Magento Weekly Roundup 013: Redirect Rules in Magento 2, EAV Product Attributes and more

Zain Imran
May 27, 2016

Hi Magento lovers!

It’s our favorite day of the week again: Magento Weekly Roundup day! (Some people also call it Friday).

There’s a lot of material for you to catch up on. Let’s see what the buzz has been this past week in the Magento Community.

Beginning with Magento CE 2.1 Release Candidate 1 (RC1), all of us have the chance to preview the tweaks and features of Magento 2.1 GA. The open source nature of Magento is truly reflected here, as you can contribute to improvement in the code by identifying any issues. Furthermore, you can test your Magento 2.0 extensions for compatibility with 2.1. Also, get the details on new features of the Community Edition, such as PayPal in-context checkout, Braintree enhancements, and improved management interfaces.

Moving on to Max Pronko’s excellent article, New Database Connection in Magento 2, we can attain deep knowledge of the intricacies of setting up a new database connection for custom resource model in Magento 2. Each database setting is concisely explained and Max elaborates on how to edit the env.php file to add a new connection.

Plus, Max is a guy we should all pay attention to. In his interview with Wajid Hussain, he talks about Magento 1, developing in Magento 2, and working with the Magento community.

Claudia Jhonson walks us through the thought process and the technical process behind an upgrade from Magento 1.x to Magento 2.0 in The Rookie’s Guide to Upgrading From Magento 1.x Versions to Magento 2. You need to keep a few things in mind before you start the upgrade, and Claudia explains them in terms of eliminating redundant data, analysis of what to retain in the newer version and more. Then, she explains how to migrate your Magento theme, extensions, code, and finally, data. This article is the only resource you need for a hassle free migration to Magento 2.

In his piece Extending Core JavaScript with Prototype, Adam Moss discusses the inevitability of dealing with Prototype.js framework of Magento 1. Developers often have to use it for customization purposes. This article explains how to change output and input of class methods using two techniques, addMethods and wrap. After reading this, you’ll have no problem in extending a core Prototype class.

Recently, in the calm and relaxing environment of Utrecht, Meet Magento Netherlands 2016 was held. It was a 2 day event. Maria Zayac reports on the happenings at the community event. What were the discussions about, and who were the attendees? Find out by reading the event’s review!

The Let’s Encrypt SSL is all the rage in the Magento circles lately. Wajid Hussain explains How To Configure Let’s Encrypt On Magento Store. The whole process is easy to follow and you’ll have a secure web store within minutes. Check it out!

Fayyaz Khattak wrote a couple of useful posts for Magento freaks. Don’t torture yourself by adding products to Magento manually. In How to Import Products in Magento 1.9.X, Fayyaz lays out the procedure to ease the import process using a CSV file. Turning his attention to Magento 2, Fayyaz tells you how to boost your SEO by guiding you on How To Write Redirect Rules In Magento 2.

All Magento store owners should be wary of overselling. You don’t want to damage your store’s credibility by letting that happen. So, in How to Modify Content of a Product Page Based on Selected Swatches, Cezary Żegleń shows you how to display the amount of products remaining in stock, before the customer places an order. Isn’t that neat!

Finally, if you’re looking for an easy way to test Magento using Selenium, check out How to start Selenium testing on Magento by Magium.

And, this message just came this morning from Thomas Goletz:

Our next Meet Magento in Germany is not the same as it was since 2008/2009.
There is a new team. There is a new organisation and structure.
We stay with the community and need them at the conference.
We stay with the businesses and link them with the partners.
We want to bring to you:
Three clearly defined main core areas.
Anything about Magento CE and EE
SAP-Magento integration
Good stuff and great people
We are waiting for you all. Stay with us.
Join us.
Meet Magento 2016

That’s it for this week! I hope these links provide you some good weekend reading. I’ll leave with one of my favorite recent pop radio hits. Until next time!