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Adam Varga

Are you ready to supercharge your Magento store's performance and user experience? This course is your gateway to mastering Hyvä, the revolutionary theme framework that brings unparalleled speed and simplicity to Magento development.

In Kickstart Your Hyvä Adventure, I’ll guide you step-by-step through the process of building a lightweight, high-performance Magento / Adobe Commerce storefront using  Hyvä. You’ll discover how Hyvä streamlines frontend development with its modern tooling—Tailwind CSS for rapid styling and Alpine.js for dynamic interactivity—while drastically reducing bloat and enhancing site speed.

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Are you ready to supercharge your Magento store's performance and user experience? This course is your gateway to mastering Hyvä, the revolutionary theme framework that brings unparalleled speed and simplicity to Magento development.

In Kickstart Your Hyvä Adventure, I’ll guide you step-by-step through the process of building a lightweight, high-performance Magento / Adobe Commerce storefront using  Hyvä. You’ll discover how Hyvä streamlines frontend development with its modern tooling—Tailwind CSS for rapid styling and Alpine.js for dynamic interactivity—while drastically reducing bloat and enhancing site speed.

What You'll Learn:

  • The core principles behind Hyvä’s minimalistic approach to Magento theming.

  • How to configure Hyvä with Tailwind CSS and Alpine.js for clean, responsive design.

  • Techniques for crafting sleek, high-performance Magento stores with a fraction of the resources.

  • How to leverage Hyvä’s ViewModel and Registry for flexible, maintainable code.

  • Best practices for integrating Hyvä with HeroIcons, Custom and Product Sliders and with the window.hyva Object.

  • Using BASE_URL and fetch() to Create a Customer on the Fly

  • Hyvä's Alpine.js Plugins for Better Performance and Interactivity

  • Hyvä JavaScript Events

  • Working with SectionData within the Hyvä Theme

  • Hyvä Forms with Basic and Advanced Validations

  • Hyvä Forms with reCAPTCHA Integration

  • Hyvä Patterns (Components)

  • Hyvä Section Cards

  • Hyvä Product Attribute Management on PDPs

  • Hyvä with GraphQL

Who Is This Course For? This course is perfect for Magento developers looking to streamline their workflows, store owners who want a faster, more responsive site, and anyone excited to explore the future of Magento development through Hyvä.

By the end of this course, you'll have the tools and knowledge to build lightweight, fast, and modern Magento storefronts using Hyvä, setting you up for success in the competitive e-commerce landscape.

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What's inside

Learning objectives

  • Hyvä theming mastery: understand the fundamentals of hyvä theming, including setup, customization, and best practices for magento development.
  • Responsive design skills: learn to create lightweight, responsive magento frontends using tailwind css and alpinejs for modern user experiences.
  • Practical implementation techniques: gain hands-on experience with viewmodels, icon management, and building interactive components for dynamic ecommerce sites.
  • Viewmodel utilization: discover how to effectively use viewmodels to separate logic from presentation, improving code organization and maintainability.
  • Building custom components: develop the skills to create reusable components that enhance functionality and improve the user experience of your magento store.
  • Understanding layout handles: explore layout handles in hyvä to manage page structures and create flexible, dynamic layouts.
  • Final project application: apply your knowledge through a comprehensive final project that showcases your skills in building a complete hyvä theme.
  • Hyva object and the heroicons: best practices for integrating hyvä with heroicons and with the window hyva object.
  • Hyvä custom and product sliders: presentation of the custom and - ssr product sliders with practical todos
  • Modals: creating modern featured product modals using modal viewmodal with nested modal and the related viewmodel model api reference
  • Base_url and fetch(): using base_url and fetch() to create a customer on the fly
  • Hyvä's alpine js plugins: better performance and interactivity for the customer
  • Hyvä javascript events: working with the different javascript events like toggle-auth, update-gallery, toggle-cart
  • Hyvä sectiondata: learn about the sectiondata management within the hyvä theme
  • Hyvä forms and the recaptcha integration: learn about the form validations from basic to advanced and the recaptcha integration
  • Hyvä patterns: learn about the different hyvä patterns like components in alpinejs
  • Hyvä section cards and product attributes: adjusting the pdps with new section cards and product attributes
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Syllabus

Students will have a foundational understanding of Hyvä themes and will be able to set up their development environment for Magento.

Overview of Hyvä themes and their benefits in Magento development. Students will learn about the advantages of using Hyvä over traditional themes.

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Setting up your environment and initial configuration for Hyvä. Students will be able to configure their local environment for Hyvä theming.

