Magento continues to amaze me each day I spend building and managing e-commerce sites. There's little debate over the fact that it is both powerful and complicated; both configurably pleasant and frustratingly massive.

The marketing side of me enjoys the flexibility in design, presentation, and user interaction. The developer side finds satisfaction in learning new ways to squeeze additional performance and functionality from the world's most prolific open source platform.

Hopefully, this chapter has helped you gain a better understanding and appreciation of Magento's EAV data model; learn how to use the inherent indexing and caching capabilities of Magento, and dive into methods of fine-tuning your Magento installation for increased performance and shorter download times for store customers.

As we near the end of our journey toward Magento mastery, we have one final area to explore in the next chapter.