{"id":554,"date":"2014-11-19T06:59:49","date_gmt":"2014-11-19T06:59:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webcircle.com.au\/blog\/?p=554"},"modified":"2024-06-28T09:13:14","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T09:13:14","slug":"understanding-dos-donts-magento-web-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webcircle.com.au\/blog\/magento-web-development\/understanding-dos-donts-magento-web-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding The Do\u2019s and Don\u2019ts of Magento Web Development"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Magento is a boon, no doubt. Right from versatile content management to streamlined third-party integrations, it has almost everything that you, as the potential owner of an online store, can ask for. And apparently, all you need to do is to look for someone who knows Magento web development<\/strong><\/a> inside out, and can help you go viral with whatever it is that you offer. Or maybe not! Using this oh-so-great platform to your advantage calls for much more than simply hiring a web developer \u2013 it calls for a better understanding of what works and what doesn\u2019t!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do\u2019s<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s what a Magento website developer should ideally stick to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keeping Overriding To a Minimum<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Given the fact that the developers have several tools at their disposal, including event listeners and helpers, they should preferably refrain from overriding the core classes, at least for the purpose of forming some of their own. Furthermore, if they can keep the overriding in check, they also do not risk engaging into the typical extension-third-party-add-on conflicts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using the Better Alternative(s)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

If and when they need to schedule tasks, Magento developers must do so with the help of Cron jobs. It\u2019s a good practice to not to use Daemons<\/a> for this purpose, and rather take advantage of the cron.php file. Similarly, when they are not sure whether to load multiple models separately or load them all at once using a single SQL query, it is highly recommended that they choose the latter, more so because the former is likely to slow down the code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following the Protocols for Mobile Sites<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Mobile sites must be considered separate from their desktop counterparts, at least for the purpose of development. On that note, it is important that the developers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n