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PrestaShop Module Development

By : Fabien Serny
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PrestaShop Module Development

By: Fabien Serny

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PrestaShop Module Development
Fabien Serny
Nov, 2014 | 254 pages
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Table of Contents (19 chapters)
PrestaShop Module Development
PrestaShop Module Development
Credits
Credits
Foreword
Foreword
About the Author
About the Author
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
Free Chapter
1
Creating a New Module
Creating a New Module
First steps
Adding the module configuration
Making a simple configuration form
Summary
2
Hooks
Hooks
Registering our module on hooks
Changing the position of your module on a hook
Using hooks to display templates
Using the database class to save comments
Displaying comments
Triggering hooks
Adding a hook
The dynamic hooks
Summary
3
Using Context and its Methods
Using Context and its Methods
Looking at the Context object
Using the translate method
Adding CSS and JS in your module
Checking compatibilities and dependencies
Summary
4
Building Module Updates
Building Module Updates
Creating a database table on module installation
Deleting a table on uninstallation
Upgrading your module
Updating the module code
Adding a callback to options
Summary
5
Front Controllers, Object Models, and Overrides
Front Controllers, Object Models, and Overrides
Using front controllers to create a new page
Installing overrides with modules
Using object models to create cleaner code
Using HelperForm to make a scalable form
Cleaning your code using the hook's controller
Summary
6
Admin Controllers and Hooks
Admin Controllers and Hooks
Adding an admin controller
Using back office hooks
Summary
7
The Carrier Module
The Carrier Module
First step to create a carrier module
Using web services
Creating new carriers
Using web services on shipping cost calculation
Handling carrier update
Displaying relay points
Associating the chosen relay point with the cart
Displaying the customer's choice in the back office
Summary
8
The Payment Module
The Payment Module
Creating a payment module
Creating the payment controller
Checking the currency
Validating a cart into an order
Displaying information on the order confirmation page
Creating your own order state
Associating an e-mail with an order state
Working with a third-party API
Summary
9
Multistore
Multistore
Configuring the multistore feature on your PrestaShop
Updating the MySQL table of the module
Updating the module code
Using the Configuration class with multistore
Summary
10
Security and Performance
Security and Performance
Securing your module
Searching for malicious code in modules
Performance and optimization
Summary
Native Hooks
Native Hooks
The list of all the dynamic hooks
Index
Index

Performance and optimization

The following sections are only recommendations.

Using Combine, Compress, and Cache

In your administration panel, you can enable an option named Combine, Compress, and Cache (CCC) by navigating to Advanced Parameters | Performance:

If you set all parameters to YES, this option will perform five actions:

  • It will group all CSS files in one file, remove all useless spaces and return lines, and cache it (this will only perfectly work if you used the Tools::addCss method in your module to include the CSS files)

  • It will group all JS files in one file, rename variables and functions with shorter names, remove all useless spaces and return lines, and cache it (this will only perfectly work if you used the Tools::addJs method in your module to include the JS files)

  • Minify the HTML code by removing useless spaces and return lines

  • Compress inline JavaScript in HTML

  • Optimize Apache with .htaccess directives (enable mod_expires and deflate Apache extensions)

Using the cache system...

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