Moving asp.net applications to AWS

S3 Performance considerations

1. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/394198/max-files-per-directory-in-s3
2. http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/request-rate-perf-considerations.html

• Use snowball for large amounts of data  https://aws.amazon.com/importexport/
• http://s3tools.org/s3cmd  (command line tools for S3)  http://www.s3express.com/

http://www.s3express.com/help/help.html?vv_auth.html  http://www.s3express.com/help/S3Express.pdf

AWS Setup

1. create  windows 2012 R2 with Sql Server t2 medium
2. In server manager add IIS and .NET 4.5
3. install web-platform install
4. install web-deploy 2.6
5. add design website
6. webpublish

http://martinbuberl.com/blog/deploy-aspnet-mvc-on-amazon-ec2-with-web-deploy/

Completed course on AWS RDS

New Shopping Cart Live

this is my first major deployment on AWS, every thing went so smooth could not have gone better

Magento
AWS VPC, Aurora,

Cost Comparison

http://ecommercesoftwaresolutions.com.au/blog/is-the-magento-enterprise-edition-worth-the-cost/

http://www.ecommercefuel.com/shopping-cart/

http://www.opencart.com/

https://www.sparkred.com/blog/atg-vs-websphere-vs-demandware-vs-hybris-platforms-biggest-clients/

Product comparison:

http://blog.newitfarmer.com/others/13170/repost-atg-vs-websphere-vs-demandware-vs-hybris-vs-magento-vs-intershop-vs-gsi-platforms-biggest-clients-updated

http://apps.shopify.com/digital-downloads

http://www.udemy.com/blog/best-ecommerce-platform/

Magento Community vs Enterprise

http://www.customerparadigm.com/magento-enterprise-vs-magento-community/

Experience on IBM Commerce Implementation:

http://www.thehindu.com/business/companies/mjunction-launches-shopping-portal/article33545.ece

http://www.straightline.in/  ( Architect for this portal)

Non Functional Requirements

Performance		https://github.com/magento/taf , Load testing
Scalability
Backup		Under System | Tools | Backups,
Certification
Compliance
Maintainability
Security		Under System | Permissions,

Clustering:

http://magento.stackexchange.com/questions/5828/magento-configuration-in-a-clustered-environment

http://dx3webs.com/front/2014/02/01/hiphop-the-future-of-magento-and-php-in-general-is-almost-here/

Planning Store
Product Catalog
Version control strategy
Deployment

Magento Payment and Shipping Methods :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sMCrqDmKD4

Magento Training Video - Group Pricing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfkDdfqdya0

Magento Basics, Lesson 2 Event driven Architecture

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAqOjpGe2iA&list=PLC27A85197C0FF621&index=14

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WGqDMGC3FY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcxKPxF6Zak&list=PLC27A85197C0FF621

Magento + Rest

http://www.magentocommerce.com/api/rest/introduction.html

http://www.magentocommerce.com/api/rest/testing_rest_resources.html

Magento Architecture

• EAV modelling (http://www.geekscontactee.com/2011/11/eav-entity-attribute-value-model-it-is.html)
• Zend Framework – the base of Magento
• ZF2 follows the SOLID object oriented design principle
• This loosely coupled architecture allows developers to use whichever components they want.
• configuration-based MVC pattern

Load Testing

https://github.com/magento/taf

It is using PHPUnit to run about 1000 Selenium testcases to ensure if the core functionality of Magento is still working properly along with your customizations.

https://www.magentocommerce.com/images/uploads/download/MagentoTestAutomationFrameworkUsersGuide.pdf

MySql

http://www.clusterdb.com/mysql/mysql-with-windows-server-2008-r2-failover-clustering

Analytics

Configure google analytics from admin panel under System > Configuration > Sales > Google API > Google Analytics

Set Enable = True

Account Number = { Web Property ID, that is associated with your Magento in GA profile, like UA-43096110-1 for dev}

http://www.magentocommerce.com/knowledge-base/entry/configuration-google-api-google-analytics

Plugins:

http://www.magentocommerce.com/magento-connect/magneto-debug.html

Development IDE

http://www.sitepoint.com/best-php-ide-2014-survey-results/

Clustering

http://www.severalnines.com/blog/how-cluster-magento-nginx-and-mysql-multiple-servers-high-availability

Cron Jobs

Configuring Cron Jobs on Windows:

http://www.indiesoft.it/configuring-cron-jobs-on-windows/

http://www.magentocommerce.com/wiki/1_-_installation_and_configuration/how_to_setup_a_cron_job

http://mydons.com/magento-cron-job-issue-solution/

http://magestudyguide.com/includes/answers/13.html

Persistent Cart:

Magento Extensions to send abandoned cart alerts:

http://www.magentocommerce.com/magento-connect/abandoned-carts-alerts-pro-1.html

http://www.magentocommerce.com/magento-connect/abandoned-cart-follow-up-emails.html

