Cover -- Copyright -- Credits -- About the Author -- About the Reviewers -- www.PacktPub.com -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Getting Started with Magento -- Introduction -- Preparing the development environment -- Installing Magento with sample data -- Adding version control to the source code -- Configuring the development tools -- Chapter 2: Theming -- Introduction -- Configuring Magento themes and packages -- Creating your first theme -- Adding extra files to your theme -- Adding jQuery support -- Changing a page title -- Working with translations -- Understanding the theming block system -- Adding widgets to the layout -- Chapter 3: Working with Products -- Introduction -- Setting up the catalog defaults -- Working with attribute sets -- Working with product types -- Adding a Facebook like button -- Adding a product to the cart through querystring -- Embedding a YouTube video -- Changing the URL of a product page -- Chapter 4: Creating a Module -- Introduction -- Creating files -- Registering blocks, helpers, and models -- Adding a new page -- Adding a layout file -- Adding a translation file -- Adding a block of new products -- Rewriting a core class -- Chapter 5: Database Concepts -- Introduction -- Finding your way in the tables -- Creating a database connection in Magento -- Working with flat tables -- Working with EAV tables -- Configuring a Master/Slave setup -- Repairing the database -- Chapter 6: Databases and Modules -- Introduction -- Registering the resource models -- Registering connections -- Installing and upgrading scripts -- Creating a flat table with models -- Working with Magento collections -- Chapter 7: Magento Backend -- Introduction -- Registering a backend controller -- Extending the menu -- Adding an ACL -- Extending the system configuration -- Creating a grid from a database table.

Adding customer attributes -- Working with source models -- Chapter 8: Event Handlers and Cronjobs -- Introduction -- Understanding Magento event types -- Creating your own event -- Adding an event observer -- Introducing cronjobs -- Creating a new cronjob -- Testing your new cronjob -- Chapter 9: Creating a Shipping Module -- Introduction -- Initializing module configurations -- Writing an adapter model -- Extending the shipping method features -- Adding the module in the frontend -- Chapter 10: Creating a Product Slider Widget -- Introduction -- Creating an empty module -- Registering helpers and blocks -- Creating a widget configuration file -- Creating a block and the template files -- Creating a custom configuration parameter -- Finalizing the theming -- Chapter 11: Performance Optimization -- Introduction -- Exploring the limits of a website -- Optimizing the database and MySQL configuration -- Optimizing the Apache web server -- Tuning the Magento configurations -- Configuring APC and Memcached -- Optimizing the PHP configurations -- Analyzing the page speed -- Chapter 12: Debugging and Unit Testing -- Introduction -- Getting started with Xdebug -- Debugging with FirePHP -- Installing PHPUnit -- Creating a Magento test case -- Index.