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I’ve had a string (play on word there with a reread) of dreams where I was actually (and unrestfully) thinking of a creative way to twitter about my dream. Something like…
$_dreaming->inCode($_unfortunately->getAwake());
…is what I’ve got so far under the zzz’s.
Just unfortunate I can’t control my dreams any better than this.
It’s easy to take for granted that everyone “gets it.” If you’re a Magento expert then this post is beneath you. Move along.
But if you work with clients or users who aren’t at your level of coding genius, you might want to bookmark a couple of resources to make your life easier for when you get questions. Sometimes it’s good to teach the basics so that we’re all on the same page.
MVC, which stands for “model view controller”, is a common framework for web development. You need to understand MVC to grasp how Magento is put together. Rather than try to fumble my way through an explanation of MVC, I’ve included a couple of good resources below.
So why does any of this matter? Magento is feature-rich and complex. Half of setting a store owner up for success involves educating them. Give someone a sophisticated tool without explaining how it works, and they’ll think that it’s junk because it isn’t useful to them. But teach a man to fish…, eh, you get the picture.
“People don’t buy what you do, they buy why you do it. And what you do simply serves as the proof of what you believe.”
Good stuff from Simon Sinek (video below)
“People don’t buy what you do, they buy why you do it. And what you do simply serves as the proof of what you believe.”
Good stuff from Simon Sinek (video below)
What’s your biggest Magento pet peeve? We asked this question over a year ago on our blog. Today I reread the post’s comments. It seems like the same issues could still be regurgitated.
A driving goal for Elias in 2010 is to build tools that allow Magento storefronts to sell more and Magento developers to do more. So I’m resubmitting our original question with a new spin: