Hey Reader,

I just realized that I started blasting out this new newsletter format all about "atomic" lessons, without explaining what they are or why I'm even creating them 🫠

From day one, M.academy has been built on a simple principle: take complex Magento concepts and break them down into simple and easy-to-understand bite-sized lessons. Each lesson teaches exactly one thing, which makes things easy to learn.

This is the premise of atomic lessons. But by posting them outside of the context of a course, it provides me with an outlet to create lessons about a variety of topics that wouldn't necessarily warrant a full course — from integrating an API, to sharing a standalone solution, to answering questions from our Campus community.

I also believe this initiative will complement our all-inclusive ​University​ offering perfectly. But it's just one piece.

I'm also heads-down working on the Adobe Commerce certification prep course, which is my next premium course to be released.

Here are this week's atomic lessons 👇

Keep coding,

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

Execute CLI commands in Magento

You're probably typing way too many commands in the terminal, especially when running cache:flush or setup:upgrade. Learn a far simpler syntax you can save you tons of time in the CLI.

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Create a controller in Magento

If you're just getting started with Magento, you may not know how the request->response lifecycle works. Here's a really simple lesson that explains how to catch responses for a specific route:

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How Magento 2's Request-Response Lifecycle Works

Want a more detailed breakdown on the request->response lifecycle?

Then you'll definitely want to check out this comprehensive technical article:

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Install Xdebug with PECL

If you just installed PHP and are wondering how to get Xdebug configured, the first step is to get it installed — and PECL is the easiest way to do this.

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