What’s an helper According to Wikipedia’s definition, “in object-oriented programming, a helper class is used to assist in providing some functionality, which isn’t the main goal of the application or class in which it is used.
Plugins are the brand new way of extending Magento 2 and, as often happens according to the law of the instrument, if all we have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
I was among the organizers of Mage Titans Italy 2018 but I was also first in line to listen to the speakers because, after all, one of the reasons I organize such conference is for its great content.