You have all the tools you need to build a custom module that will show database stored data to your users. They can even manage that data. Now let’s talk about personalizing data and securing user pages. The last step to this is securing the data so only your authenticated users can see their own data.

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Now that we’ve jumped into custom blocks, let’s talk about ways to include them in the web site. I’m not talking about simply creating a custom page. We can add navigation menus and include them in menus of other areas of the web site. Layouts are an easy way to do this.

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I’m still amazed at the number of young programmers who don’t know what “CRUD” is. A word like that sounds very academic to me. Magento 2 makes it fairly uniform and simple to do basic database functions within your collections.

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I remember the days of typing out all of my SQL queries. I enjoyed it. There was one time I even considered going the DBA route. Enter in modern times and the age of the ORM. This brings us to a talk about Magento 2 and how it uses collections.

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It is always handy to have the ability to create your own custom blocks with your custom module. Be design, Magento 2’s pages are made up of many custom blocks. The “Add To Cart” button is a block. The top-level navigation is a block. Even the logo is a block. These are highly customizable templates and blocks of logic that you can use to build all kinds of cool new features.

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Embarking on your quest to create a module for Magento 2 doesn’t have to be daunting. Magento is a flexible, powerful, and extensive e-commerce framework that lets you customize and add-on just about anything you want. It all begins with a custom module.

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