Hey Reader,

I was planning on sending out a full M Bytes issue this week, but got a bit overloaded:

• Making major updates to docker-magento in preparation for Magento 2.4.8, including PHP 8.4 support! (updates will be pushed out before release day)
• Writing and recording a new video covering everything new in Magento 2.4.8
• Getting caught up with everything else before I'm OOO

I feel kinda bad about it ☹️

So, I just unlocked the first two sections of the UI Components in Magento 2 course to make it up to you! (15 lessons)

The preview will only be available for the next week — enjoy 🤙

If you like the lessons and want to continue with the course, you may want to consider enrolling in it. UI components are surprisingly fun to code up once you get the hang of them.

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Since I'll be out next week on a (much-needed) mini vacation, I won't be sending out my normal M Bytes issue, but will start things back up on April 10th.

Keep coding,

Mark Shust Teacher / M.academy Say hi 👋 on LinkedIn & YouTube​

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