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Project 52: Review – January 2010

by: Adam McCombs - Thursday, February 4th, 2010

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In an effort to keep things organized I've decided to give a monthly recap of all my Project 52 posts. Here is a look at January 2010.

Post #1 - Developers: Don’t pigeonhole your clients

It’s incredibly easy for developers to get stuck in a development rut. Using the ...

What is Magento?

by: Adam McCombs - Thursday, January 28th, 2010

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Being the co-Author of "The Definitive Guide to Magento", I get asked this question a lot. It's sometimes surprising that a piece of software, growing with popularity, is still unknown to so many people. Magento Commerce is defiantly worth taking a look at.

So what is it?

Magento is a ...

Stop limiting your potential!

by: Adam McCombs - Thursday, January 21st, 2010

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This post is based on a couple of conversations I've had with designers and developers on Twitter but the ideas on this post can be applied to any [job] situation. Often times you'll hear people say, "I don't understand how to do that" or "That's to complicated" but what they ...

What is Project 52? (#p52)

by: Adam McCombs - Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

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Project 52, or #p52 on Twitter, is a year long project devoted to developing blog content, at a pace of one new post a week for an entire year. I've found it rather hard to continually post new blog content so this type of project is right up my alley. There ...

Developers: Don’t pigeonhole your clients

by: Adam McCombs - Thursday, January 7th, 2010

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Pigeonhole - Pronunciation: \ˈpi-jən-ˌhōl\ - a neat category which usually fails to reflect actual complexities It's incredibly easy for developers to get stuck in a development rut. Using the same tools, frameworks and platforms for every project is not only limiting your potential but it pigeonholes clients. Our job as developers ...

The definitive guide to Magento

by: Adam McCombs - Friday, January 1st, 2010

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My book The Definitive Guide to Magento, a book that I co-authored with Robert Banh, is now shipping! For those who may not know, Magento is a new open-source eCommerce platform that has grown in popularity over the last 2 years.

I've included a short description of the book below, ...