More notes on Magento 2’s checkout application. This post has a 1,000 ft. view of the code that runs when a user clicks the the Next button to move from the shipping step to the payment step. Apologies up front that this isn’t as in-depth as I’d like, or too in depth at other parts, but my Patrons are hard task masters [...]
astormOne other neat thing I noticed about Magento’s 2 checkout is the stylized progress bar involved zero images. The orange lines and step numbers surrounded by circles are 100% driven by non-background image CSS. The checkmark that indicates the active step comes from the following CSS rules .opc-progress-bar-item._active > [...]
astormWriting this one down to remember it – hopefully this makes sense to someone else. The following method is the one responsible for moving the Checkout from one step to another. #File: vendor/magento/module-checkout/view/frontend/web/js/model/step-navigator.js next: function() { var activeIndex = 0; [...]
astormThis is mainly a post-mortem from some help I provided to a patron recently. Magento 2 uses composer to manage its various PHP packages. This includes extensions purchased or acquired via Magento’s Marketplace, as well as core Magento 2 modules and themes. In Magento’s backend at System -> Tools -> Web Setup Wizard you [...]
astormNearly a year into Magento 2, I finally feel like we have the tools we need to adequately debug stock system behavior. That Magento Inc. left this to the community and each partner agency to figure out on their own speaks to where their priorities are these days (marketing, enterprise partnerships, etc.), but at least we’re at a [...]
astorm