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Magento PHP Developer????s Guide, 2nd Edition

Magento PHP Developer????s Guide, 2nd Edition

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Magento PHP Developer????s Guide, 2nd Edition

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Overview of this book

This book is written for PHP developers who are familiar with frameworks such as Zend or CakePHP and want to start developing and working with Magento. No prior knowledge of Magento is required.
Table of Contents (11 chapters)
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Preface
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Preface
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What this book covers
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What you need for this book
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Who this book is for
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Conventions
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Reader feedback
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1. Magento Fundamentals for Developers
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1. Magento Fundamentals for Developers
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Zend Framework – the base of Magento
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The Magento folder structure
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Modular architecture
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Routing and request flow
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The Magento version of MVC
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Websites and store scopes
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Factory names and functions
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Events and observers
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Summary
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2. ORM and Data Collections
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2. ORM and Data Collections
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Magento Model anatomy
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The EAV model
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Working with Magento collections
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Using Direct SQL
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Summary
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3. Frontend Development
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3. Frontend Development
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Extending Magento
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Hello Magento!
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The XML module configuration
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Models and saving data
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Setting up our routes
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Blocks and layouts
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Summary
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4. Backend Development
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4. Backend Development
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Extending Adminhtml
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The grid widget
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The form widget
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5. The Magento API
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5. The Magento API
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The Core API
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Using the API
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Extending the API
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Securing the API
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6. Testing and Quality Assurance
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6. Testing and Quality Assurance
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Testing Magento
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Tools and testing frameworks
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Creating our first test
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7. Deployment and Distribution
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7. Deployment and Distribution
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The road toward zero-downtime deployment
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Version control systems
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Distribution
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Publishing our extension
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A. Hello Magento
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A. Hello Magento
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The configuration
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The controller
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Testing the route
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B. Understanding and Setting Up Our Development Environment
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B. Understanding and Setting Up Our Development Environment
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LAMP from scratch
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Up and running with Vagrant
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Choosing an IDE
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Working with a version control system
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Index
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The EAV model

EAV stands for entity, attribute, and value and is probably the most difficult concept for new Magento developers to grasp. While the EAV concept is not unique to Magento, it is rarely implemented on modern systems. Additionally, a Magento implementation is not a simple one.

The EAV model

What is EAV?

In order to understand what EAV is and what its role within Magento is, we need to break down parts of the EAV model:

  • Entity: This represents the data items (objects) inside Magento products, customers, categories, and orders. Each entity is stored in the database with a unique ID.
  • Attribute: These are our object properties. Instead of having one column per attribute on the product table, attributes are stored on separate sets of tables.
  • Value: As the name implies, it is simply the value link to a particular attribute.

This data model is the secret behind Magento's flexibility and power, allowing entities to add and remove new properties without having to make any changes to the code, templates...

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