Magento User Tutorial

Intro Magento

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=de4OY-sGEPk

http://alanstorm.com/category/magento

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9hZuNBxwm8

Good one

https://www.youtube.com/user/xcommercechannel/videos

Magento - Customize theme

http://www.magentocommerce.com/design_guide/articles/magento-design-terminologies4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WcQ5wqmVzAhttp://creatingawebstore.com/step-by-step-magento-theme-installation-tutorial.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsY51-QmxkU&list=PL3B0BAAF482B16EAB&index=26

Magento  - Order Confirmation Email Settings

Videos and links for creating a new template

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IKtlzqq5vY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkLjR-wfAkI

http://support.argoworks.com/entries/250517-Magento-How-do-I-modify-my-emails-How-do-I-modify-the-new-order-email-

http://www.webspeaks.in/2011/06/customize-new-order-email-template-in.html

Settings for SMTP:

http://magento.stackexchange.com/questions/11438/how-to-setup-external-smtp-emailing-on-a-local-magento

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11558156/magento-how-enable-smtp-server-authentication-and-secure-transport
http://pravams.com/2011/07/30/magento-send-email-using-smtp/

Magento  - Promotion Codes

Videos for creating promotion rules:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tooED2S8X40

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vf6Os0aN7ik

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTW3UI7ajNM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKbgLbtkxe0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H83fFszyhrU

Links to read for Shopping Cart Price Rules and BOGO:

http://www.magentocommerce.com/wiki/3_-_store_setup_and_management/shopping-cart-price-rule-recipes

http://www.demacmedia.com/magento-commerce/10-real-world-examples-of-shopping-cart-price-rules/

http://magento.stackexchange.com/questions/17465/buy-one-get-one-free

Magento Development Tutorial

http://leveluptuts.com/tutorials/magento-community-tutorials

http://alanstorm.com/category/magento (BEST)

https://github.com/benmarks/magento-resources

http://fishpig.co.uk/magento/tutorials/direct-sql-queries/

https://github.com/colinmollenhour/modman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtBaozxkFgI&feature=youtu.be&list=PLZur_lHjB8biFVdYncLbvFg_vKPUqio40

http://inchoo.net/category/magento/

http://magebase.com/category/magento-tutorials/page/2/

 http://excellencemagentoblog.com/blog/2015/06/17/create-custom-product-types/

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4FEBFB012E6C359F

http://alanstorm.com/magento_controller_hello_world

http://www.magentocommerce.com/wiki/_media/doc/all-packages.png?cache=cache

http://magentophp.blogspot.com/2010/08/magento-architecture.html

http://codegento.com/2011/02/grids-and-forms-in-the-admin-panel/

http://codegento.com/2011/03/how-blocks-and-phtml-work-together/

http://alanstorm.com/magento_admin_hello_world_revisited

http://www.dbswebsite.com/blog/2013/08/30/magento-custom-modules-demystified-part-3/

http://www.magentocommerce.com/wiki/5_-_modules_and_development/0_-_module_development_in_magento/custom_module_with_custom_database_table

Affiliate Programs

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2013/02/06/creating-an-affiliate-tracking-module-in-magento/

source code checke in tfs in ShareASale-Affiliate

Mage Development Getting Started

https://code.tutsplus.com/courses/magento-fundamentals/lessons/installing-and-configuring-magento-for-development (BEST)

1. Install Vagrant and Virtual box
1. brew cask install virtualbox
2. brew cask install vagrant
3. brew cask install vagrant-manager
4. git clone https://github.com/sree6644/simple-magento-vagrant

2. Vagrant up
1. after 10 min Access web site : http://127.0.0.1:8080/
3. Create hello.php page (direct access to db)
1. move hello.php to httpdocs folder
2. http://127.0.0.1:8080/hello.php
1. reference : http://fishpig.co.uk/mgento/tutorials/direct-sql-queries/

Deployment & Performance

http://www.neevtech.com/blog/2012/11/24/hosting-magento-enterprise-on-aws/

http://duntuk.com/magento-upgrade

https://www.liberiangeek.net/2014/09/install-magento-ecommerce-application-ubuntu-14-04/

http://duntuk.com/magento-upgrade

http://magebase.com/magento-tutorials/optimizing-magento-performance/

http://excellencemagentoblog.com/blog/2015/06/10/magento-flat-tables/

https://blog.amasty.com/magento-cache-explained-a-guide-for-store-owners/

On a given server (2.5GHz QC/8GB RAM), Apache is good for around 12k requests per second

https://www.sonassi.com/knowledge-base/magento-kb/mythbusting/why-shouldnt-i-use-nginx-for-magento/

http://info2.magento.com/rs/magentoenterprise/images/MagentoECG-PoweringMagentowithNgnixandPHP-FPM.pdf

https://www.ashsmith.io/2012/12/creating-a-faster-magento-store-part-one-server-setup/

Admin functionality

Website, Store Name, Store view

Catalog:

Attribute & Attribute Set

products