What this book covers
Chapter 1, Introduction to Magento 2, introduces you to the basic concepts of Magento 2, shows the Magento websites that are on the market, and guides you through building a local development environment Magento 2.
Chapter 2, Exploring Magento Themes, teaches you the structure of the themes in Magento 2, as well as the importance of the Luma and Blank themes.
Chapter 3, Magento 2 Theme Layout, shows you how to work with the Model-View-Controller architecture, the command-line interface, the layout system, and theme debuging.
Chapter 4, Magento UI Library, teaches you how to use the Magento UI library, LESS compilation, and CSS preprocessing.
Chapter 5, Creating a Responsive Magento 2 Theme, guides you to the development of a new theme for Magento 2.
Chapter 6, Magento 2 Styles Debugging, teaches you how to create a flow to test your styles, client-side debugging, server-side debugging, and the Grunt task runner.
Chapter 7, Magento UI Components, teaches you how to work with UI components: listing, grid, a form.
Chapter 8, Magento Layout Development, shows you the layout instructions, and the types, and techniques required to customize your template.
Chapter 9, Magento 2 JavaScript, teaches you how to work with JavaScript in Magento and jQuery widgets by developing a simple extension.
Chapter 10, Social Media in Magento 2, guides you through the development of a new extension that integrates Magento 2 with social media.
Chapter 11, Theme Development Best Practices, shows you the best practices of developing themes for Magento 2.
Chapter 12, Magento Theme Distribution, shows you an overview of the packaging process to sell and share your developed theme.
