This document discusses developer readiness for Magento 2 projects. It covers an overview of Magento, the skills and machine requirements for developers, training options, the roles of development leads and project managers, and an introduction to using Agile project methodology.

1. July 2016 US – India - Bolivia
Magento 2
Developer Readiness

2. Agenda
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• Wagento Overview
• The Developer
• The Machine
• Do they know Magento or not?
• Training options
• Teams Leads and Code Review
• Project Managers – What should they know?
• Why use Agile
• Real World
• Q/A
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3. Developer Overview
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4. The Developer
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• Should have basic knowledge of MVC
• Object Oriented Programing
• Should know PHP
• Basic knowledge of Zend
• Basic knowledge of Symfony
• Composer
• Apache/Nginx
• MySQL
• Virtual Machine/ Vagrant is helpful
• Some Linux knowledge

5. The Machine
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• M2 will be much slower on your local than M1
• PHP7/MySQL 5.6
• Consider SSD drives
• Minimum 8gb Memory
• i7 Processor preferable but i5 will work
• Mac/Linux
• Virtual box/ Vagrant
• If you are using Windows consider switching

6. Magento or Not Magento
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For the developer who is transferring from M1 to M2, they should go through all 6
UNITS of the Fundamental of Magento 2 course by Magento U.
M2 is more complex than M1 so some re-learning of some items will be necessary.
In some cases it maybe easier to learn M2 as a new developer but with a strong
PHP/oops background

7. Magento Training and Mentoring
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8. Magento Training
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• Become familiar with terminology and core functionality
• Learn to perform basic functions such as:
- Setup new modules
- Setup new configuration variables
• Be familiar with basic Magento customization techniques such as:
- Using plugins and interceptors
- Using observers
• Creating custom controllers
• Overriding controller action
• Basic operations and layouts

9. Developer Leads
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• Lead a group of developers
• Ownership of site
• Code reviews
• Could make architectural decisions
• Manage CI process
• Bridge with PM and Client (for example you don’t let every dev talk to the client,
only lead dev talks to client)

10. Magento Community!
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• Magento Stackexchange
• Magento Forums
• Meetup’s
• Magento Running Groups

11. Project Managers
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12. The Developer and the Project Manager
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• Organize work
• Insure that work is workable
• Insolate developer from client
• Make sure that the developer isn’t saying yes to something that should be a CR!

13. Q/A in the Real World
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14. Project Development Methodology
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15. Agile- SCRUM-Project Development Methodology
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16. Elements In Agile Methodology
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17. Thank You
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