTPortuguese🇫🇷 FRFrench🇩🇪 DEGerman🇵🇱 PLPolish🇮🇹 ITItalian🇺🇦 UAUkrainian🇷🇸 SRSerbian
The curriculum for this course is different from our other courses. Feel free to skip around, checking out the lessons which interest you the most, as there is no predefined order of lessons.
This is also a live, active course, so new lessons will continually be added over time. The current price is reflective of the currently unfinished state of the course, and will increase over time.
Specialized topics, step 4
You are here: Magento Code That Sucks. The road does not end here. Every new course ships into the University first.
Includes our Magento AI tutor
Get instant, personalized support when you need it most, ...available from any lesson in this course.
- Answers any hour, in 183 languages
- Accessible from every lesson in this course
- Links the related lessons for you
Who should take this course?
M.academy has VERY good courses. They help developers understand difficult concepts related to Magento 2 development, and it has been very helpful for me. I totally recommend it to other developers!
Choose your learning path
Start with this course, or take the whole path with the University.
Team
Up to 5 developers on the same course, one checkout.
- Everything in Individual
- Onboard up to 5 developers
- Save with a team rate
- Priority support
- 30-day money-back guarantee
Individual
Enroll in this course and put these skills to work right away.
- License for a single user
- One payment, keep it for good
- Lifetime updates included
- Full source code
- 30-day money-back guarantee
- Every course, in order, plus every new one as it ships
- Magento AI tutor and Campus
- Over $3,000 of courses and tools, priced individually
- Annual, or pay once for lifetime
Love it or your money back. Risk-free for 30 days.
Not ready to commit, but want to start Magento development right now? Get your feet wet with the open-access Magento 2 Coding Jumpstart course:
