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Preface
Chapter 4, Frontend Development, will explain the practical use of the skills and
knowledge we have acquired so far, and we'll be building a fully functional Magento
Module step by step. The custom module will allow readers to apply a variety of
important concepts, such as working with collections, routing, sessions, and caching.
Chapter 5, Backend Development, will extend what we built in the previous chapter and
create an interface in the Magento backend for interacting with our application data.
We will learn about extending the backend, the admin HTML theme, setting data
sources, and controlling our extension behavior through configuration.
Chapter 6, The Magento API, will explain the Magento API and how we can extend it
for providing access to the custom data that we captured using our extension.
Chapter 7, Testing and Quality Assurance, will help the reader learn critical skills
for testing our Magento modules and custom, which form an integral part of
development. We will learn about the different types of tests and the tools
available for each particular type of test.
Chapter 8, Deployment and Distribution, will help the reader learn about the
multiple tools available for deploying our code to a production environment
and how to properly pack our extensions for distribution through channels
such as Magento Connect.
Appendix, Hello Magento, will give new developers a quick and easy to follow
introduction for creating our first Magento Extension.
What you need for this book
You will need an installation of Magento 1.7, either on a local machine or on a remote
server, your favorite code editor, and permissions to install and modify files.
Who this book is for
If you are a PHP developer getting started with Magento or if you already have some
experience with Magento and want to understand the Magento architecture and how
to extend the frontend and backend of Magento, this is the book for you!
You are expected to be confident with PHP5. No experience with Magento
Development is expected, although you should be familiar with basic Magento
operations and concepts.
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