A quick-paced but thorough coverage of Magento 2 frontend development

Magento 2 theming allows for a lot of flexibility. However, this requires you to understand various concepts like theme inheritance, XML layout and Block programming. With our training, you will get all the information you need to customize and extend your own theme.

Your teacher will be Jisse Reitsma

This training will be held with Jisse Reitsma as your guide. Jisse is the founder of Yireo, three times Magento Master, member of ExtDN, trainer and author. Jisse has been in the Magento ecosystem since the beginning (v0.99) and has created numerous Magento extensions. He also has been pushing better coding practices, like CI/CD, clean coding, coding standards and testing.

Pick the learning method that fits you best

Because everyone has different needs

On Demand

Full access to this course with 104 lessons with 11+ hours of video
Student notes (345+ pages)
Learn at your own pace

€ 259

per year per individual

Blended

On-Demand package of this course
Teacher support via email & slack
Prioritized requests for new lessons
Get the personalized help that you need

€ 369

per year per individual

Custom

On-Demand package of this course
Economical for groups of 5 and more
Freely debate company-specific topics
Online or on-site at your company

Custom pricing

per training day

There are no scheduled live trainings available

At this moment, there are no trainings scheduled in our agenda. However, we are always busy with planning more, so make sure to check out our online agenda. Alternatively, checkout our on-demand content or feel free to contact us for a custom in-company training.

Current video lessons in one single view

We are constantly updating our courseware, but the following is a real-life snapshot

