Tag: Magento

1. Writing Custom GraphQL Mutations in Magento 2

   Apr 23, 2025

   A custom GraphQL mutation in Magento 2 is more than a new endpoint: it ties schema declaration, resolver logic, validation, transaction safety and cache invalidation together into one consistent whole. Anyone who separates these building blocks cleanly ends up with a mutation that feels like a native Magento feature and runs reliably in production storefronts.

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2. Customizing Magento 2 PDF Generation for Invoices and Shipments

   Apr 22, 2025

   Anyone who wants to customize an invoice PDF inevitably ends up at Pdf\AbstractPdf, Pdf\Invoice, and Zend_Pdf, not at the sales business logic. This article shows how a targeted preference instead of a full class copy extends PDF generation, how custom renderers get registered via di.xml, and how invoice PDFs can be generated performantly via CLI batch or message queue instead of synchronously in checkout.

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3. Content Staging for Campaigns: Managing Multiple Scheduled Updates in Parallel

   Apr 22, 2025

   As soon as multiple campaigns with overlapping time windows are being prepared at once, a single scheduled update in Content Staging stops being enough. With a clear structure for parallel staging updates, conflict detection and an approval process, campaign planning stays manageable even with several running actions at the same time.

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4. Alpine.js in Hyvä Theme: Interactive Magento 2 Components Explained | Mironsoft Blog

   Apr 20, 2025

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5. Strategy Pattern in Magento 2: Interchangeable Algorithms | Mironsoft

   Apr 18, 2025

   Price calculation, shipping costs, taxes, payment methods: Magento uses the Strategy Pattern everywhere. How it is implemented, how di.xml swaps algorithms, and how you integrate your own strategies.

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6. Plugin / Interceptor Pattern in Magento 2: Before, After, Around Explained | Mironsoft

   Apr 17, 2025

   Before, After, Around: extend Magento methods without a core override. Plugin chains, sortOrder, limitations and the most important pitfalls fully explained.

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7. Composite Pattern in Magento 2 | Price Rules and Tree Structures

   Apr 17, 2025

   The Composite Pattern makes single objects and entire tree structures usable through the same interface. In Magento 2 this shows up especially in price rules, Sales Rule Conditions, layout containers and configuration trees.

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8. Magento 2 Plugin Sort Order: Resolving Conflicts

   Apr 14, 2025

   As soon as two or more modules patch the same method, plugin sort order decides the application's actual behavior, often without a developer noticing. sortOrder conflicts rarely show up as a clear error but as subtly wrong behavior that can only be cleanly diagnosed with dev:di:info and a solid understanding of interceptor execution.

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9. Composable Commerce with Magento: Implementing a MACH Architecture

   Apr 12, 2025

   Composable Commerce replaces the monolithic shop with swappable services connected through APIs. Magento can act as a pure commerce engine in this model, while search, content and frontend live as independent building blocks alongside it. Whoever understands the principle avoids the typical pitfalls around latency, consistency and operational complexity.

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10. MVC & Front Controller Pattern in Magento 2

    Apr 7, 2025

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