Component development

Component development

Magento 2 is flexible and as a result has varied functionality, so developing a component in Magento takes into account a number of different of the following topics. Please read the information on compatibility — Service Contracts, Design Patterns, and the information on Dependency Injection, Routing, and Working With Public Interfaces and APIs closely; they are essential to creating a good Magento 2 component.

• Compatibility (Backwards and Forwards)
  • Service Contracts
  • Design Patterns
• Working With Public Interfaces and APIs
• Object Manager / Dependency Injection
• Code Generation
• EAV Attributes
• Plug-ins (aka interceptors)
• Routing
• Indexing
• Configure a Service As a Web API

The following topics will be added in upcoming sprints:

• Create A New Service Contract For Your Module
• Models, Resource Models, Collections / Databases
• Security Best Practices
• System Configuration
• Scoping Configuration
• Global vs Stores vs Websites vs. Storeview
• Abstract Objects / Base Classes
• Factories
• Magic Methods (Framework + Object)
• Proxies
• View Layer