Magento Developper’s Guide (Lesson 1) – Magento plugins structure

Here I will discuss about Magento Developper’s Guide Lesson 1, this blog articles reference from blog.

In a first tutorial , I promise to create a tutorial that allows you to create a complete module in Magento.  »

Basic knowledge:

 Before you venture into magento, check that you have already a solid foundation in programming.
prerequisite for developing Magento are:

- Have already installed Magento.
- Know what the MVC pattern.
- Know the object-oriented PHP (and PHP of course …)
- How does the whole template magento

 You have the first 2 but do not have the 3rd, go to: magento designer’s guide


The structure of a Magento module In a magneto module there are 2 parties,

1) code
2) templates .

code determines the actions that the module will be able to achieve the interaction with the database etc … while
templates are just the layout of the data sent by code. Magento, the two parties will be placed at two different locations.
your « code » will be in

/app/code/local/Easylife/Test/

while the « template » of the module will be in:

/app/design/frontend/Easylife/  (for the frontend)
And
/app/design/adminhtml/Easylife/  (for the backend)

The « code » of my template will contain the following elements:

Block : Where you go to the « controller » of your block
Controllers: the controllers of your module
Models: Performers of your module
Helper: of your helpers module
etc: the configuration of your module
sql: SQL query to execute to create your module during the instalation

Reminder on blocks:

Magento, a Block is a piece of your site that walks « alone », you can insert just anywhere. In fact, a block is a kind of « mini controller » that you can add anywhere on your site.
According to the page of your site, you can assign to different templates depending on the view you want to call it.

folder / app / code:

In this folder you will find three folders that contain:
Community: the plugins you have recovered (on magentoconnect for example).
Core: the default magento modules (especially not EDIT)
Local: the modules you have developed

Your duties until the next tutorial:

Try to browse the folders on your site to understand what I tell you. Open the files and try to understand.

Conclusion.

the tutorial:

You have seen the structure of modules magento, if you do your homework you should understand a little better.

Does this sound a bit abstract for the moment? This is normal! That’s a lot of information at once.

In the next tutorial, we will begin the creation of our first module by creating the Controller.
Do not worry, trust me: we will create a complete module A to Z, step by step. We’ll take it easy and see everything that you seem a bit abstract in the first tutorial gradually become clear as we advance.

If you have any questions please feel free to post a comment.

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