This article is part of a longer series covering the n98-magerun power tool Today we’ll be covering n98-magerun’s admin and cache commands. You can see the internal descriptions for these commands by using the top-level list command. $ n98-magerun.phar list admin ... Available commands for the "admin" namespace: [...]
astormThis article is part of a longer series covering the n98-magerun power tool N98-magerun commands are organized in a tree hierarchy. For example, the extension:list command is actually the list command, under the top level category extension. These categories don’t tie back to any particular Magento system. Instead, they exist to [...]
astormThis article is part of a longer series covering the n98-magerun power tool I’m starting a new series here on Magento Quickies covering the n98-magerun command line tool. This is a nifty utility that automates a lot of the day-to-day drudgery of working with a Magento system, and is a nice compliment to Commerce Bug’s [...]
astormI’m usually not a fan of the whole “release a ‘free’ white-paper to create a list of sales leads and/or social media buzz”. There’s exceptions to every rule though, and the Nexcess Magento Performance White Paper is one of them. Too often in the Magento Community critical technical information is kept [...]
astormIn our last SugarCRM article, we promised to get to creating your own SugarCRM model/bean objects. Before we can do that though, we need to cover one of the special features that are built in to all SugarCRM beans: Data Auditing.
astormA Brief Note on Event Observer Order One of those things that seems more like a side effect than explicit design choice.
astormCaw Caw, The Core, The Core This StackOverflow answer is a good example of why experienced Magento programmers develop a certain sort of ‘tourettes when it comes to core modifications.
astormFinding where a Magento Event was Dispatched With documentation becoming a thing of the past, these sort of meta programming/reflection tricks are more important than ever.
astormUpdating the Category Editing Page’s content Block This is another one of those “I encounter this problem, then forget about it, then encounter it again” sort of things.
astormMagento CE Versions on GitHub A GitHub project that collects (some/all) Magento CE versions.
astormWYSIWYG Text Editing in System Configuration Section Nice tip for Marius on the Magento StackExchange.
astormEvery few months a Stack Overflow or StackExchange user will ask how to add a new customer page to Magento's "My Account" section. My instincts are to help, but there's so much assumed knowledge required that it's never clear which part of the process
astormMagento’s Native Category API Lots of good information on the catalog/category model in this Stack Overflow question.
astormBusiness programming frameworks are, as a rule, awful. Whether you call it "agile", "scrum", or "my chaotic job where no one seems to be in charge until a crisis hits and there's always a new crisis", the story of business software development over the
astormShipping Carrier Not Returned Some tips for debugging a missing custom shipping carrier. Also, a perfect example of why, no matter the system, knowing how to trace and debug code is the most important skill you’ll develop over your career.
astormWhile you’re probably familiar with the Magento Connect GUI, Magento CE also ships with a command line program for managing your packages. If you’re a developer, you’ll probably prefer using this tool to install a Connect package, if only because you won’t run into the plethora of permissions problems with web [...]
astormMagento AWS Treasure Map Great overview of the steps you’d take to get started with Magento on Amazon Web Services from the new public beta Magento StackExchange.
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