Vue.js for the PHP developer – Options API, Composition API, Magento REST communication
As a PHP developer you have probably had some contact with jQuery and maybe a bit of plain JS. Vue.js is the next step – a reactive framework that increasingly appears in e-commerce projects as a frontend layer for headless Magento or as a replacement for the older knockout.js. I show the basics from the perspective of someone who thinks in PHP day to day.
- Published in JavaScript
Elasticsearch in Magento 2 – indexing, debugging queries, custom analyzer for Polish
Since Magento 2.4 Elasticsearch is the only supported search engine – MySQL Search was removed. For many shops it “just works”, but when a client reports that “the search doesn’t find the right products”, the real work begins. I show how Magento indexes data in ES, how to debug queries, and how to extend the index with custom fields.
- Published in Magento / Adobe Commerce
PHP 8.0 preview – union types, named arguments, match, constructor promotion, JIT
PHP 8.0 ma wyjść w listopadzie 2020 i będzie największą zmianą w języku od czasu PHP 7.0. JIT compiler, union types, named arguments, match expression, constructor property promotion – to nie są drobne poprawki. Przeglądam najważniejsze nowości na przykładach i oceniam co realne znaczenie dla codziennego kodu z Magento 2.
- Published in PHP
Repository pattern – interface, implementation, SearchCriteria, testing with mock
Repository is a pattern that separates business logic from the details of data access. Instead of scattering SQL queries or ORM calls throughout the application, you have one class responsible for fetching and saving entities. In Magento 2 Repository is part of Service Contracts – a standard, not an option. I show how to build your own Repository from scratch and why it is worth doing.
- Published in Wzorce projektowe