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A Shopware Academy in June
Jisse Reitsma - March 20, 2023
The current Magento Academy has only begun two weeks ago. And our new office is still smelling like new IKEA. But we are planning for something else: A Shopware Academy (Dutch only) is going to kickstart in June to help onboard new developers. And registration is open.
Mage-OS Nederland at Webwinkelvakdagen
Jisse Reitsma - March 19, 2023
Slowly activity is increasing with the new Dutch association of Mage-OS Nederland. After initial meetings, a first member meeting in January, we are now taking the next move: Organizing a traditional meetup at the end of the first day of the yearly Dutch Webwinkel Vakdagen - which is already Wednesday, March 29th 2023.
Yireo and its effort for Hyvä
Jisse Reitsma - March 12, 2023
Hello world, meet Hyvä. Unless you have lived under a rock, you must have noticed the stir in the Magento community: There is a new Magento frontend, it is fast and easy and it is called Hyvä. We have been there for the ride, but I felt it was time to explain what kind of ride it has been. And to look ahead.
The Yireo Academy for Magento in Q1 2023
Jisse Reitsma - February 25, 2023
We are psyched! The last couple of months we have been working slowly to this moment: Starting early March, we will organize a Yireo Academy for Magento developers, lasting 8 weeks, with a group of people ranging from 7 to 13 (I'll explain that). And it might be the start for much more to come.
Choose now - Mage-OS or Magento Association?
Jisse Reitsma - January 14, 2023
Quickly, choose - right now at this very moment - between Mage-OS or the Magento Association! Do it! Have you choosen already? No? Then this blog is for you to explain the difficulty of this tough choice.
New Google Tag Manager for Magento 2 with GA4
Jisse Reitsma - January 9, 2023
I've been busy with this for quite some time. But the work is done - as part of a bartering deal with MaxServ. The Yireo GoogleTagManager extension for Magento 2 has now been refactored big time, with support for GA4. Here are the details.
How I manage my todos?
Jisse Reitsma - January 2, 2023
I'm reading a lot - to stay up-to-date but also to get inspired - and because of this, I don't have a shortage of ideas. But there are so many of them that I find it difficult to manage them. Because it is kind of funny how I maintain all of this, here is my way of dealing efficiently with my todos.
The year 2022 in review
Jisse Reitsma - December 30, 2022
The year 2023 is here. And with that, it is always nice to look back at the past year: To learn from your mistakes and to celebrate successes. Here is the year 2022 of Yireo.
What ExtDN did
Jisse Reitsma - December 8, 2022
For some time now, I've been part of the Magento Extension Developer Network - ExtDN - and even though (or perhaps, because) things went quiet, I thought it would be nice to point out what ExtDN has done in the past.
Announcing Mage-OS Nederland
Jisse Reitsma - December 1, 2022
We are proud to announce a new Magento community collaboration in The Netherlands: Mage-OS Nederland: A non-profit association, founded in November by six initiators and now ready for the public. First stop, a public meeting and New Year's drink on January 19th.
Yireo ExtensionChecker refactored
Jisse Reitsma - November 29, 2022
End of 2018, I wrote a little Magento module to check upon the dependencies of other modules: The Yireo ExtensionChecker. In September this year, I refactored the module in major version 2, cleaning up the entire logic. And here's a little promotion.
Why not run Magento 2 in developer mode?
Jisse Reitsma - November 23, 2022
It sounds so simple: Magento 2 has a Developer Mode and a Production Mode. And the Developer Mode is there for development, so do not enable it in production. But why?