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Magento PHP Developer's Guide

By : Allan MacGregor
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Magento PHP Developer's Guide

By: Allan MacGregor

Overview of this book

<p>Magento has completely reshaped the face of e-commerce since its launch in 2008. Its revolutionary focus on object oriented and EAV design patterns has allowed it to become the preferred tool for developers and retailers alike.</p> <p>"Magento PHP Developer’s Guide" is a complete reference to Magento, allowing developers to understand its fundamental concepts, and get them developing and testing Magento code.</p> <p>The book starts by building the reader’s knowledge of Magento, providing them with the information, techniques, and tools that they require to start their first Magento development.</p> <p>After building this knowledge, the book will then look at more advanced topics: how to test your code, how to extend the frontend and backend, and deploying and distributing custom modules.</p> <p>"Magento PHP Developer’s Guide" will help you navigate your way around your first Magento developments, helping you to avoid all of the most common headaches new developers face when first getting started.</p>
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Magento PHP Developer's Guide
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Version control system and deployment


Version control systems (VCSs) are the lifeblood of any developer, and while the field might be a bit divided among Git and SVN enthusiasts (no mention for you Mercurial guys), the basic functionalities are still the same.

Let's quickly go through the differences between each VCS, and their advantages and disadvantages.

SVN

This is a powerful system, and it has been around for quite some time and is very well known and widely used.

Subversion (SVN) is a centralized VCS; by this we mean that there is a single main source that is recognized as "Good", and all developers check out and push changes from and to this central source.

While this makes changes easier to track and maintain, it has a serious disadvantage. Being centralized also means that we have to be in constant communication with the central repository, so working remotely or without an Internet connection is not possible.

Git

Git is a much younger VCS and has been rising in popularity for a few...