#MagentoMonday Community Digest 2017.07.24

[sherrie]

Happy #MagentoMonday!

Magento 2 Solution Specialist Certification Exam

The long awaited Magento 2 exams are on the way starting with the Solution Specialist Exam (Beta), which is coming up in August 14-25! Get the study guide.

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

Recent Podcasts / Videos

• MageTalk Episode 137 – “Hard Brexit – Thanks Obama”, by Phillip Jackson & Kalen Jordan (July 20)
• Progressive Web Apps, James Zetlen & Radioactive Spiders, by Rebecca Brocton (July 24)

Recent Articles

• Pure Fashions Unveils Fresh New Look On Magento 2, by Williams Commerce Team (July 17)
• New & Improved Magento U Platform, by Brian Dressler (July 18)
• 5 AI Predictions that Could Reshape Commerce Marketing, by Magento (July 18)
• Magento 2 versus Magento 1: key benefits and performance improvements (infographic), by Stephen Elldred (July 18)
• [Spanish] SearchCriteria: búsquedas y filtros en Magento2, by Damián Culotta (July 18)
• Managing Bundled Products in Magento 2, by Steve Cymerman (July 18)
• The Impact of PHP 7 on Magento Development, by James Gibson (July 18)
• [Dutch] Snelle Setup voor Magento 2 op MacOS, by Willem Poortman (July 18)
• Magento 2: Plugin and Preference, by Monika V (July 18)
• Magento EAV Review, by Alan Kent (July 18)
• [Italian] Game of things: magento button [part 1/2], by Riccardo Cioria (July 18)
• Creatuity Welcomes a New Architect To The Development Team, by Shannon Kelly (July 19)
• Validate a custom form in Magento 2, by Danijel Vrgoc (July 19)
• Interview With Alan Kent, Magento Chief Architect, by Karthik Chidambaram (July 19)
• ALL countries in checkout, although allowed_countries set correctly, by Fabian Blechschmidt (July 19)
• Interview with Alex Levashov from Magenable, by Vitaly Gonkov (July 19)
• What Magento Experts Think of Magento Certifications!, by Syed Muneeb Ul Hasan (July 20)
• Magento Themes to Explore that Might Help Your Industry Niche, by Nicole Dean (July 20)
• 5 best practices for integrating Magento into an ERP, by Pixafy (July 20)
• Display, Add, or Remove Related, Upsell, and Cross-Sell Products in Magento 2, by Syed Muneeb Ul Hasan (July 24)
• Why GraphQL Is Interesting for Magento 2, by Alan Kent (July 24)

Recent Events

• Snippets From The 7th Chennai Magento Meetup, by Mohan Natarajan (July 24)

Upcoming Events

• July Magento Phoenix Area Metup in AZ on July 26th.
• eCommerce Content Writing & Magento Business Intelligence in Leeds, UK on July 26th.
• Let's talk about Magento! in Manchester, UK on July 26th.
• Magento Meetup Tokyo in Tokyo, JP on July 27th.
• Magento 2 B2B demo at Avondale Brewery! in Birmingham, AL on July 27th.
• Magento York August Meetup in York, UK on August 2nd.
• Meet Magento Indonesia in Jakarta, ID on August 3rd.
• Summer Magento meetup in Dublin, IE on August 8th.
• Treffen im August in Wiesbaden, DE on August 9th.
• NomadMage: Dependency Injection 101 with Stephan Hochdörfer online on August 15th.
• Inaugural Official Pacific Northwest Magento Meetup in Seattle, WA on August 17th.
• Magento Meetup México City in México City, MX on August 17th.
• Auckland Magento User Group Meetup in Auckland, NZ on August 23rd.
• Commerce & Content in Waalwijk, NL on August 24th.
• MageUnconference in Utrecht, NL on August 25-27th.
• August Meetup in West Palm Beach, FL on August 31st.
• Entity Management in Magento 2 in Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK on September 4th.
• Magento York September Meetup in York, UK on September 6th.
• Nordic Magento User Group in Helsinki, FI on September 7th.
• MUG038: Migratie van Magento 1 naar Magento 2 in Zwolle, NL on September 12th.
• Mage Titans USA in Austin, TX on September 15th.
• Meat Magento BBQ in Göttelborn, DE on September 15th.
• Meet Magento Poland in Kraków, PL on September 18-19th.
• 37. Magento Stammtisch Hamburg in Hamburg, DE on September 20th.
• Magento Hosting 101 in Golden Valley, MN on September 21st.
• Meet Magento Belgium in Brussels, BE on September 26-27th.
• Magento Meetup San Diego Launch Party! in San Diego, CA on September 28th.
• 20. Magento Stammtisch Kiel in Kiel, DE on October 11th.
• Meet Magento Greece in Thessaloniki, GR on October 11th and Athens, GR on October 12th.
• Meet Magento Romania in Cluj-Napoca, RO on October 16-17th.
• Meet Magento Spain in Madrid, ES on November 7th.
• Mage Titans MCR in Manchester, UK on November 11th.
• Meet Magento Japan in Tokyo, JP on November 13th.
• MageTestFest in NL on November 17th.
• Christmage in Aachen, DE on December 4th.

Do you organize a Magento meetup? Join our Meetup Organizers group here on the forums and find out more about how we can support you on our blog!

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. 

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