Introduction to Magento 2 frontend developmentfree09m 34s

Development toolsfree12m 34s

Development performancefree17m 28s

Deployment modesfree24m 04s

Static Content Deployment 16m 35s

Setting the DocumentRoot in the Apache webserverfree07m 06s

Troubleshooting theming files n/a

Relevant database tables n/a

Theme locationfree03m 40s

Creating a themefree08m 11s

Parent themesfree10m 19s

Theme inheritancefree23m 11s

Theme structure 02m 19s

Theme vs modulefree06m 48s

view.xml file n/a

Introduction to PHTML templates 04m 33s

Using the MageSpecialist DevToolsfree08m 54s

Using mage2tv/cache-cleanfree04m 29s

Overriding a PHTML templatefree11m 08s

Creating a new template 13m 03s

PHTML vs HTML templates 05m 44s

Debugging PHTML templates 06m 07s

Understanding the root template n/a

Escaping values in templates n/a

XML layout concepts 07m 24s

Comparison with Magento 1 04m 19s

XML layout essentials 17m 31s

Review of homepage demofree08m 58s

Handles and handle types 21m 58s

Understanding page layouts 25m 08s

Adding labels to containers 15m 42s

Using containers 14m 48s

Adding a new page layout n/a

The head section in the layout 10m 25s

Blocks in the layout 14m 09s

Selectable layout updates n/a

Block and container aliases n/a

Layout updates 19m 17s

Moving elements 07m 56s

Removing elements 02m 55s

Rendering child elements in blocks 19m 17s

Reordering elements 08m 57s

Using block templates 14m 16s

Using the `customer_account` update handle n/a

Block arguments in the XML layout 20m 02s

Adding Google fonts n/a

Common XML layout modifications n/a

Understanding root.phtml n/a

Overriding layout 04m 38s

Overriding the logo 21m 02s

Text blocks 05m 48s

Troubleshooting layout issues n/a

Setting up Store Views for translationfree09m 48s

Translating content 17m 20s

Translating system stringsfree09m 16s

Using inline translations n/a

Creating a custom language pack n/a

How JavaScript translations work 20m 10s

Module essentials n/a

Creating a Block n/a

Using ViewModelsfree15m 42s

ViewModels vs Blocksfree07m 48s

Extending `AbstractBlock` 01m 50s

Dependency Injection into a Block class n/a

Working with CMS Blocksfree13m 55s

Example: Show products that are on sale n/a

Assigning variables n/a

Example: Adding a product to the footer n/a

Why declare strict types? n/a

Why block setters are deprecated n/a

Adding ViewModels to the Product Detail Page n/a

Adding ViewModels to widgets n/a

Extending the navigation n/a

Working with child blocks n/a

Customizing email templates 16m 00s

Adding a block to an email templatefree04m 15s

Using Yireo EmailTester 03m 09s

CSS strategiesfree05m 54s

How CSS is added via the XML layoutfree05m 47s

Magento its LESS strategy n/a

LESS basics 04m 25s

To copy Fotorama into a LESS file 09m 25s

Removing calendar.css and othersfree04m 04s

One single CSS or separate CSS files? 04m 31s

Understanding the @magento_import directive 15m 50s

Example module with some LESS 09m 57s

LESS compilers 09m 59s

Debugging var/view_preprocessed/ 06m 28s

Including critical CSS n/a

CSS responsiveness - the Magento wayfree15m 41s

Best practices for overriding LESS files 09m 31s

Using SASS instead of LESS n/a

SASS basics n/a

Grunt vs Gulp n/a

Using Grunt for LESS compilation 16m 28s

Grunt tips n/a

Frontools Gulp usage n/a

Using subodha his Gulp 05m 03s

bobmotor Gulp usage n/a

Why is the LESS compilation slow? n/a

General performance tips n/a

JS bundling n/a

Caching blocks 07m 12s

Caching of navigation block n/a

These videos are available as an On-Demand video training (with notes). See the pricing for details.

Get ready for certification with our Yireo course

This training prepares you for undertaking the following Adobe certifications:

Adobe Certified Expert - Adobe Commerce Front-End Developer (AD0-E710)
Adobe Certified Professional - Adobe Commerce Developer (AD0-E711)

Note that more courses might be needed besides this training. For an overview, see our certification page

These are the options we give you:

Prepare for certification

Our Magento 2 (so Adobe Commerce) trainings are not part of the official Adobe ALS program. However, Yireo is known for providing training with high quality. Many Magento developers have reached official certification, thanks to Yireo. Additionally, we can supply our own Yireo Training Certificates.

At your place or ours?

Everyone learns at her/his own pace. We provide both in-house training and public training throughout Europe - whatever suits your team best. When 3 or more developers are attending, a custom training is often more economical. Contact us for more details.

You'll get courseware

Every workshop is accompanied with official Yireo coursematerial. Attendees are sent a digital version of this material after the training. It contains slides, comments and references. Additionally, our GitHub repos contain numerous more code samples.

Online classrooms

Online trainings are also our training: Via Zoom or Google Hangout sessions, our teacher is able to connect with your team. The benefit here is that the team is able to connect from various places itself as well, timeframes are more flexible. Afterwards, a video recording will be shared with all attendees for reference.

On-demand self-paced training

This training is also available as an On-Demand training: Via numerous video lessons, including accompanying student notes (equalling a book on their own), you'll learn about the topics in your own pace. And when you bump into questions, you can fall back to the teachers guidance.

This training is part of the following series

so that we'll be able to guide you all the way, step by step

Magento 2 Luma Frontend Development

Magento 2 Backend Development I

Magento 2 Luma JavaScript Development

Magento 2 Backend Development II

Why Yireo?

