Magento is a complex system and without proper tools, development for the system can get complex, especially for beginners. In this article, we will examine some of most useful Magento development tools and extensions.
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Tools of Magento Web Development
1. Tools of Magento Web Development
Magento is a complex system and without proper tools, development for the system can get complex, especially
for beginners. In this article, we will examine some of most useful Magento development tools and extensions.
Magento Developer Toolbar Module
This free Magento extension helps developers to understand what is going
on in each request. It is capable of showing the layouts and blocks involved
in building content of pages, loaded models and collections, as well as
controller action and params. It also allows you to quickly clear cache,
toggle displaying block hints and so on. It has the ability to show profiler
output. Very useful for beginner and average level developers.
http://www.mgt-commerce.com/magento-developer-toolbar.html
Magento Debug
This is another Magento debugging toolbar based on the one for Django
framework. It has similar features to the Developer Toolbar, but has a
different look and feel to it. Up to developers to decide which suits them
better. https://github.com/madalinoprea/magneto-debug
2. Magento PHPUnit Testing
Code quality and scenarios are easy to test with this extension. Implementing a bridge
between Magento specifics and PHP Unit. It allows you to find configuration problems, errors
in rewrites and check if a module behaves properly with a set of incoming data.
http://www.ecomdev.org/shop/php-unit-test-suite.html
We hope this post will help you to get started with Magento web development.
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