Widget Data and How Hard Can It Be? This Stack Overflow question is a nice example of how something that seems simple (querying for and updating a widget instance’s data paramaters) can be harder than you think. Most Magento projects go off the rails because someone assumes something like this is easy, and then modern company [...]
astormWelcome back to the desert of the Magento API. We've been wandering for what seems like 40 years, but we're getting close to the end. This week we'll be talking about one of the newer API features, "WS-I Compliance" mode.
astormRewrites for Resource Models (include collections) Rewriting a resource model in Magento can be tricky business. This Stack Overflow answer covers the how and why.
astormIf you've been following along, it may seem like we've reached the end of our API series. We've covered routing and controller dispatch, the API server, configuration, adapters, handlers, and the use of the response object for direct API output. I imagine there were
astormIs this Cached? A Stack Overflow answer where I run through the steps I take to determine if there’s caching logic around the “Custom Variables” feature.
astormIt's been a long and arduous trek, but we're finally ready to discuss how the business logic of a Magento API call is implemented. This article will contain all the information you'll need to debug Magento's mysterious API faults, as well as point you
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