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Magento 1.3: PHP Developer's Guide

By : Jamie Huskisson
Book Image

Magento 1.3: PHP Developer's Guide

By: Jamie Huskisson

Overview of this book

<p>Magento is the most powerful e-commerce solution around and has gained popularity in a short period of time. You can create and manage online stores using the extensive suite of powerful tools it offers. However, because of its powerful features, developing with Magento can be easier said than done.<br /><br />This book will show you how to develop better and do more with the Magento. You will be able to extend and customize modules for the Magento system without editing the core system code. It will show you how to create both basic and advanced functionality modules for your store and help you turn your ideas for extending Magento into reality by building modules from scratch.<br /><br />This book starts by walking you through the server requirements for installing Magento making sure Magneto's installation and upgrade process can fit into your workflow and suit your hosting environment setup. Then it runs through the architecture behind Magento's system, covering the core file structure and how the template system works. You'll also learn how to build a basic shipping module, payment module, and a brand management module for Magento. As you delve deeper into the book you will learn how to integrate your favorite CMS into Magento for data portability. <br /><br />By the end of the book you will be able to take your basic knowledge of Magento and turn it into something advanced that will help you develop turn your ideas for extending Magento into reality.</p>
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Magento 1.3: PHP Developer's Guide
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
Preface
2
Installing/Upgrading Magento and Preparing for Development
6
Building a Basic Featured Products Module
Index

About the Reviewers

Jose Argudo is a web developer from Valencia, Spain. After finishing his studies, he started working for a web design company. After six years of working for that company, and others, he decided to start working as a freelancer.

Now, he thinks it's the best decision that he has ever taken, a decision that lets him work with the tools that he likes, such as Joomla!, CodeIgniter, CakePHP, jQuery, and other known open source technologies.

In the last few months, he has reviewed books for Packt Publications such as Magento 1.3 Theme Design, Magento: Beginner's Guide, Joomla! 1.5 SEO, Joomla! with Flash, and Symfony 1.3 Web Application Development, along with Magento 1.3: PHP Developer's Guide.

If that weren't enough, he authored CodeIgniter 1.7 for Packt Publications, a book that he put a lot of effort into.

Erik Hansen is an entrepreneurial techie with a bent for business. He's the co-founder and CTO of Classy Llama Studios, an e-commerce-centric company that he helped start in 2007. He leads a team of developers in providing creative solutions for Classy Llama's clients.

Hansen's interest in technology is hard-wired in his brain. He started out building basic circuit boards in his basement as a child, and after being involved in a number of startups right out of high school, he focused his efforts to become an expert in Magento e-commerce development.

When he's not staying up until the wee hours of the morning programming (on his MacBook Pro, of course), Hansen enjoys spending time with family and friends, reading, playing sports, and listening to music.