Fundamentals of Magento 2 Development (On-Demand)

Overview

This course will introduce developers to the Magento 2 platform. The course begins with a discussion of basic concepts behind the design and workings of Magento 2. The student is then introduced to essential components of the architecture, and guided through the Magento 2 request flow and rendering processes, databases, service contracts, and Adminhtml.

Please refer to Fundamentals of Magento 2 Development (Bundled) for pre-requisites.

This course is based on Magento Community Edition v2.1.0

Learning Objectives

Upon completing this course, you should be familiar with key aspects of the Magento 2 architecture, have gained skills in working with Magento modules, and have learned ways to customize Magento, to ensure the best upgrade path for the websites you extend. Specifically, you will:

• Become familiar with terminology and core functionality
• Learn to perform basic functions such as:
- Setup new modules
- Setup new configuration variables

• Be familiar with basic Magento customization techniques such as:
- Using plugins and interceptors
- Using observers

• Creating custom controllers
• Overriding controller action
• Basic operations and layouts

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