Continuous Integration (CI) has become an essential part of development environments. PHP Developers can make use of PHPCI and/or Jenkins for their CI. PHPCI is a great tool by Block8, https://www.phptesting.org/. PHPCI provides a very intuitive interface for developers to understand where the solution broke. Especially for code analysis PHPCI is able to link to … Continue reading PHPCI to Jenkins Plugin
Author: Karlston D'Emanuele
Using Git Repository for Composer
Magento 2 uses composer for downloading and installing external dependencies. However one can easily install extensions using composer. This article highlights the steps required to deploy your module directly from git. Adding composer instructions to module In the root folder of the extension add a composer.json file with the following basic information. { "name": "<vendor … Continue reading Using Git Repository for Composer
Product Visibility By Store
One of the great benefits of Magento is that it allows store owners to run different stores on the same installation. However when looking at Magento product attributes limitations one will notice that: Magento can support only up to 64 product attributes in one attribute set, and that the attribute configuration is applied globally. These … Continue reading Product Visibility By Store
Software Failover: The jump-sheet for everyone – Conclusion
Conclusion Failover mechanisms are neither an extra effort nor an extra cost that can be ignored in software solutions. From the developer’s perspective failover mechanisms are a sign-off: Understanding of working environment of a specific piece of code, Willingness to supply a reliable and robust system, A way to avoid irresolvable issues. On the other … Continue reading Software Failover: The jump-sheet for everyone – Conclusion
Software Failover: The jump-sheet for everyone – Part III
Why I lost my work? One of the frustrating aspects of utilising a digital system is when the system experiences an unexpected behaviour. It is frustrating, as all the work previously done tends to get lost and has to be done all over again. In the early years of word processing, the auto-save feature or … Continue reading Software Failover: The jump-sheet for everyone – Part III