Design Patterns: Guides and Practical Know-how | Page 3 | mironsoft Blog
Design Patterns
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Mar 13, 2026
The foundation of all Magento architecture: constructor injection, di.xml, preferences, virtual types, shared objects and clean testing with mocks, explained in full.
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Mar 13, 2026
Promises encapsulate the result of an asynchronous operation before that result even exists, while a Deferred object provides control over resolution and rejection from the outside. Anyone who understands the three states of a promise, the rules of chaining and the common combinators can structure complex asynchronous workflows in PHP, whether with ReactPHP, Amp or a custom minimal implementation.
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Mar 7, 2026
A dashboard layout decides whether users understand within seconds where their key metrics live, or have to scroll for minutes. This article shows how to build a Tailwind CSS dashboard layout out of a sidebar, a stat card grid and flexible content areas that works equally well on desktop and mobile.
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Feb 27, 2026
x-data is the heart of every Alpine.js component. Misjudging state scope leads to unexpected reactivity effects and painful refactoring. This tutorial shows how to correctly scope, reuse, and communicate state between components.
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Feb 19, 2026
Long lists that load more content on scroll are one of the most common UI requirements, but naive implementations regularly fail on duplicates, memory usage and inconsistent scroll position. TanStack Query's infinite query solves these problems with a clear page structure, cursor based navigation, and combines with virtualization to render even tens of thousands of items smoothly.
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Feb 15, 2026
Alpine.js has no built-in computed(), but JavaScript getters fill that gap almost completely. Anyone who understands how getters behave reactively inside Alpine.data(), how they can be chained, and how they differ from a regular method, can build derived values that are just as clean as computed properties in Vue or useMemo in React.
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Feb 13, 2026
Anyone who re-debates whether a preference or a plugin is the right choice for every new requirement wastes time in code review and risks conflicts with third-party modules. This decision rule delivers a fixed checklist with scoring, applied to four real Magento 2.4.8 scenarios that recur regularly in agency practice.
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Feb 12, 2026
Dispatch your own events, build observers, events.xml, the most important core events, and the question everyone asks: Plugin or Observer? Answered in full.