SuperCharlie Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 I am wondering.. is the module and theme infrastructure in 1.5 the same as 1.4.x? Can you build the example theme or module in the 1.4.x documentation and have them install and work properly in 1.5.x? Or is this a major revision which will make developing different and require a complete re-write of the development docs and new development procedures? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codegrunt Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 Easy way to find out. . .download and take a look at the 1.5 beta: http://www.prestashop.com/en/developers-versions Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperCharlie Posted May 29, 2012 Author Share Posted May 29, 2012 Thx for the post codegrunt. I installed the latest version yesterday, but I only started digging into PS a couple weeks ago so I havent built any 1.4.x's yet either. Im wondering if the docs are still good or if I need to wait for new docs to develop 1.5.x with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codegrunt Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 (edited) This is veering into opinion but historically Prestashop has been very light on the developer documentation so looking at the source is generally the way to go. Their code is generally very easy to understand and consistently laid out so using existing modules as templates is straight forward, just check modification dates and try to find something recent in the beta. Prestashop (the company) has a lot of time invested in this codebase so any sweeping module changes should be well reflected in the beta source for 1.5 as they will affect them just as much as the outside community. Cheers Edited May 29, 2012 by codegrunt (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperCharlie Posted May 29, 2012 Author Share Posted May 29, 2012 Good info codegrunt.. thanks. I am looking at PS for a couple reasons.. one is that after 3-4 years of Joomla development I am sick and tired of their cart solutions. I have a personal project where I need a good solid system to sell things and I swear I will put a bullet thru my skull if I have to use virtuemart again. Second is that I want to both help the community and possibly put up some modules for sale in the mid-long term. So I am evaluating the infrastructure, community, application, and the overall ecosystem. I am happy so far in general but a test problem I floated a week or so ago has gone unanswered after a bump and an update.. so thats the only ding I see so far.. possibly low support. In any event.. thanks for your replies, especially the last one. It does give me valued info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codegrunt Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 With respect to FOSS cart solutions, I have seen nothing that comes even remotely close to Prestashop as far as features and code quality. If you are coming from Joomla, you should be pleasantly surprised at Prestashop's code organization (yay for MVC, real template support, class overrides, etc.) Like any codebase it has issues but so far I have yet to run into a problem that I have been unable to eventually solve or at least understand enough to make sane decisions on. Prestashop the company makes their money off of paid modules, consulting and store hosting so the majority of their time is going to be spent supporting their customers. The forums can definitely be useful but if you are not afraid of digging into the code yourself, command line search (go find + grep) plus a basic code editor or IDE will go a long way to understanding how things work. Cheers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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