We have trained 1400+ Magento developers since 2009

Training topics

Introduction to Magento 2 frontend development
Development tools
Development performance
Deployment modes
Static Content Deployment
Setting the DocumentRoot in the Apache webserver
Troubleshooting theming files
Relevant database tables
Theme location
Creating a theme
Parent themes
Theme inheritance
Theme structure
Theme vs module
view.xml file
Introduction to PHTML templates
Using the MageSpecialist DevTools
Using mage2tv/cache-clean
Overriding a PHTML template
Creating a new template
PHTML vs HTML templates
Debugging PHTML templates
Understanding the root template
Escaping values in templates
XML layout concepts
Comparison with Magento 1
XML layout essentials
Review of homepage demo
Handles and handle types
Understanding page layouts
Adding labels to containers
Using containers
Adding a new page layout
The head section in the layout
Blocks in the layout
Selectable layout updates
Block and container aliases
Layout updates
Moving elements
Removing elements
Rendering child elements in blocks
Reordering elements
Using block templates
Using the `customer_account` update handle
Block arguments in the XML layout
Adding Google fonts
Common XML layout modifications
Understanding root.phtml
Overriding layout
Overriding the logo
Text blocks
Troubleshooting layout issues
Setting up Store Views for translation
Translating content
Translating system strings
Using inline translations
Creating a custom language pack
How JavaScript translations work
Module essentials
Creating a Block
Using ViewModels
ViewModels vs Blocks
Extending `AbstractBlock`
Dependency Injection into a Block class
Working with CMS Blocks
Example: Show products that are on sale
Assigning variables
Example: Adding a product to the footer
Why declare strict types?
Why block setters are deprecated
Adding ViewModels to the Product Detail Page
Adding ViewModels to widgets
Extending the navigation
Working with child blocks
Customizing email templates
Adding a block to an email template
Using Yireo EmailTester
CSS strategies
How CSS is added via the XML layout
Magento its LESS strategy
LESS basics
To copy Fotorama into a LESS file
Removing calendar.css and others
One single CSS or separate CSS files?
Understanding the @magento_import directive
Example module with some LESS
LESS compilers
Debugging var/view_preprocessed/
Including critical CSS
CSS responsiveness - the Magento way
Best practices for overriding LESS files
Using SASS instead of LESS
SASS basics
Grunt vs Gulp
Using Grunt for LESS compilation
Grunt tips
Frontools Gulp usage
Using subodha his Gulp
bobmotor Gulp usage
Why is the LESS compilation slow?
General performance tips
JS bundling
Caching blocks
Caching of navigation block

Audience

Technical merchants
Webdesigners
Frontend developers

Requirements

Experience with Magento 2 Admin Panel
An installation of Magento 2 running locally
Basic knowledge of object-oriented PHP and XML
Skilled in HTML and CSS

Frequently Asked Questions

There is a minimum number of attendees listed. What does this mean?

The training is only held when there is a number of attendees. This number is usually 4 but sometimes we bring this down to 2 or 3. This minimum number simply means that if a class is not "full", either you get a refund or your ticket is transferred to another date.

The teacher: Jisse Reitsma

Thus it came to be

When Jisse started with Magento, he already had years of experience programming in Joomla (back in the days when Joomla was actually the #1 CMS - believe it or not). Back then, open source cart solutions were lacking and Magento 1.0 brought a lot of hope.

Quickly Jisse dived into the new architecture: In 2009, he built his first extensions, among which the fundaments of a bridge between Joomla and Magento (MageBridge) and various project-specific extensions (among which payment providers and custom MVC/EAV modules).

A relieve

Over the years, he experienced what most Magento developers experienced with M1: A lot of power, but also frustration. After a couple of years, it no longer was cutting-edge and it barely adopted new developer standards. When the new Magento 2.0 alpha 1 came out, Jisse started playing with it. And he was relieved to see modern tools in its architecture: Composer, PHP namespacing, testability, CLI-driven management, proper design patterns.

Again, after building some modules and dummy projects, the first Magento 2 developer training was given in January 2017 (two months after the official release) and numerous M2 trainings have followed for both backend developers, frontend developers and devops.

Frontend sagas

Currently, with Magento 2 being several years old now, the fuzz is no longer about its backend architecture: It is the frontend that matters. Jisse has given numerous frontend development trainings, where people complain about LESS (and not SASS) being used, loading times to be slow (while in fact M2 allows for enough tuning to make it bloody fast), an archaic combo of Knockout/RequireJS (while they both serve their purpose in regards to backwards compatibility).

PWA is the new keyword. Jisse has dived into React, Redux & service workers in combination with GraphQL and NodeJS tools. He is currently working in various initiatives to help developers embrace the new frontend stack (ExtDN, Vue Storefront, DEITY). Also, he has added Docker and Kubernetes to his vocabulary.

As of yet, it is fair to say that Magento holds little surprises for Jisse. He is your guy to train you or your developers properly in both backend and frontend technology.

Magento 2 Frontending