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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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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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Summary
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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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Summary
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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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Summary
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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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Version control systems

Version control systems (VCS) 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 over the differences between each VCS and the advantages and disadvantages of each.

Subversion

Subversion (SVN) is a powerful system and has been around for quite some time, is very well known, and is and widely used.

SVN is a centralized VCS; by this we mean that there is single main source that is recognized as "good" all developers' checkout and push changes to and from this central source.

While this makes changes easier to track and maintain, it has a serious disadvantage. As it is centralized, it means that we have to be in constant touch with the central repository, working remotely or without an Internet connection, which is not possible. This is illustrated in the following figure:

Subversion

Git

Git is a much younger...

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