Magento Hackathon

Toss a bunch of developers in a room for 24 hours …
… and see what happens!

Big Brother

Magento module to monitor user activity - LIVE.

Built using Magento and node.js.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ors7QAIyqso

Fork on GitHub: https://github.com/danslo/BigBrother

Breakout Sessions

Fantastic talks on a variety of topics; all Magento centric.

Magento 2 Front-end Development: New Features

Magento 2 introduces new tools and techniques to develop modern front-end experiences. The changes simplify and accelerate the theme development process as well as CSS integrity between themes and extensions.

PDF: http://bit.ly/1rvidC1

Video: http://bit.ly/1lNx8X6

Magento 2 Front-end Development: New Features

• One folder to rule them all
• Themes now have parent/child relationships (fallback)
• HTML5, CSS3, LESS
• RequireJS integration and jQuery
• Mobile first responsive design
• Built with the new Magento UI library

Magento 2 Service Layer:
A Deep Dive into Customer Service

Magento UI and core business logic has been spread between models, helpers, and controllers; with the introduction of a service layer there is a clearer separation of concerns which will improve modularity. This session will also cover how a service can quickly be exposed as a web service via configuration. Attendees will benefit from a base understanding of how to write PHP code in Magento 2 introduced in earlier sessions.

PDF: http://bit.ly/TgyUF6

Video: http://bit.ly/1jf8yu8

Magento 2 Service Layer:
A Deep Dive into Customer Service

Blocks and controllers will communicate with the Service Layer instead of models directly

Magento 2 Service Layer:
A Deep Dive into Customer Service

Benefits on a service layer?

• Separation of presentation and business logic
• Easily create web API's via xml
• Service interface cuts down on available code.
  75 methods on Customer Model, only 25 methods on Customer Service interface
• Services are versioned! Backwards compatible

Responsive Evolution: Refining Priorities in Multi-Device Frontend Strategy

This session will talk about the refinement and evolution of a responsive frontend strategy for the things that matter today. This presentation highlights how changing thoughts and practices relating to frontend architecture have improved performance, user experience, and maintainability on multi-device responsive sites.

PDF: http://bit.ly/UHcLBf

Video: http://bit.ly/1nAErQD

Responsive Evolution:
Refining Priorities in Multi-Device Frontend Strategy

• More devices, more problems
• Multi-device users are the new normal
• Companies don't want to pay for desktop, mobile, and tablet specific sites anymore
• Are your systems, values, and goals fitted to the this environment?
• Future-friendly priorities
• A lot of good information, just watch this video!

Cool new magento tools

A turn-key solution that would automate the entire Magento development workflow from setting up web stacks to deploying code and migrating content between testing, staging and production environments.

http://mageflow.com

Cool new magento tools

Created by WebShop Apps - configure your client's shipping logic from an easy to use SAAS.

https://shipperhq.com/

Magento Developer Resources

• IDE? No Contest: PHP Storm http://www.jetbrains.com/phpstorm/
• Magicento PHP Storm plugin http://magicento.com/
• Commerce Bug by Alan Storm http://store.pulsestorm.net/products/commerce-bug-2

Magento Developer Resources

Save me internet!

• Magento Knowledge Base http://www.magentocommerce.com/knowledge-base
• Magento Stack Exchange http://www.magentocommerce.com/knowledge-base
• Magento Stack Overflow http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/magento
• Alan Storm http://alanstorm.com/category/magento
• Inchoo http://inchoo.net/blog/
• Joshua Warren http://joshuawarren.com/
• MageBase http://magebase.com/
• MageDev http://magedev.com/

Magento Developer Resources

For the real nerds

• IRC #magento channel: http://irc.lc/freenode/%23magento/t4nk@@@