How to create a simple module in Magento 2.0
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The document outlines the steps to create a simple module in Magento 2.0, detailing the directory structure differences between Magento 1 and Magento 2. It includes instructions on setting up configuration files, creating controller, layout, and template files, and activating the module in the configuration file.
How to create a simple module in Magento 2.0
- 1. How to create a module in Magento 2.0 (Updated in August 2015) 2
- 2. 1 THE STRUCTURE OF A SIMPLE MODULE Magento 1 vs Magento 2 Some new folders in Magento 2 2 CREATE A SIMPLE MODULE IN MAGENTO 2 Step 1: Create configuration files Step 2: Create controller, layout and template files Step 3: Activate the module in the configuration file OUTLINE
- 3. MAGENTO 2 Folders and files of a module are put in only a package and located in app/code folder 1. THE STRUCTURE OF A SIMPLE MODULE MAGENTO 1 Folders and files of a module are located in different folders: app/code/local, app/code/community, app/design, app/etc, app/locale, js, skin,…
- 4. Some new folders in Magento 2 i18n: store the .csv files for module translator. Eg: en_US.csv, de_DE.csv Setup: store the files which are used to create tables or insert data to the database. View: This folder stores the layout, template, image, CSS and Javascript files which are used for your module.
- 5. Let’s create folders with the structure as following: Namespace: Tutorial Module name: Example Example link on Local host: http://localhost/magento2/exam ple/index/index/ 2. CREATE A SIMPLE MODULE IN MAGENTO 2
- 6. Step 1: Create configuration files 1.1. Create file: app/code/Tutorial/Example/etc/module.xml Purpose: Declare your module Source Code: (Go to our blog tutorial for full source code)
- 7. Step 1: Create configuration files 1.2 Create file: app/code/Tutorial/Example/etc/frontend/routes.xml Purpose: Declare the router of module for frontend (Go to our blog tutorial for full source code)
- 8. Step 2: Create controller, layout and template files 2.1 Create the controller file: app/code/Tutorial/Example/Controller/Index/Index.php => The souce code is found in our blog tutorial
- 9. Step 2: Create controller, layout and template files 2.2 Create the layout file: app/code/Tutorial/Example/view/frontend/layout/example_inde x_index.xml (Go to our blog tutorial for full source code)
- 10. Step 2: Create controller, layout and template files 2.3 Create the template file: app/code/Tutorial/Example/view/frontend/templates/index.phtml (Go to our blog tutorial for full source code)
- 11. Step 3: Activate the module in the configuration file 3.1 Activate module by opening app/etc/config.php file then add this line “'Tutorial_Example' => 1” into it: (Go to our blog tutorial for full source code)
- 12. Step 3: Activate the module in the configuration file 3.2 Open the Command in Windows (or the Terminal in Linux and MAC OS). Go to Magento root folder and run this command line to install module: binmagento setup:upgrade (Go to our blog tutorial for full source code)
- 13. Step 3: Activate the module in the configuration file 3.3 Clear the Magento cache then access with url http://localhost/magento2/example/index/index/
- 14. Following MageWorld Magento 2 Tutorial Series…