Official Magento resources
Magento is the core of this book. The following are a few places you can visit to to to deepen your knowledge about it:
Magento commerce website
Magento design guide
Magento front end developer certification
Magento 2
The Magento commerce website
You can access the official website of Magento commerce at
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The Magento design guide
You can learn more about Magento design basics with the official Magento design guide that you can find at
http://www.magentocommerce.com/resources/magento-user-guide.
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Magento Front End certification
Do you know that Magento has also introduced the Front End Developer certification? The following is the logo of Magento Front End Developer certification:
This certification is aimed at all the frontend developers with a good knowledge of the Magento front end, whose main focus is on modifying the user interface (UI) of existing themes or on creating new themes.
To become a certified frontend Magento developer, you have to register on the Magento web site at http://www.magentocommerce.com/certification/front-end-developer.
The certification voucher costs 260 USD and you can take the exam at a specific center nearest to you.
I obtained the certification here in Rome, and you can see my profile at
http://www.magentocommerce.com/certification/directory/dev/76379/.
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After I took this certification, many companies contacted me for professional services to create custom Magento themes or to improve their stores.
Thanks to the certification, you can assure your customers and the agency you work with that you have all the capabilities and a full understanding of Magento theming.
Magento 2
What's next? If you haven't ever heard, the Magento platform is growing and work is in progress on Magento 2 Version.
The following is a preview of how it will look:
This is an example of what the screen in this program looks like.
This version was expected to be released in 2013, but it may be released this year.
Keep in mind that the new core structure and the front end is going to be a little bit different from now, and if you want to keep yourself updated, you can follow the Magento 2 development on GitHub at https://github.com/magento/magento2.
You can find all the Magento releases at
http://www.magentocommerce.com/download/release_notes.
You can find a very useful Wiki section on the Magento website at