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This guide outlines the installation and practical exercises for the key Hyvä development modules: Alpine.js, Tailwind CSS, and their integration with Hyvä Themes with ViewModels / Registry and window.hyva Object. You will find detailed instructions for installing these modules, followed by a breakdown of relevant files, frontend routes, and specific lessons tied to each module.

How can I engage with the practical lessons without an active Hyvä license?

This quiz is designed to test your knowledge of the Hyvä Theme, a modern front-end framework for Magento 2. Through a series of questions, you will explore key concepts such as performance improvements, technology choices, and the advantages Hyvä offers over the default Luma theme. By completing this quiz, you'll reinforce your understanding of how Hyvä enhances user experience, simplifies development, and improves website performance metrics.

Students will be able to create and customize child themes, understanding the structure and components of Hyvä themes.

How to create and customize child themes for specific needs. Students will gain the skills to modify existing themes effectively.

Understanding the overall structure and components of Hyvä themes.

This quiz tests your understanding of the various components and functionalities of Hyvä Themes, designed for Magento 2. You'll explore the key features of different Hyvä Themes, including the Default Theme, Reset Theme, and modules like the GraphQL ViewModel. By the end of this quiz, you will have a solid grasp of how these themes and modules contribute to improving performance, customization, and development efficiency in a Magento environment.

Before styling your Hyvä theme with Tailwind CSS and AlpineJS, some pre-configuration steps are required.

Steps to integrate Tailwind CSS into your Hyvä themes. Students will learn to set up Tailwind CSS in their projects.

Setting up Browserlist for optimal compatibility. Students will learn to configure Browserlist for cross-browser support.

Understanding how CSS files are organized and shared in Hyvä. Students will be able to structure their CSS effectively.

How to install and manage npm packages for your Hyvä theme. Students will gain the ability to manage dependencies in their projects.

Configuring PostCSS and live reloading in your development environment. Students will set up their workflow for efficient development.

This quiz is designed to test your knowledge of the key aspects of configuring and optimizing CSS in Hyvä Themes for Magento 2. You'll explore concepts like the integration of Tailwind CSS, browser compatibility via Browserlist, and techniques for sharing CSS between multiple themes. By completing this quiz, you will reinforce your understanding of how to manage modern frontend styling efficiently while ensuring compatibility and performance.

Students will be able to use Tailwind CSS in their Hyvä themes and apply its utility-first approach to styling.

Introduction to Tailwind CSS and its utility-first approach. Students will understand the benefits of using Tailwind for styling.

Practical tasks to enhance understanding of Tailwind CSS. Students will complete exercises to solidify their knowledge.

Solutions and explanations for the Tailwind practice tasks. Students will review correct implementations and learn from examples.

Exploring Windy for Tailwind CSS to improve styling efficiency. Students will learn to utilize Windy for quicker styling.

Students will be able to manage layout handles and style layout containers.

Techniques for styling layout containers effectively. Students will apply styling principles to create visually appealing layouts.

Managing layout handles for a responsive design. Students will understand how to manipulate layout handles to fit their designs.

This quiz is designed to test your understanding of layout containers and layout handles in Hyvä Themes for Magento 2. Through these questions, you'll explore key concepts such as how to style layout containers using Tailwind CSS, the significance of layout handles, and best practices for structuring and optimizing Hyvä-specific themes. Completing this quiz will help reinforce your knowledge of creating efficient and responsive layouts in Hyvä.

Students will be able to implement Alpine.js to add interactivity and advanced features to their Hyvä themes.

Introduction to Alpine.js and its benefits in frontend development. Students will grasp the fundamentals of using Alpine.js.

Exploring advanced concepts and features of Alpine.js. Students will learn to leverage advanced functionalities for dynamic behaviors.

Leveraging Alpine.js for dynamic behavior and interactivity. Students will implement interactive elements using Alpine.js.

Setting up Alpine.js support in PHPStorm for enhanced development. Students will configure their IDE for optimal Alpine.js development.

Practical tasks to enhance understanding of Alpine.js. Students will complete exercises to solidify their knowledge.

Solutions and explanations for the Alpine.js practice tasks. Students will review correct implementations and learn from examples.

This quiz will test your understanding of both the core and advanced features of Alpine.js, a lightweight JavaScript framework designed for adding dynamic interactivity to web applications. You'll explore essential topics such as reactive data, directives, magic properties, and advanced techniques like transitions and lifecycle hooks. By completing this quiz, you'll reinforce your knowledge of Alpine.js and its powerful tools for building efficient and responsive web components.

Students will apply their skills to utilize icons effectively within their Hyvä themes.

