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Flow Builder suits marketing notifications after checkout, but ERP syncs need retries and queues. A practical guide to choosing between Shopware 6 Flow Builder and a custom order-placed processor.
Decide when to use Shopware 6's built-in Storefront API versus custom controllers for headless cart and checkout flows. Includes a worked payment webhook example, update-safety trade-offs, and a verification checklist.
Add domain-specific data to Shopware 6 products without overriding core classes by defining custom fields in a migration.
Learn how to replace hard‑coded payment visibility checks with Shopware 6’s Rule Builder, using a concrete customer‑group example and verification steps.
Shopware Rule Builder handles conditional discounts declaratively, but per-request evaluation and overlapping rules create practical limits. Learn when to configure and when to code.
Design and validate the Shopware 6 order state machine with deterministic transitions, audit logging, and clear failure modes.
A decision guide for Shopware 6 developers choosing between Custom Fields (JSON metadata on existing tables) and Custom Entities (dedicated DAL definitions with relationships and indexes). Includes migration examples, performance trade-offs, and a validation checklist.
Learn when to use Shopware 6's DAL Criteria for entity retrieval and when to bypass it for raw DBAL queries to optimize performance and avoid N+1 query issues.
Shopware 6’s DAL Criteria object is the official way to build filtered, association‑aware, paginated product queries. The article shows a concrete example, explains pagination, association filters, and highlights common pitfalls like unbounded searches and mis‑scoped filters.
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