Are you looking for a great book on Magento? There are many texts on Magento on the market, and it is not always easy to choose the best ones.
Over the previous year there have been many books I have read about Magento, and from all of them I have been able to learn something.
But among the many there were a few that struck me, and I think everyone working with this CMS should read.
So I have gathered in this article the 7 best books on Magento of 2014, which in my opinion cannot be missed in one's library.
Grokking Magento Book 1: Basics & Request Flow
Author: Vinai Kopp
Price: 22.71 €
With this book you will learn how to:
- Become a certified Magento developer.
- Understanding the code better.
- Having a "cookbook" solution.
- And you will be able to consult numerous real-world examples.
This book is useful for experienced PHP developers who want to learn more about the Magento platform.
Grokking Magento Book 1: Basics & Request Flow gives you a good opportunity to prepare for theMagento Certified Developer (MCD)exam.
In addition, this text will provide you with lots of tips and tricks to improve your work with Magento.
Mastering Magento Theme Design
Author: Andrea Saccà
Price: 38.24 €
With this book you will learn how to :
- Creating a responsive theme for Magento.
- Configure your custom theme.
- Creating a Magento theme from scratch.
- Customize Magento admin
This book is written for web developers and graphic designers who want to have a great foundation for creating responsive and custom Magento themes.
To read this book, it is essential to have some experience with PHP, CSS, HTML and Magento.
This text is written in the form of a tutorial to be followed step by step and contains lots of snippets and real examples.
Absolutely must-read.
Magento 1.8 Development Cookbook
Author: Bart Delvaux
Price: €35.86
With this book you will learn how to :
- Customize the design of your Magento shop
- Catalog configuration, forms and database
- Create modules to modify and extend Magento functionality
If you are a developer with little PHP knowledge and want to learn how to develop E-commerce with Magento, this book is perfect for you.
You will be guided step by step from simple development to more advanced things.
Even if you are experienced with Magento this text can be very useful for you to deepen your knowledge.
Getting Started with Magento Extension Development
Author: Branko Ajzele
Price: 27.93 €
With this book you will learn how to :
- Explore the structure and functionality of the modules.
- Understanding configuration files.
- Working with CRON jobs
- Using the Block, Model and Controller classes
This book is useful for both users with a lot of experience and those who are beginners.
If you are a PHP developer and want to learn how to create forms for Magento this book is perfect for you.
Contains many tutorials and real examples.
Magento Search Engine Optimization
Author: Robert Kent
Price: $24.86
With this book you will learn how to :
- Fixing Magento for SEO
- Understanding which are the best pages to optimize
- Solve all problems, such as duplicate content, that are important for ranking.
This text was written for both SEO specialists and developers who want to better optimize Magento E-commerce to maximize sales.
If you are looking for a text that covers all SEO aspects related to Magento this book is perfect for you. It covers from basic concepts such as keywords to the more advanced aspects that are key to starting successful SEO campaigns.
If you have already read any of these books or have suggestions for texts to add let me know in the comments.
Thank you for your attention.