Ben Marks: The Care and Feeding of Magento Developers

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This document discusses lessons learned from mentoring Magento developers. It outlines who the author is and what they have learned. The main lessons are that Magento development has a steep learning curve, eCommerce is complex, and teaching is difficult. The author advocates building a culture of learning where all teach and learn from each other. A growth plan is proposed that starts new developers with MVC fundamentals before moving to more advanced topics. Tools and resources like Magento U, PHPStorm, and community participation are recommended to support ongoing learning.

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“THE CARE & FEEDING OF
MAGENTO DEVELOPERS”
Lessons Learned Mentoring in Magento
Ben Marks, Magento Evangelist

WHO I AM: THEN
• Blue Acorn
• Developer #1 (CE 1.1.6, ca. 2008)
• Senior Developer
• Director of Development
• Magento U Trainer & Consultant

WHO I AM: NOW
• Magento, Inc.
• Magento Evangelist
• Community Evangelist
• Magento U Trainer & Consultant

MAGENTO:
EDD
"Expletive-Driven
Development"
Measured in WTFs/m
(It's science, baby.) http://bit.ly/1kOnx23

MAGENTO:
STEEP
LEARNING
CURVE
Dam steep!
http://dailym.ai/1g9v2dB

TRIAL-BY-
FIRE
Everyone gets burned.
This is no good.
http://bit.ly/1fGfe7s

BUILD A
CULTURE OF
LEARNING
Like being in med school,
but with less blood.
(Hopefully.)
http://bit.ly/1opIOgL

WHAT IS A LEARNING
CULTURE?
• All teach, all learn. Pairing & presenting when possible.
• Reduce frustration:
• Assess & reassess
• Set expectations (learning curve, duration, etc.)
• Little/no billable work at first
• Don't forget about health!

GROWTH PLAN: N00B5
• MVC first, eCommerce later
• Help them work:
• Hidden errors > developer mode
• Caching, Dx of configuration XML
• Autoloader & code pools

GROWTH PLAN: DAY 1
• MVC Tour with Senior
• Step through Contact Us view and post
request
• Pair Programming
• Senior navigates, Junior drives

GROWTH PLAN: DAY 2~5
• Developer Series, Magento KB
(http://bit.ly/mkb-1)
• Daily review with Senior / ELI5

GROWTH PLAN: DAY 6~7
• Magento User Guide (http://bit.ly/1naU9T5)
• Read it, practice with it

GROWTH PLAN: DAY 8~10
• Deeper Architectural Exercises
• Class Rewrites
• Observers
• Layout XML
• EAV application & collections
• Code review by Senior

GROWTH PLAN: DAY11-20
• eCommerce Exercises
• From backlog or from history
• Reassess

GROWTH PLAN: ALL
• Building a Learning Culture involves the
WHOLE organization
• Learning is a learned behavior too :-)

GROWTH PLAN: ALL
• MCD Study Kit (http://bit.ly/1naXfXm)
• Participation on Magento SE & StackOverflow
[magento]
• Pairing: seniority, experience
• Mage_Kata
• Ongoing reassessment

TOOLS & RESOURCES
• PhpStorm &
Magicento
• Magento U
• Xdebug
• n98-magerun
• Commerce Bug
• Magento SE
• AlanStorm.com
• EcomDev.org
• Twitter @benmarks
• Grokking Magento

TOOLS & RESOURCES
• Community
• Community
• Community
• Community
• Community
• Community
• Community
• Community
• Community
• Community

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Ben Marks: The Care and Feeding of Magento Developers

2. “THE CARE & FEEDING OF MAGENTO DEVELOPERS” Lessons Learned Mentoring in Magento Ben Marks, Magento Evangelist

3. WHO I AM

4. WHO I AM: THEN • Blue Acorn • Developer #1 (CE 1.1.6, ca. 2008) • Senior Developer • Director of Development • Magento U Trainer & Consultant

5. WHO I AM: NOW • Magento, Inc. • Magento Evangelist • Community Evangelist • Magento U Trainer & Consultant

6. WHAT I'VE DONE

7. WHAT I HAVE LEARNED

9. MAGENTO: EDD "Expletive-Driven Development" Measured in WTFs/m (It's science, baby.) http://bit.ly/1kOnx23

10. MAGENTO: STEEP LEARNING CURVE Dam steep! http://dailym.ai/1g9v2dB

11. BUT, IT'S NOT THE CODE.

12. (E)COMMERCE IS HARD.

13. TEACHING IS HARD.

14. WHAT I HAVE TRIED

15. TRIAL-BY- FIRE Everyone gets burned. This is no good. http://bit.ly/1fGfe7s

16. BUILD A CULTURE OF LEARNING Like being in med school, but with less blood. (Hopefully.) http://bit.ly/1opIOgL

17. WHAT IS A LEARNING CULTURE? • All teach, all learn. Pairing & presenting when possible. • Reduce frustration: • Assess & reassess • Set expectations (learning curve, duration, etc.) • Little/no billable work at first • Don't forget about health!

18. GROWTH PLAN: N00B5 • MVC first, eCommerce later • Help them work: • Hidden errors > developer mode • Caching, Dx of configuration XML • Autoloader & code pools

19. GROWTH PLAN: DAY 1 • MVC Tour with Senior • Step through Contact Us view and post request • Pair Programming • Senior navigates, Junior drives

20. GROWTH PLAN: DAY 2~5 • Developer Series, Magento KB (http://bit.ly/mkb-1) • Daily review with Senior / ELI5

21. GROWTH PLAN: DAY 6~7 • Magento User Guide (http://bit.ly/1naU9T5) • Read it, practice with it

22. GROWTH PLAN: DAY 8~10 • Deeper Architectural Exercises • Class Rewrites • Observers • Layout XML • EAV application & collections • Code review by Senior

23. GROWTH PLAN: DAY11-20 • eCommerce Exercises • From backlog or from history • Reassess

24. BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE!

25. GROWTH PLAN: ALL • Building a Learning Culture involves the WHOLE organization • Learning is a learned behavior too :-)

26. GROWTH PLAN: ALL • MCD Study Kit (http://bit.ly/1naXfXm) • Participation on Magento SE & StackOverflow [magento] • Pairing: seniority, experience • Mage_Kata • Ongoing reassessment

27. TOOLS & RESOURCES • PhpStorm & Magicento • Magento U • Xdebug • n98-magerun • Commerce Bug • Magento SE • AlanStorm.com • EcomDev.org • Twitter @benmarks • Grokking Magento

28. TOOLS & RESOURCES • Community • Community • Community • Community • Community • Community • Community • Community • Community • Community

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