Digital buyers are improving economies around the world, and information technology (IT) provides the necessary subsides to allow customers to buy services and products over the Internet. According to the research conducted by Statista (http://goo.gl/BSCiuO), in 2016, 1.12 billion people worldwide are expected to buy goods and services online.
Since the launch of Amazon.com, the first commercial-free 24-hour e-commerce website, the universe of software development techniques has evolved, and new approaches are emerging, such as cloud computing—previously no more than an embryonic idea, today a concrete application.
The Magento Commerce company, recognized as the leading e-commerce platform in the 2015 Internet Retailer Top 1000, B2B 300, and Hot 100 lists, is in constant evolution since the first Magento Community Edition (CE) system version in 2008. Launched recently, Magento CE 2.0 has great features and takes advantage of the newest client-server techniques providing a mature e-commerce system and a promising professional area to explore.
Magento, used by thousands of merchants for their transactions worth billions, provides the flexibility to customize the content and functionality of your website. By strengthening your fundamentals in Magento development, you can develop the best solutions and take advantage of the growing market.
This fast-paced tutorial will provide you with skills you need to successfully create themes, extensions, and solutions to Magento 2 projects.
This book begins by showing you how to set up Magento 2 before gradually moving onto setting the basic options of the Sell System. You will take advantage of Search Engine Optimization aspects, create design and customize theme layout, develop new extensions, and adjust the Magento System to achieve great performance. By the end of the book, you will have quickly explored all the features of Magento 2 to create a great solution.
With ample examples and a practical approach, this book will ensure your success with this astonishing e-commerce management system.
Enjoy the read.
Chapter 1, Magento Fundamentals, teaches you how to create a basic environment, install Magento 2.0, and study some Magento concepts.
Chapter 2, Magento 2.0 Features, helps you discover the features of Magento 2.0 and configure some basic Magento options.
Chapter 3, Working with Search Engine Optimization, provides you with some configuration tips to tweak the Magento options for SEO purposes.
Chapter 4, Magento 2.0 Theme Development – the Developers' Holy Grail, gives you an overview of theme development and techniques of customizing Magento 2.0.
Chapter 5, Creating a Responsive Magento 2.0 Theme, implements a practical project to create your custom theme.
Chapter 6, Write Magento 2.0 Extensions – a Great Place to Go, provides you with development techniques by implementing a practical project to create your own Magento extension.
Chapter 7, Go Mobile with Magento 2.0!, covers techniques of working with Magento on mobile devices.
Chapter 8, Speeding up Your Magento 2.0, explains good practices to fine-tune your Magento system and environment to gain performance.
Chapter 9, Improving Your Magento Skills, explores the tools and ways to improve your skills in the Magento universe.
You need the following for the projects in this book:
Operating Systems:
Linux, OSX or Windows (7, 8 or 10);
Software:
XAMPP
Browser (Google Chrome or Firefox)
Code editor (Sublime Text, Notepad++ or Atom.io)
If you are a PHP developer who wants to improve your skills in e-commerce development by creating themes and extensions for Magento 2, then this book is for you.
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