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