MAGENTO PHP DEVELOPER S GUIDE

Magento has completely reshaped the face of e-commerce since its launch in 2008. Its revolutionary focus on object oriented and EAV design patterns has allowed it to become the preferred tool for developers and retailers alike.

Magento is the king of ecommerce frameworks and the famous for its flexibility and power. Unfortunately is also (in)famous for being complex and having a step learning curve. Developers new to Magento often get frustrated and confused with the platform due to scarce documentation.
Who this book is for?

This book is written for developers who have previous experience with PHP and PHP frameworks, such as Zend or CakePHP, and want to start developing and working with Magento. Even developers with previous experience with Magento will find the book extremely useful to gain a full understanding of Magento fundamentals, architecture, and overall philosophy.
What you will learn from this book?

The Magento PHP Developer’s Guide will help new developers to quickly pickup the fundamentals of the system like Entity Attibute Value(EAV), Magento’s ORM, the design patterns used, Magento MVC, the layout system.

- Understand the fundamental concepts of Magento
- Deploy and distribute custom modules
- Explore development techniques and tools for Magento
- Extend Magento core functionality
- Discover the design patterns which form Magento
- Understand Magento architecture
- Test Magento with different tools and frameworks