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The work in progress with Magewire 3
April 24, 2024
Last Wednesday, April 17th, Yireo hosted a Magewire hackathon in its office space in Baarn. Progress was made to Magewire 3. And it was so much fun, we are going to do this again. Here is what is up with Magewire 3.

How I try to lead a better life
April 19, 2024
For years, I'm been writing technical blogs, but this one is personal: I feel that our world needs more idealism, more examples of how to do good. Here is a reflection on how I try to be a good human. Perhaps it is of use.

Magento 2 backender bootcamp (April/May)
April 9, 2024
In a few weeks time, Yireo kicks off another Magento 2 training program, this time dubbed as a bootcamp because it will dive into Magento 2 backend development for 4 days on a row. Want to go deep? This is for you.

Setup a Magento module via setup:upgrade or not?
April 7, 2024
I'm seeing this quite frequently, Magento modules placed on GitHub with simple instructions: Install the files, then run setup:upgrade
and you are done. It is a personal itch, so here it goes: Why run setup:upgrade
and why not run setup:upgrade
?

Yireo Category Extended module for Magento 2
March 29, 2024
For years, when people would ask me how to add a CMS page to the category menu of Magento, I would have told them to opt for a third party extension. Now I've got something else to tell them.

Extending Shopware 6 in unwanted ways
March 19, 2024
When you are told to extend Shopware entities, the usual way to do this is by adding a custom entity extension. But this proofs to be a lot of work if you just want to add a single column. Here's the result of my hacking.

Wire Magento and drive off
March 18, 2024
If you haven't heard about Magewire, you should: It allows building complex scenarios in Magento in much less time, provided that Magento (server-side) is the source of truth. On April 17th, we are organizing a Magewire hackathon and you are invited.

Magento E-commerce Manager training in April
March 10, 2024
In April, Sander de Graaf is joining forces with Yireo to help merchants get the best out of their business: a Magento E-Commerce Manager training. Why? Because merchants can be overwhelmed (or underwhelmed) with those skills that are needed for dealing with e-commerce. Here's why and what.

Magento Integration Testing training in May
March 6, 2024
As a Magento backend developer, you will come across them many times: Integration tests. However, it can be hard to get started with writing your own tests for your own code, even harder when it is somebody else's code. On May 27th & 28th, we are organizing a Magento 2 Testing course in The Netherlands to help you cross over.