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Extending Shopware 6 in unwanted ways

Extending Shopware 6 in unwanted ways

March 19, 2024

When you are told to extend Shopware entities, the usual way to do this is by adding a custom entity extension. But this proofs to be a lot of work if you just want to add a single column. Here's the result of my hacking.

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Wire Magento and drive off

Wire Magento and drive off

March 18, 2024

If you haven't heard about Magewire, you should: It allows building complex scenarios in Magento in much less time, provided that Magento (server-side) is the source of truth. On April 17th, we are organizing a Magewire hackathon and you are invited.

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Magento E-commerce Manager training in April

Magento E-commerce Manager training in April

March 10, 2024

In April, Sander de Graaf is joining forces with Yireo to help merchants get the best out of their business: a Magento E-Commerce Manager training. Why? Because merchants can be overwhelmed (or underwhelmed) with those skills that are needed for dealing with e-commerce. Here's why and what.

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Magento Integration Testing training in April

Magento Integration Testing training in April

March 6, 2024

As a Magento backend developer, you will come across them many times: Integration tests. However, it can be hard to get started with writing your own tests for your own code, even harder when it is somebody else's code. On April 22nd & 23rd, we are organizing a Magento 2 Testing course in The Netherlands to help you cross over.

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A teacher is not a lead developer (and vice versa)

A teacher is not a lead developer (and vice versa)

February 13, 2024

Aka: Why does a teacher not need to have the experience of a lead developer? I write this, while being biased and running the risk of being too offensive. But I have been blamed for not having practical knowledge so often that I find myself defending this: A teacher is not a lead developer and a lead developer is not a teacher.

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Our agenda for 2024

Our agenda for 2024

January 29, 2024

It took a bit of time, but we finished off (a draft of) our agenda for 2024: Shopware & Magento courses, bootcamps, hackathons, events and more. Take your pick.

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Agency access to all Yireo courseware

Agency access to all Yireo courseware

January 22, 2024

Kickstarted 3 years ago, the number of On-Demand video courses at Yireo is steadily growing - currently, 11 courses with in total over 103 hours of videos. And per request, we are now making it easier for agencies to give all in-house developers access.

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The Yireo website has been refactored a bit

The Yireo website has been refactored a bit

January 14, 2024

Ok, ok, it's not huge news. But I found it funny to share anyway: The Yireo site has been refactored, not necessarily refactored, but it is mainly the underlying technology that got a facelift: Plates, Tailwind.

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A new video course on Hyvä Checkout development ... in Early Bird

A new video course on Hyvä Checkout development ... in Early Bird

January 8, 2024

For the last months, I have been working hard to create a new course. And now the main portion of the work is done, ready to share with you: A video course on Hyvä Checkout to help Magento developers to concur this cool new checkout fast. And it is currently in Early Bird stage.

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