Working with backend components

The Magento backend exists with a lot of reusable components, such as a button, menus, forms, and more. When creating backend extensions, you can use these components to build you custom pages. In this recipe, we will create a page where we can play with the components available .

Getting ready

We will extend the existing Packt_HelloWorld module with a new page where we can play with the backend components.

How to do it...

In the following steps, we will create a page that uses some backend components:

1. We will make some tests in a new controller action. Create a file app/code/Packt/HelloWorld/Controller/Adminhtml/Component/Index.php with the following content:

   <?php
   namespace Packt\HelloWorld\Controller\Adminhtml\Component;
   
   use Magento\Backend\App\Action\Context;
   use Magento\Framework\View\Result\PageFactory;
   
   class Index extends \Magento\Backend\App\Action
   {
       protected $resultPageFactory;
   
       public function __construct(
           Context $context,
       ...