Magento 2

Boosting LESS compilation in magento 2

Boosting LESS compilation in magento 2

During the development of magento 2 store we need to modify CSS again and again. This article describes how to boost a routine process of composing CSS files when you are developing a frontend of an online store.

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Magento 2: How to improve Magento 2 speed for development on local machine

Magento 2: How to improve Magento 2 speed for development on local machine

In this article we gathered the most important performance tips, which will help you to improve Magento 2 speed on your local machine. After applying of these performance tips, Magento 2 will load much faster. You will be able to work in normal way, without long page reloading.

In short, this is a list of speed improvements requited for normal development work with Magento 2.

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Magento Development, Magento Performance, Magento Tips, Development, Magento, Magento 2

Migration to Magento 2: Why migrate to Magento 2, migration process overview

Migration to Magento 2

Magento 2 is released and sooner or later you will need to move your current old Magento store to the latest Magento 2 platform. In this article we gathered a set of recommendations and strategies, which will be helpful during migration planning and implementation.

Hope it will help you to choose the right strategy for your online business and make the whole process clear and smooth.

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Magento Development, Magento Upgrade, Magento, Magento 2

Magento 2: How to create your own theme in Magento 2.0

Magento 2: How to create your own theme in Magento 2.0

In this article we will create own Magento 2 theme. We will build it, according to the following plan:

  • Creation of the theme catalog and its declaration
  • Creation of the composer package for theme (optional step). We will not do that in this article, but describe the process.
  • Creation of the registration.php file
  • Images configuration (catalog, product page, etc.)
  • Internationalization and translation
  • Creation of the catalog for static files
  • Defining of the theme logotype

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Magento Development, Magento, Magento 2

We are Magento 2 trained solution partner

Magento 2 solution partner

We successfully passed the certification process and now we are official Magento 2 trained solution partners.

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Magento Upgrade, Magento, Magento 2

Magento 2 installation guide: How to install Magento 2 with sample data on your local server (Magento 2 1.0.0-beta).

Magento 2 installation guide

In this article we will describe the Magento 2 installation process in details. Here you will find our advices and troubleshooting recommendations, which will be useful during installation process and certainly will save your time.

The installation will be performed with sample data import, so as a result you will receive a complete Magento 2 demo with categories, products and all other demo data required for testing.

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Magento Tips, Magento, Magento 2

Magento 1 and Magento 2 System Requirements comparison

Magento 1 and Magento 2 System Requirements comparison

In this table we will compare system requirements of the Magento 1.x and Magneto 2.x branches. We will compare differences of the platforms requirements for the server environment, PHP configuration, supported cache engines and browsers versions:

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Magento 2 Frontend overview: Part 1

Magento 2

In this article we will look "under the hood" of Magento 2.0 frontend engine. And describe the most interesting parts in details.

New Magento 2 frontend engine keeps up with the times, and uses HTML5, CSS3 technologies.

The Prototype library was replaced by jQuery. And yes, jQuery is out of the box now (at last!), along with Jquery UI. But anyway Prototype is still present in Magento 2.

Magento 2 have Magento UI library (which is based on LESS), it contains a solid set of mixins, also a large set of variables that allows you to make the development process more intuitive and flexible.

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