I've been having headphone/hands-free problems with my first generation (5th day they were available) iPhone. Specifically, people couldn't hear me through the microphone and I couldn't use the clicker to skip through songs. I bought a new pair of headphones and everything appeared to
astormI remember watching the technology preview of Google wave and being hugely impressed by the implied implementation, particularly when it included support for Internet Explorer. Anytime a company can press the edges of the web browser as an application delivery platform it's always impressive
astormI'm taking a quick break from the Magento series as I plumb the depth of EAV and get through a crunch phase at The Day Job™. In the selfless interest of helping out the internet and the selfish interest of keeping my front page
astormOn any fast paced software development project, the task of keeping the development and production databases in sync become a sticky wicket. Magento offers a system to create a versioned resource migration scripts that can help your team deal with this often contentious part
astormThe implementation of a "Models Tier" is a huge part of any MVC framework. It represents the data of your application, and most applications are useless without data. Magento Models play an even bigger role, as they typically contain the "Business Logic" that's often
astormUpdate: In researching No Frills Magento Layout it became apparent that this article contains incorrect and misleading information. Specifically, the sections on block and reference tags is incorrect. The article still contains useful context (handles, layout XML, etc.), so I'm letting it stand
astormThe Model-View-Controller (MVC) architecture traces its origins back to the Smalltalk Programming language and Xerox Parc. Since then there have been many systems that describe their architecture as MVC. Each system is slightly different, but all have the goal of separating data access, business
astormThe config is the beating heart of the Magento System. It describe, in whole, almost any module/model/class/template/etc than you'll need to access. It's a level of abstraction that most PHP developers aren't used to working with, and while it adds development time in the
astormThe Atom Feed should be updating again. Pair's version of xsltproc had been spewing namespace related error messages for a few months, messages I missed because I'm using Google Apps for my email and it looks like local messages are still being routed to
astormLearning Magento can range from frustrating to infuriating for the first time user. Here's a few tips to ease the burden of assimilating an entirely new system.
astormOver the past few years I've been making heavy use of DOT, the Directed Graph programming language, using GraphViz for output. It's basically a text format for building flowchart like diagrams (i.e. directed graphs). It's a classic computer science thing; "Very Smart, Very
astormIf you're at all conversant with object oriented programming, the following line should look familiar to you.
astormJust another quick Magento tip as I continue my journey back into the swamps of e-commerce.
astormJust a quick note, but it seems that despite having the whole <version> thing going on in config files, Magento doesn't actively do a version diff and reload a new module. If you want the system to reload the module (and re-run any
astormCocoa class has been put on hold for a while as I sling the code to pay the bills. I've been working a lot with the Magento commerce system lately, and thought I'd share. The following is from an answer I gave on Stack
astormThis is the final part of on ongoing series. Reading Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 will certainly help you understand what I'm going on about.
astormThis is Part 3 of on ongoing series. Part 1 and part 2 are still available.
astormThis is Part 2 of on ongoing series. Part 1 may be read here.
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