Claude — Learning Paths

Start with the Backend / Service-Contracts path. It anchors on the three things every Adobe-style PR is judged on: Api/ + Api/Data/ interfaces, a Repository implementing the interface, and DI preference/plugin wiring in etc/di.xml. Spend the first 5 days re-implementing one of your existing modules with strict service contracts; have Claude Code review each commit against phpcs --standard=Magento2 and phpstan --level=6. Skip the Hyva path until you can scaffold a working REST + GraphQL CRUD without looking at docs.

Plan for 8–10 focused hours per week — one weekend block + two weekday evenings. Less than that and you forget the previous lesson before the next one starts; more than 15 and you burn out before the integration phase. The path is built around shippable artifacts (one module, one Hyva component, one MFTF suite, one CI pipeline) rather than tutorial completion, so missing a day is fine as long as you ship the artifact by the end of the week.

No, and arguably you should skip Luma if you can. Hyva replaces RequireJS, Knockout, and the layered Luma CSS with Tailwind + Alpine.js — none of the Luma muscle memory transfers. What does transfer: layout XML, blocks, view models, and the ViewModelInterface pattern. Have Claude Code generate a Hyva block + view-model pair on day 1; if you can read it without help, you have enough Magento context. The Hyva themes glossary is the fastest catch-up.

Each checkpoint is a 30-minute live exercise where you ship a working artifact without Claude Code, then a 30-minute review where you ship the same artifact with Claude Code. Example checkpoint at week 2 (backend path): "Add a discount_reason attribute to sales_order via db_schema.xml, expose it on OrderInterface, save it from a plugin around QuoteManagement::placeOrder." If the without-AI run is > 4× slower than the with-AI run, you have not internalised the pattern — loop back to the lesson.

Partially. The paths target shipping skills, not exam trivia — so you will be strong on DI, plugins, service contracts, indexers, MView, and GraphQL, which are 60–70% of the AD0-E724 / AD0-E720 exams. You will still need to drill memorised flags (e.g. --keep-generated, indexer modes), the EAV admin grid wiring, and the legacy Luma checkout flow. Two weeks of Magento U practice exams after this path is the realistic finish line. Honest: certification helps with hiring, not with shipping.