|
|
| Book details / order |
| MAGENTO 1.8 DEVELOPMENT COOKBOOK OVER 70 RECIPES TO LEARN MAGENTO DEVELOPMENT FROM SCRATCH |
What you will learn from this book
install magento on a custom webserver
add your own touch to a magento store with a custom theme
speed up your store with some performance tools
customize and extend backend functionality with forms, grids, and more
build your own shipping module
manage the display of your products
understand database design patterns
in detail
magento is an open source e-commerce platform which has all the functionality to function from small to large online stores. its architecture makes it possible to extend the functionalities with plugins where a lot of them are shared by the community. this is the reason why the platform is liked by developers and retailers.
a practical developer guide packed with recipes that cover all the parts of magento development. the recipes will start with the simple development exercises and get the more advanced as the book progresses. a good reference for every magento developer!
this book starts with the basics. the first thing is to create a test environment. next, the architecture, tools, files and other basics are described to make you ready for the real work.
the real work starts with the simple things like theming and catalog configuration. when you are familiar with this, we will move on to more complex features such as module and database development. when you have survived this, we will move on to the last part of making a shop ready for launch: performance optimization and testing. this book will guide you through all the development phases of magento, covering the most common pitfalls through its recipes.
approach
a collection of straightforward and practical recipes filled with examples to build a faster and more impressive magento store. the recipes will provide you step-by-step instructions for installing, customizing, and managing your magento store.
who this book is for
if you are a developer with minor php knowledge and you want to start with magento development, this book is for you. with its specially tailored recipes, we will guide you from simple development in magento to the more advanced stuff. even if you are an experienced magento developer, some recipes in this book will interest you. the other recipes will serve as a good reference to look at.
about the authors
bart delvaux is an experienced web developer from belgium. with a passion for web technologies, he started his career in 2010 after he received his bachelor's degree in applied informatics. magento gave him the first opportunity to establish himself when he was working as a consultant for a leading php company in belgium. when the magento certifications were released, bart was one of the first persons who received magento certified developer and magento certified developer plus. with the principle of quality above quantity, bart finished a lot of magento projects going from a standard web shop to complex integrations and module development.
nurul ferdous is an open source enthusiast and it specialist from bangladesh who is currently working for tm secure inc. as a lamp consultant. in fact, he is a soldier turned programmer. he started his career with the bangladesh air force. he has also served in rab as an intelligence staff where he was nominated for the president's police medal for his contribution to national security. he is a true passionate programmer. he started his run on software development back in 2004, while he was working in the bangladesh air force. his primary skills are as a php developer. he is a zend certified php 5 engineer, and contributes to a number of php projects, blogs on php-related topics, and presents talks and tutorials related to php development and the projects to which he contributes. he also contributes on open source community regularly. he is also a certified professional on tdd and code refactoring. he has served in some top notch software companies both at home and abroad, such as bipl, right brain solutions ltd., tm secure inc., namedepot.com inc., and so on, as a programmer, software engineer, and consultant. he also writes at his personal blog http://dynamicguy.com when he is not baking with codes.
preface
chapter 1: getting started with magento
introduction
preparing the development environment
installing magento with sample data
adding version control to the source code
configuring the development tools
chapter 2: theming
introduction
configuring magento themes and packages
creating your first theme
adding extra files to your theme
adding jquery support
changing a page title
working with translations
understanding the theming block system
adding widgets to the layout
chapter 3: working with products
introduction
setting up the catalog defaults
working with attribute sets
working with product types
adding a facebook like button
adding a product to the cart through querystring
embedding a youtube video
changing the url of a product page
chapter 4: creating a module
introduction
creating files
registering blocks, helpers, and models
adding a new page
adding a layout file
adding a translation file
adding a block of new products
rewriting a core class
chapter 5: database concepts
introduction
finding your way in the tables
creating a database connection in magento
working with flat tables
working with eav tables
configuring a master/slave setup
repairing the database
chapter 6: databases and modules
introduction
registering the resource models
registering connections
installing and upgrading scripts
creating a flat table with models
working with magento collections
chapter 7: magento backend
introduction
registering a backend controller
extending the menu
adding an acl
extending the system configuration
creating a grid from a database table
adding customer attributes
working with source models
chapter 8: event handlers and cronjobs
introduction
understanding magento event types
creating your own event
adding an event observer
introducing cronjobs
creating a new cronjob
testing your new cronjob
chapter 9: creating a shipping module
introduction
initializing module configurations
writing an adapter model
extending the shipping method features
adding the module in the frontend
chapter 10: creating a product slider widget
introduction
creating an empty module
registering helpers and blocks
creating a widget configuration file
creating a block and the template files
creating a custom configuration parameter
finalizing the theming
chapter 11: performance optimization
introduction
exploring the limits of a website
optimizing the database and mysql configuration
optimizing the apache web server
tuning the magento configurations
configuring apc and memcached
optimizing the php configurations
analyzing the page speed
chapter 12: debugging and unit testing
introduction
getting started with xdebug
debugging with firephp
installing phpunit
creating a magento test case
index.
Author : Nurul ferdous, bart delvaux
Publication : Packt publication
Isbn : 9789351105855
Store book number : 105
NRS 920.00
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
