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The Fundamentals: The Key Concepts that Will Unlock Magento
These tutorials are designed to teach and instill the most fundamental Magento concepts that are needed to unlock the framework. These teach by using pictures at every turn and using real code samples. For more complex topics, a step-by-step approach is utilized. This way you can get to the bottom of how the framework works. Simplicity is of the essence so these tutorials present information in an easy to understand manner.
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1 - Key Foundational Concepts: Understanding the Framework
Magento is a winding maze with all types of twists and turns. This tutorial focuses on the concepts that underly Magento and explains them in a way that is easy to understand. These concepts are the foundation upon which the framework is built.
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2 - Critical Fundamentals Behind Magentos Themes
This tuorial focuses on thoroughly explaining the key concepts behind Magento themes
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3- Theme Fallback Hierarchy: Practical Examples of how fallbacks work
Understanding where a file is located and why can seem confusing. Magento 1.9.1.* has over 16,000 files. When you want to edit a page, which file do you change? This tutorial explains those concepts that will help you navigate through the rough and tumble aspects of Magento themes.
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4 - The different types of files in Magento, what they do and, Where are they located
So, you have most probably come across block files, xml files, .phtml files, etc... There is a rhyme and reason behind how these different files work together to produce a final result. But, understanding how these files relate may seem difficult. This tutorial explains how these files play together using real life examples to pound home how this works.
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5 - Understanding Blocks Better / Critical Fundamentals of the Layout XML
This is a get your hands dirty tutorial that walks you through practical examples and explains skills needed for your daily work with Magento. The layout XML consists of so many files, but this tutorial will help you to pinpoint exactly what your looking for.
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6 - Understanding Code Pools
What would you do if someone threw 8,461 marables at you and expected you to catch them? Magento has this many php files in the app/code directory. Codepools are the children directories of the code folder and these serve as storage containers for different types of files in Magento. This tutorial will even explain how to create a new codepool. You won't need to create your own codepools in real life, but by going the extra mile, you will have great clarity and depth of understanding on this topic.
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7 - How to Map Classes to Files
When you are looking at the template path hints, and saying to yourself where in the filesystem can I locate the class called Mage_Customer_Block_Account_Dashboard (or whatever you are looking for). What drummer is Magento marching to with the mappings? We'll, this tutorial uses several examples that show you how to determine what class you are working with and how to find it.
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8 - Converting Abbreviations to Full Class Names
There are all types of abbreviations like catalog/product, customer/customer, customer/account_dashboard, etc sprinkled all over Magento. These may seem like hieroglphys at first but there's a method to the madness. This tutorial will help you hit whatever curveball, knuckball, screwball, or whatever you encounter so that you can map these abbreviations to a class name.
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