Implementing HeroIcons in your Hyvä themes for improved UI. Students will learn to use HeroIcons for better design aesthetics.

Examples of using various icons within your Hyvä themes. Students will explore different icon implementations.

Practice tasks related to icons binding in Hyvä. Students will enhance their icon binding skills through hands-on exercises.

Solutions for the icons binding practice tasks. Students will analyze the correct binding techniques.

Students will be able to effectively use ViewModels in their Hyvä themes and conduct practical tests to reinforce their learning.

Practical example of using ViewModels in Hyvä themes. Students will learn to implement ViewModels for better structure.

Understanding ViewModelRegistry and its application in Hyvä. Students will learn how to manage ViewModels effectively.

Building a skeleton for a featured products modal. Students will practice building modals to enhance product visibility.

Developing a ViewModel for featured products using modal. Students will learn to connect ViewModels via ViewModelsRegistry components.

Finalizing the styles for the featured product modal using Tailwind. Students will apply styling techniques for improved design.

In this section, I will demonstrate how to create an advanced modal dialog interface that integrates with API configuration and supports the functionality of nested modals.

Presentation of the Modal ViewModel API Reference

Extend the Featured Product Modal Dialog with Nested Modal

Presentation of the Modals created only with the JavaScript without using ViewModel

Presentation of the Hyvä Sliders

Create Hyvä Custom Slider with our ProductList ViewModel

Presentation of the SSR Hyvä Product Slider and the related ToDo

Solution of the Hyvä Product Slider

Students will be able to effectively use and understand the window.hyva object.

Managing and securing private content in Hyvä themes. Students will understand the best practices for handling sensitive data.

Understanding the window.hyva object and its utility in Hyvä. Students will learn to leverage this object for functionality.

Tasks to practice using the Hyvä object. Students will complete practical exercises to reinforce their understanding.

Solutions for the practical tests related to the Hyvä object. Students will review and analyze the correct implementations.

In this lesson, you will learn how to construct URLs dynamically in JavaScript and make secure API requests using the Fetch API within the Hyvä Themes ecosystem.

Create customer creation using FETCH API with the REST and the usage of the BASE_URL within the REST API URLs.

Test your understanding of best practices for dynamically building URLs and making secure API requests using the Fetch API in Hyvä Themes. This quiz will challenge your knowledge on constructing URLs within a Magento 2 environment and handling data through authenticated API requests.

In this section, you will learn how to leverage three powerful Alpine.js plugins - Alpine Defer, Alpine Ignore, and Alpine Intersect—to optimize the performance and interactivity of your Hyvä.

In this section, you will learn how to implement the Alpine Intersect Plugin to create scroll-based interactions within your Hyvä-based Magento theme. By utilizing the x-intersect directive, you can trigger actions when elements appear or disappear in the viewport, enabling features like lazy loading and animations.

In this section, you will explore the Alpine Ignore Plugin, which allows you to prevent certain elements from being updated by Alpine.js within your Hyvä-based Magento theme. By applying the x-ignore directive, you can exclude specific parts of the DOM from reactive updates, improving performance and ensuring smoother interactions.

In this lesson, you will learn how to use the Alpine Defer Plugin to enhance the performance of your Hyvä-based Magento theme. The x-defer directive allows you to delay the execution of Alpine.js directives until after the page has fully loaded, reducing the initial load time and improving the overall user experience.

In this bonus lesson, you will learn how to implement a simple and effective loading animation using Alpine.js. You'll discover how to display custom loading text or animations while waiting for content to load or actions to complete, providing a smoother user experience.

Test your knowledge on optimizing Hyvä-based Magento themes using Alpine.js plugins! This quiz will cover key concepts and functionalities of the Alpine Defer, Alpine Ignore, and Alpine Intersect Plugins.

Customer Section Data is the system in Magento to make data from a server side session available to the browser JavaScript on pages stored in the full page cache.

This code initializes a sectionData object to store section-specific details, and defines a function, which updates sectionData e.g. with new customer information when received.

We can receive customer data in Alpine.js by listening to the private-content-loaded event on the window.

This process ensures the customer section data remains accurate and up-to-date by reloading current information and invalidating outdated data as needed.

Events play a central role in Hyvä, enabling decoupled components on a page to communicate state changes seamlessly with one another.

This event triggers the Hyvä equivalent of the Luma authentication popup.

Components can dispatch this event to show the mini-cart.

toggle-cart event ToDo and the related Solution

update-gallery event ToDo and the related Solution

Hyvä primarily utilizes HTML5 input types and the browser's native Constraint Validation API to handle form input validation directly within the browser and the ReCaptcha integration.

