Prestashop Module Development

Elevate your e-commerce game and beat the competition by unleashing the power of PrestaShop 8.x with Symfony-based modules, customizable themes, and much more Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook Key Features Understand the data and object architecture of the legacy and new Symfony core of PrestaShop Create modules to add features such as content blocks, payment options, and carriers to your store Learn to customize themes and override existing module templates Book Description After version 1.7, PrestaShop underwent a host of changes, including migration to a Symfony-based system from an outdated legacy code. This migration brought about significant changes for developers, from routine maintenance to module development. Practical Module Development for PrestaShop 8 is curated to help you explore the system architecture, including migrated and non-migrated controllers, with a concise data structure overview. You'll understand how hooks enable module customization and optimize the CMS. Through the creation of seven modules, you'll learn about the structure of modules, hook registration, the creation of front-office controllers, and Symfony back-office controllers. By using Doctrine entities, services, CQRS, grids, and forms, you'll be guided through the creation of standard, payment and carrier modules. Additionally, you'll customize and override themes to achieve your desired e-commerce store look. By the end of this book, you'll be well equipped to provide modern solutions with PrestaShop that meet client requirements. What you will learn Understand the structure of PrestaShop's core Explore hooks and their functions Create a hello world module Build modules to display blocks in the front office with different styles Design a module to add fields to the category pages and manage them Fashion a blogging module with front and modern back-office controllers Fabricate payment and carrier modules to improve the user experience Customize a theme by creating a child theme Who this book is for If you are a junior or advanced PHP developer already using PrestaShop as a simple user willing to know more or to solve online sellers' problems by creating modules as a professional, this book is definitely for you. In order to learn from this book, you should have a basic knowledge of the Symfony framework. This book will be a really good help for the module developers expecting to move from the old legacy environment to the modern one. Other CMS developers can use that book as a tool to compare and move to PrestaShop.

If you are a developer who is new to PrestaShop and wants to get a good foundation in development on the PrestaShop framework, this book is for you. It's assumed that you will have some experience with PHP5, jQuery, and HTML/CSS (no need to be an expert on it).

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PrestaShop is a free, open source eCommerce solution written in PHP. It supports payment gateways such as DirecPay, Google Checkout & PayPal. With this book you'll find a link to download 100Mb+ including the module ""MyProducts"" with its own documentation. This book will help you to customize Prestashop 1.5 - 1.7 through the Admin panel, and to make advanced code changes, and template customization. Many tools are discussed in this book to facilitate the developers and to help them to understand the architecture of Prestashop in the shortest amount of time.

Utilize the power of modular programming to improve code readability, maintainability, and testability About This Book This book demonstrates code reusability and distributed development to get high speed, maintainable, and fast applications It illustrates the development of a complete modular application developed using PHP7 in detail This book provides a high-level overview of the Symfony framework, a set of tools and a development methodology that are needed to build a modular web shop application Who This Book Is For This step-by-step guide is divided into two sections. The first section explores all the fundamentals of modular design technique with respect to PHP 7. The latter section demonstrates the practical development of individual modules of a web shop application. What You Will Learn Discover the new features of PHP 7 that are relevant to modular application development Write manageable code based on the GoF design patterns and SOLID principles Define the application requirements of a working modular application Explore the ins and outs of the Symfony framework Build a set of modules based on the Symfony framework that comprise a simple web shop app Use core modules to set the structure and dependencies for other modules to use Set up entities that are relevant to the module functionality and see how to manage these entities In Detail Modular design techniques help you build readable, manageable, reusable, and more efficient codes. PHP 7, which is a popular open source scripting language, is used to build modular functions for your software. With this book, you will gain a deep insight into the modular programming paradigm and how to achieve modularity in your PHP code. We start with a brief introduction to the new features of PHP 7, some of which open a door to new concepts used in modular development. With design patterns being at the heart of all modular PHP code, you will learn about the GoF design patterns and how to apply them. You will see how to write code that is easy to maintain and extend over time with the help of the SOLID design principles. Throughout the rest of the book, you will build different working modules of a modern web shop application using the Symfony framework, which will give you a deep understanding of modular application development using PHP 7. Style and approach This book is for intermediate-level PHP developers with little to no knowledge of modular programming who want to understand design patterns and principles in order to better utilize the existing frameworks for modular application development.

