Faster Composer comes to Magento 2
One of the more exciting improvements included in Magento 2.4.2 is the support of Composer 2.0. In our tests, this brought a substantial speed increase and less memory usage to Composer commands run a…
Magento 2 Development
Composer, testing frameworks and all the techy Magento 2 development details.
Behind the Scenes: Magento 2.4.0 Compatibility
Major releases like the most recent 2.4.0 Magento upgrade are busy times at Fooman. We strive to have all our extensions tested and verified working as soon as you need them. As some of you are always…
Get Quick Approval From Corporate Buyers with PrintQuotePdf
Congratulations! Your marketing copy worked. The customer is excited and so are you. They come back saying the corporate buyers need something they can print for approval. Our new Magento extension --…
Introducing the ExtDN installer for Magento 2
One of the things that is more complicated than it should be in Magento 2 is the installation process of extensions. The installation of extensions is closely tied to the deployment process itself wh…
Testing concurrent order placement in Magento 2
Triggered by a recent bug report for our Order Number Customiser extension I had to work out a way to run concurrent tests. Essentially for orders placed the very same second a duplicate order number …
Getting Started with PWA Studio - June 2018
Magento is forging ahead with the development of PWA Studio which is supposed to bring us an easier development experience to create compelling storefronts for Magento 2. Last month we held a small ge…
Installation and Distribution Options for Magento 2 Extensions
When it comes to installing extensions for Magento 2 you have a few different options available. I'll talk through each of those options from a developer and end user perspective. In the end I'll summ…
Displaying Complex Error Messages in Magento 2
When an end user has taken an action in any application it's a good idea to provide the user feedback on that action. So for example if the save product button has been clicked in Magento 2 you would …
Improved Versioning for our Magento 2 Extensions
TL;DR: Our package versioning scheme will change to a similar approach Magento uses. The installed extension package will become a metapackage which is no longer going to be semantically versioned. T…
Upgrading Magento 2 with Extensions
Magento itself has documentation available on how to upgrade to a newer version of Magento, including using the Web Setup Wizard. However the guides are a bit light on details when you are also using …