Tag Archives: Web Development
Debugging tips & tricks with Magento Commerce
If you are new to Magento then the vast amount of code to digest can be quite overwhelming. However, here are some tips I’ve learned about over the past on some means to tear down Magento and figure out whats making it work. Zend_Debug::dump First off use Zend_Debug::dump($foo); instead of using var_dump($foo); or print_r($foo); it
Beanstalk Deployments, Web hooks and more.
If you use Beanstalk, then you probably know how pitiful the Deployment options are. To shed some light, there are only 3 servers running to push for their entire client base according to this Blog posting back in 2009. Either way the biggest hurdle was the fact if you had an initial repository that was
Magento Module Developers: Stop encrypting & domain jailing!
After spending, let me rephrase that. After wasting almost 4 hours now on simply trying to get a “licensed” or “purchased” Magento module from a 3rd party development shop. I have now come to the same conclusion I had back when I was selling X-Cart modifications: Encrypting your code will do nothing but hurt you
Mr.doob’s awesome inspirational work
Mr.doob’s blog. Some of the best demo scene influenced Javascript, HTML5 and Actionscript productions I’ve had the pleasure to lay my eyes on in quite some time. Really inspirational stuff Mr Doob! Possibly Related Posts: Magento vs X-Cart Magento version 2.0 (X.Commerce) and eBay Magento Supercharged Development Tools and Links Book Review: Magento 1.4 Themes
Eclipse + ZendStudio + ZendServer + Android SDK = Awesome IDE
Recently installed the Zend Studio for Eclipse and took it upon myself to get Android Development setup as well. I also found Magento works best with ZendServer, although it does require a few work arounds to get Magento to work with ZendServer. However with that being said I’m pretty much happy to have one IDE that
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