I'm excited to share a new Opencart 4 book for developers and e-commerce enthusiasts alike.
Introducing "OpenCart 4: Dev Guide for Themes & Extensions"
If you're looking to enhance your OpenCart skills, this comprehensive guide is for you. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced developer, you'll find valuable insights and practical tips to take your OpenCart projects to the next level.
Topics that we covers:
- Step-by-Step Installation and Setup: Learn how to set up your local PHP development environment with Docker, and get your OpenCart store up and running smoothly.
- In-Depth System Loading Flow: Understand OpenCart MVCL initializes and loads its components, thoroughly explaining the core files and folder structure.
- Global Objects and Methods: Utilize OpenCart’s library of global objects and methods to streamline your development process.
- Opencart Database Schema: Know about database schema and table structure to support multi-store, multi-language, and multi-layouts and know the model codes.
- OpenCart Events: Master the event-driven architecture of OpenCart. Learn how to use and debug events for efficient customization.
- Opencart OCMOD and VqMod: Get knowledge to code in OCMOD and VqMod XML and customize the Opencart core files without touching them.
- Opencart 4 styles: Leverage the power of Bootstrap 5 for Opencart and how it is used in themes and modules.
- Custom Theme Development: Discover how to create stunning, responsive themes which is also an extension using Bootstrap 5. Follow best practices and explore practical examples to build modern, user-friendly designs.
- Custom Extensions Development: Gain expertise in building powerful extensions to extend OpenCart's functionality. Learn to develop analytic extensions and other extensions like payment, shipping, order total, etc.
- Opencart 4 Custom Page: Full details to create a custom page.
- Opencart 4 Custom Language Extensions: Develop custom language extensions and localize your store.
- Comprehensive API Documentation: Explore OpenCart’s API capabilities. Learn to test API endpoints using Postman and follow best practices for secure and efficient integration.
- Multi-site Setup: Get step-by-step instructions for setting up and managing multiple stores with OpenCart 4.
- SEO Best Practices: Implement strategies to optimize your OpenCart store for search engines, improving site speed, content, and structure.
- Opencart 4 Speed optimization and security measures: Learn about steps to make your opencart load faster and learn to implement all security measures from the website level to the server level.
- Pro tips and common errors and their solutions: Pro tips that can be useful during development and Errors and their solutions that we faced during development so you can see the solution we implemented.
MVCL flow:
Happy coding!
Feel free to ask any questions or share your thoughts so that we can improve this book.
