After version 1.7, PrestaShop underwent a host of changes, including migration to a Symfony-based system from an outdated legacy code. This migration brought about significant changes for developers, from routine maintenance to module development. Practical Module Development for PrestaShop 8 is curated to help you explore the system architecture, including migrated and non-migrated controllers, with a concise data structure overview. You’ll understand how hooks enable module customization and optimize the CMS.
Through the creation of seven modules, you’ll learn about the structure of modules, hook registration, the creation of front-office controllers, and Symfony back-office controllers. By using Doctrine entities, services, CQRS, grids, and forms, you’ll be guided through the creation of standard, payment and carrier modules. Additionally, you'll customize and override themes to achieve your desired e-commerce store look.
By the end of this book, you’ll be well equipped to provide modern solutions with PrestaShop that meet client requirements.
publication date
2023-04-28
what you will learn
Understand the structure of PrestaShop’s core
Explore hooks and their functions
Create a hello world module
Build modules to display blocks in the front office with different styles
Design a module to add fields to the category pages and manage them
Fashion a blogging module with front and modern back-office controllers
Fabricate payment and carrier modules to improve the user experience
Customize a theme by creating a child theme
key features
Understand the data and object architecture of the legacy and new Symfony core of PrestaShop * Create modules to add features such as content blocks, payment options, and carriers to your store * Learn to customize themes and override existing module templates
approach
A complete description of the structure of the CMS, from back to front office. Understanding how the legacy system works together with the Symfony framework integration helps to understand the directions of Prestashop into the next versions. These aspects are required to learn how modules will act and the constraints linked to it. After that a complete step-by-step set of practical module development projects will be presented. To finish you will be explained how to create a child theme to extend an existing theme so as to customise templates and assets.
audience
If you are a junior or advanced PHP developer already using PrestaShop as a simple user willing to know more or to solve online sellers' problems by creating modules as a professional, this book is definitely for you. In order to learn from this book, you should have a basic knowledge of the Symfony framework. This book will be a really good help for the module developers expecting to move from the old legacy environment to the modern one. Other CMS developers can use that book as a tool to compare and move to PrestaShop.
short description
Practical Modules Development for PrestaShop 8 is a comprehensive guide to creating modules with Symfony core. This book will make you well-equipped to handle merchant queries and challenges along with enhancing your online store design.
subtitle
Create modern, customizable, and dynamic online stores using efficient modules
keywords
PHP programming; PHP book; PHP cheat sheet; PHP symfony
Product ISBN
9781837635962