This section demonstrates how to build a simple form using HTML5 input types and built-in validation features and so give you a quick introduction about the forms within the Hyvä theme.

There are a number of CSS pseudo-classes that are also exposed as Tailwind CSS variants to allow styling input fields depending on their state.

If input constraints are declared on a field, it might display as invalid immediately.

This is not a good user experience. Usually an invalid state message is only displayed when a form is submitted or after a user interacts with a form input.

Hyvä mostly uses built-in browser form validation. For many use cases that's enough, but in some cases JavaScript validation is required (for example, to display custom validation messages in a specific location).

This section provides a guide to integrating reCAPTCHA into forms within the Hyvä Theme. Adding reCAPTCHA helps protect forms from spam and automated submissions, enhancing the security of your pages.

Components are reusable building blocks used to simplify and standardize development workflows. Within this section we will talk about the Alpine.js components.

This approach uses the DOM to store the shared data. It probably is the simplest solution, and if it works for your use case, we suggest you follow this pattern.

This approach uses the single threaded nature of JavaScript for userland code to assign consecutive values to nested components.

This solution uses a global state object and the array based ordering of items to access the right records.

This approach is used with events.

Creating completed product boxes with the communication of the components ToDo

Creating completed product boxes with the communication of the components Solution

In Hyvä, data is often sent from one component to another with events.

Managing section cards and attributes on the product detail page.
Create new section card for product stock status
Develop a new ViewModel to display product stock quantity
Design stock quantity circles for clearer visualization
Change the product stock status section card title
Showcasing the product detail page attributes

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Activities

Be better prepared before your course. Deepen your understanding during and after it. Supplement your coursework and achieve mastery of the topics covered in Kickstart Your Hyvä Adventure: Crafting Lightweight Magento with these activities:
Review Magento 2 Fundamentals
Solidify your understanding of Magento 2 core concepts to better grasp Hyvä's improvements and differences.
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  • Review Magento 2 architecture.
  • Study the default Luma theme.
  • Practice creating basic Magento modules.
Brush Up on Tailwind CSS
Practice Tailwind CSS fundamentals to efficiently style Hyvä themes using its utility-first approach.
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  • Read the Tailwind CSS documentation.
  • Replicate existing UI components using Tailwind.
  • Experiment with different Tailwind utility classes.
Tailwind CSS: From Zero to Production
Deepen your understanding of Tailwind CSS concepts and best practices to improve your Hyvä theme styling skills.
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  • Read the book's introduction and setup chapters.
  • Work through the practical examples in the book.
  • Apply the book's techniques to a small Hyvä project.
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Alpine.js Interactive Component Exercises
Reinforce your Alpine.js skills by building interactive components commonly used in e-commerce sites.
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  • Create a simple dropdown menu with Alpine.js.
  • Build a tabbed interface using Alpine.js.
  • Implement a basic image carousel with Alpine.js.
Hyvä Component Showcase Blog Post
Document your learning process and share your insights on building custom components in Hyvä.
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  • Choose a specific Hyvä component to focus on.
  • Write a detailed blog post explaining the component's functionality and implementation.
  • Include code snippets and screenshots to illustrate your points.
  • Publish your blog post on a personal blog or platform like Medium.
Convert a Luma Feature to Hyvä
Apply your Hyvä knowledge by rebuilding a feature from the default Luma theme using Hyvä's approach.
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  • Select a Luma feature to convert (e.g., product listing, checkout process).
  • Analyze the Luma implementation and identify areas for improvement with Hyvä.
  • Rebuild the feature using Hyvä, Tailwind CSS, and Alpine.js.
  • Compare the performance and code complexity of the Luma and Hyvä versions.
Magento 2 Development Cookbook
Reference this book to understand Magento 2's backend structure and how Hyvä interacts with it.
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  • Identify Magento 2 concepts relevant to Hyvä development.
  • Read the corresponding chapters in the book.
  • Apply the book's advice to your Hyvä projects.

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We've selected one books that we think will supplement your learning. Use these to develop background knowledge, enrich your coursework, and gain a deeper understanding of the topics covered in Kickstart Your Hyvä Adventure: Crafting Lightweight Magento.
Provides a comprehensive guide to Tailwind CSS, covering everything from setup to advanced customization. It's particularly useful for understanding the utility-first approach and how to efficiently style web applications. This book great resource for those new to Tailwind CSS or those looking to deepen their understanding of the framework. It provides practical examples and real-world scenarios to help you master Tailwind CSS.

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