#MagentoMonday Community Digest 2016.08.08

[sherrie]

Happy #MagentoMonday!

If you're new to our forums, welcome! Take a look around, check out our guidelines, and be sure to reach out to me or any of our awesome moderators if you have any questions.

Hopefully you've been enjoying your summer so you're rested and ready for a busy event and site launch season! Personally, I'll be at MageTitans USA and Meet Magento Poland next month. Will I see you there? Let me know!

Articles

• The Definitive Guide to Launching a Magento Website, by Paul Rogers & Lewis Sellers (August 2)
• Magento Module Development 2 - Part 7: Observer, Helper and Conclusion, by Marco Köpcke (August 2)
• New global organization: The Meet Magento Association does the next step., by Meet Magento Association (August 2)
• Magento 1 vs. Magento 2: Should I Stay or Should I Go, by Colourways (August 2)
• The Magento Monthly – July 2016, by Rebecca Troth (August 2)
• Getting started with CSS Flexbox, by Goran Kolak (August 3)
• Magento 2 module creator and code generator | Mage2Gen, shared by Alan Storm (August 3)
• Pinterest Buyable Pins Benefits & Success Stories, by Stacy Farrington (August 3)
• Why is RealMagento community all about heroes?, by Ivona Namjesnik (August 4)
• The Right Way to Plan Magento 2 Site Builds, by InteractOne (August 5)
• One "Weird Trick" To Instantly Break usesSource, by Max Chadwick (August 5)
• Creating a Button in Magento 2 Configuration Section, by Jan Inowski (August 8)
• How To Create Custom Facebook Module In Magento 2, by Wajid Hussain (August 8)
• Magento Case Study meinduft.de, by Meet Magento Association (August 8)
• Pharmacy First boosts it’s health with Magento, by Dave Redfern (August 8)

Recent Events

• Meet Magento Germany 2016 Review, by Simon Sprankel (August 1)
• Meet Magento DE 2016, by Victoria Yashchuk (August 4)
• Development Design Patterns in Magento 2, by Max Pronko (August 6)

Upcoming Events

• MUG073: Magento Security in 's-Hertogenbosch on August 16th.
• Magento Lightning Talks - August Magento North East in Newcastle Upon Tyne on August 1st.
• Auckland Magento User Group Meetup in Auckland on August 24th.
• Meet Magento Indonesia in Jakarta on August 29th.
• The Sydney Magento Meetup in Sydney on September 7th.
• MageTitans USA in Austin, TX on September 8-9th with a workshop in the Austin Magento office on September 10th.
• Meet Magento Poland in Poznan on September 19-20th.
• Magento Stammtisch Hamburg in Hamburg on September 21st.
• Magento Stammtisch Wien in Vienna on September 21st. 
• Meet Magento New York in New York City on October 5th.
• Meet Magento Greece in Athens on October 12th.
• Magento Stammtisch Kiel in Kiel on October 12th.
• Mage Unconference in Utrecht on October 14-16th.
• Magento 2 Seminar in Utrecht on October 21st.
• MagentoLive Australia in Sydney on November 7-8th.

Do you organize a Magento meetup? Join our Meetup Organizers group here on the forums!

For a full list of upcoming events, be sure to check out our Event Calendar, as well as browsing our Meetup page for a list of Magento Meetups near you. 

Did I miss anything? Private message me here or reach out on Twitter at @sherrierohde!