Magento Extensions Development by Jeremie Bouchet

Key FeaturesDeploy a complete real-world extension step by stepConstruct your extension with the best and most up-to-date development methodsLearn about team working and code sharingBook DescriptionMagento has been revealed as the best and the most popular open source e-commerce platform in the world, with about 250k+ online stores. Magento 2 is the most recent version of this awesome toolset: every new and modern development techniques are used to offer a real modular approach and powerful architecture.The book will support you in the writing of innovative and complex extensions. Starting from the beginning, we will cover how to set up a development environment that allows you to be really efficient in your functionality writing, including GIT registering and many other development tools. We then move on to provide a large overview of the best practices to scale your module in a high-load environment.After these foundations, you will see how to use test driven-development (TDD) and unit tests to handle your code. We then build a complex extension together, step by step, and internationally-ready. Next, you will find out how to protect the users data. Finally, we will take a look a publishing the extension on the new Magento Connect marketplace and how to protect your intellectual property.After you read this book, you will know everything you need to know to become an invaluable extension editor, whether it is for your customers needs or for your own requirements.What you will learnBuild a fully-functional complex extension to add new functionality to MagentoRegister your code with GIT and work with your teamWrite new layouts and templatesSet up a fully configurable grid and forms in the backendCreate code unit tests and run them through TDDPropose localized contentsDevelop optimized extensions for a high-load environmentPublish extensions on the Magento Connect MarketplaceAbout the AuthorJeremie Bouchet is a French backend web developer and entrepreneur, who began his career by selling fair music. With his certification (Jeremie obtained the Magento Certified Developer certification in 2012) and his skills and knowledge of each side of the trade, Jeremie has all the keys to make a success of numerous Magento projects, by working on various complex functionalities.He is a cofounder of Blackbird Agency (http://black.bird.eu), a web agency specializing in Magento projects and e-commerce challenges.He initiated and managed other exciting projects in his city, such as a coworking space designed for web freelancers (https://quai10.org) or the http://whomadethis.site website, a web service that helps people to know who made a website.Table of ContentsIntroduction to Extension DevelopmentDeeper Extension DevelopmentBest Practices and Scaling for the WebMagento and Test-driven DevelopmentInternationalizationOptimizing for Speed and Measuring Conversion RatesModule Creation EtiquetteOptimization for Teamwork DevelopmentMagento Marketplace