I'm having a hard time in development with generated classes, pre-processed files and caches in Magento2.
In comparisson with Magento1 it seems no longer possible to efficiently develop when disabling all caches, plus I also need to see if caches interfere with features I build.
My problem is, that there are so many caches and generated files, I'm not sure which are dependent of each other and in what sequence I should flush them in order to get a fresh view of all my developments.
There's the Backend Cache area
- All the standard caches that can be cleaned
- The Catalog image cache
- The Static Files cache
- The CSS/JS Cache
Then there is the bash commands
- php bin/magento cache:clean
- php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy
Then there folders you can manually delete
- var/generation
- var/cache
- var/page_cache
- var/view_preprocessed
- pub/static
That's a lot of possibilities and probably not all. So if I deploy a large update, Code Changes, CSS/JS changes, Template changes
Which of these steps should I do to get everything cleaned? In what sequence must these steps be done?
Best Answer
Normaly you don't have to clear the folder manually. I use the following "rotation"
For clearing the cache:
For reindex new xml files:
For refresh or insert new plugins:
If you need a "full-cleanup/refresh":