Create rich and compelling solutions for Magento 2 by developing and implementing solutions, themes, and extensions About This Book Be proficient in the main functionalities, resources, and system structure of Magento 2 Get to grips with this practical and hands-on guide to raise your web development skills to the next level Packed with several advanced recipes, not just to manage your online store, but to extend and design it as well Who This Book Is For The ideal target audience for this course could be anyone who wants to mould their skills in building amazing e-commerce websites using Magento. We begin right from getting you started with Magento to becoming an expert at building your own online stores with it. What You Will Learn Install and set up the Magento Ecosystem Carry out performance adjustments to speed up your Magento system Transfer your Magento 1 database to Magento 2 using the Magento 2 system tools Build a Magento 2 multi-store by creating a root catalog, subdirectories, and products Design custom themes within the Magento 2 framework Create extensions using Magento 2 Discover what makes Magento 2 different and more powerful In Detail Magento is the leading e-commerce software trusted by world`s leading organizations. Used by thousands of merchants for their transactions worth billions, it provides the flexibility to customize the content and functionality of your website. Our Magento Course will help you gain knowledge and skills that are required to design & develop world class online stores. Magento 2 Development Essentials - This book begins by setting up Magento 2 before gradually moving onto setting the basic options of the Sell System. You will learn Search Engine Optimization aspects, create design and customize theme layout, and adjust the Magento System to achieve great performance. Magento 2 Cookbook – This book is divided into several recipes, which show you which steps to take to complete a specific action. It will cover configuring your categories and products, performance tuning, creating a theme, developing a module etc. At the end of this book, you will gain the knowledge to start building a success website. Mastering Magento 2 - This is a comprehensive guide to using the all new features and interface of Magento 2 to build, extend, and design online stores. This book is your roadmap to managing your Magento store which teaches advanced and successful techniques. Focusing on Magento's Community version, this book offers you advanced guidance on managing, optimizing, and extending your store while taking advantage of the new features of Magento 2. This Learning Path combines some of the best that Packt has to offer in one complete, curated package. It includes content from the following Packt products Magento 2 Development Essentials by Fernando J. Miguel Magento 2 Cookbook by Ray Bogman and Vladimir Kerkhoff Mastering Magento 2 by Bret Williams and Jonathan Bownds Style and approach This course begins by setting up Magento 2 before gradually moving on to setting the basic options of the Sell System. You will master Search Engine Optimization aspects, create designs and customize theme layouts, develop new extensions, and adjust the Magento System to achieve great performance. The book covers everything from creating and managing multiple stores to fine-tuning Magento for speed and performance.

Get up and running with Magento 2 to create custom solutions, themes, and extensions effectively About This Book Create unique solutions for Magento 2 by developing and implementing solutions, themes, and extensions Be proficient in the main functionalities, resources, and system structure of Magento 2 Get to grips with this practical and hands-on guide to raise your web development skills to the next level Who This Book Is For If you are a PHP developer who wants to improve your skills in e-commerce development by creating themes and extensions for Magento 2, then this book is for you. What You Will Learn Install and set up the Magento Ecosystem Choose the best options for Magento's Sell System features Work with Search Engine Optimization in Magento Create and customize themes for Magento Develop extensions for new Magento functionalities Package extensions to publish in the Magento Connect network Create Magento solutions for mobile devices Carry out performance adjustments to speed up your Magento system In Detail Magento is the e-commerce software and platform trusted by the world's leading brands. Used by thousands of merchants for their transactions worth billions, it provides the flexibility to customize the content and functionality of your website. By strengthening your fundamentals in Magento development, you can develop the best solutions and take advantage of the growing market. This fast-paced tutorial will provide you with skills you need to successfully create themes, extensions, and solutions to Magento 2 projects. This book begins by setting up Magento 2 before gradually moving onto setting the basic options of the Sell System. You will take advantage of Search Engine Optimization aspects, create design and customize theme layout, develop new extensions, and adjust the Magento System to achieve great performance. By sequentially working through the steps in each chapter, you will quickly explore all the features of Magento 2 to create a great solution. With ample examples and a practical approach, this book will ensure your success with this astonishing e-commerce management system. Style and approach This book would be a fast-paced tutorial guide that uses hands-on examples to developing new solutions for Magento e-commerce system. Each topic is explained sequentially in the process of creating a Magento solution, along with detailed explanations of the basic and advanced features of Magento 2.

Customize all your PrestaShop themes with easy-to-follow recipes designed to remedy common pitfalls. Separated clearly into subjects, you will easily be able to look up the problem you are having and find a solution. Free of jargon and long sections of theory, PrestaShop Recipes enables you to troubleshoot and learn all at the same time. This book will aid you in your PrestaShop development – the free, open source e-commerce content management solution written in PHP and with support for MySQL. Accessible to small start-ups or larger businesses, it is becoming a very popular eCommerce solution and this book will enable you to use it to its full potential. What You'll Learn See how PrestaShop works and how it can be customized Turn your PS site into an Events Booking site Apply SEO strategies and improve performance Who This Book Is For PS site owners and developers who are interested in improving or customizing their shop. Site owners will get the same benefit from it as developers because the ‘recipe’ idea is to provide an easy to follow guide for making customizations a reality.