June 7, 2018
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Paul Mestereaga
View Layer in Magento 2
In this tutorial I will give an overview of the Magento 2 View Layer. We will learn how to build Blocks, Templates and Layouts.
Topic: beginner
February 5, 2018
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Paul Mestereaga
Controllers in Magento 2
Learn about the Controller Layer in Magento 2. Check the step by step tutorial on how to create Frontend and Backend controllers in Magento 2.
January 19, 2018
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Paul Mestereaga
Models in Magento 2
Learn how to create a Models in Magento 2. Create Models, Resource Models and a Collections in Magento 2 step by step. Get code examples and code source of the plugin.
December 14, 2017
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Paul Mestereaga
Database Upgrade Scripts in Magento 2
In this post we'll learn how to create database upgrade scripts in Magento 2. These scripts are used to upgrade our custom database and insert data into it.
November 6, 2017
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Paul Mestereaga
Create a new module in Magento 2
Now that we’ve seen in the previous post how to install Magento 2 on localhost I continue the series with a short tutorial about how to create a new module in Magento 2. Module Location The folder in which the modules are stored in Magento 2 is app/code. The full folder structure of a module…
September 12, 2017
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Paul Mestereaga
Install Magento 2 locally on MAMP
This is a short step by step tutorial about how to install Magento 2 locally on MAMP. We will see how to install MAMP and how to configure the proper PHP and MySQL versions.We’ll then connect to Github and get Magento 2 sources and install it via Composer. You can see what’s new in Magento…
July 31, 2017
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Paul Mestereaga
CodeLobster PHP Edition + Magento
CodeLobster PHP Edition is a development environment, a lighter alternative to PHPStorm. This IDE has special plug-ins for working with Magento but also with other popular frameworks such as Drupal, Joomla, Twig, JQuery, CodeIgniter, CakePHP, Laravel, Node.js, AngularJS, Symfonu, Yii and WordPress […]
March 4, 2017
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Paul Mestereaga
Remote debugging Magento with Xdebug and PHPStorm
A while ago someone recommended me using Xdebug with my PHPStorm IDE to debug Magento applications. It's incredible how timesaving it is, that is why I decided to share with you how to install and configure Xdebug to remotely debug Magento installation with PHPStorm.
October 18, 2016
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Paul Mestereaga
How to manually install Magento 1
To install Magento 1 it is really easy. Follow the steps bellow and let me know how it worked for you in the comments section below.
October 17, 2016
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Paul Mestereaga
Let the journey begin
Why the blog? Have you ever encountered a problem and tried to search online for a solution and found nothing? I’m sure you did. As a beginner developer that happened to me. The communities out there are full of resources but sometimes we find ourselves in unique situations and we need to come up with…
