How to Deploy Magento 2 To Production

- Magento 2

Magento 2 deployment to production

If you don’t have any exact strategy for deploying your new Magento 2 website to production, then you’ve come to the right place. Below, we provide general guidelines which will be helpful for everyone who wants to deploy Magento 2 to production. Please note that each Magento 2 store has its unique features and requirements, so it is recommended to deal with a specialist who can help you choose what additional steps are vital for your particular case. Continue Reading

The Best PHP 7 Books to Read

- Fire development, PHP 7

PHP7 books

Although the final stable version of PHP 7 is still under development, the community around the language has enough information to write the first books. Below, we will gather all interesting publications related to PHP 7. The blog post already includes 4 PHP 7 books, so don’t hesitate to spend some time on checking them.

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Magento 2 Cron Configuration

- Magento 2

How to configure Cron in Magento 2

In the following article, we shed light on proper Magento 2 cron configuration. Below, you will find general advices about configuring and running cron, section related to component manager and system upgrade with cron, and a short troubleshooting guide. Continue Reading

Top Node.js REST API frameworks

- Node.js

REST API frameworks for Node.js

Being a software architectural style, REST provides the ability to increase the performance of your projects by introducing more maintainable architecture. If you are using a heavy MVC framework, but need to cope with a fast Node.js REST API server, then pay attention to Node.js REST API frameworks. The best solutions are described in the following post, and they offer the following advantages: Continue Reading

Magento 2 Composer Guide

- Magento 2

Magento 2 Composer

In this Magento 2 Composer guide, we will explain how to use the application-level package manager with the most popular ecommerce platform. Being inspired by Node.js npm, Composer provides a unified format that simplifies dependency management of PHP software. The usage of Composer in various Magento 2 projects is inevitable, because it is a part of the platform. You can run the package manager through the command line, installing dependencies for your modules. Besides, Composer provides the ability to install Magento 2 extensions available on Packagist (the repo is described below). Another important feature introduced in Composer is a set of autoload capabilities for libraries that essentially simplifies the usage of third-party software solutions. Continue Reading

Node.js Natural Language Processing Projects

- Node.js

Node.js NLP

Node.js offers enough resources to run various natural language processing projects taking the area of human-computer interaction to a new level. Node.js natural language processing mainly involves human language understanding. As a result, Node.js applications can derive meaning from the language input. Currently, there are 4 most prominent Node.js natural language processing projects in the ecosystem: retext, franc, leven, and natural. All of them are described below.   Continue Reading

17 Node.js Tools To Streamline Your Operations With File System

- Node.js

Node.js Filesystem Tools

Utilities described in this article will essentially improve your daily work with a file system. Below, you will find 17 time-tested Node.js filesystem tools, which are widely used within the community. If you are going to streamline routine tasks related to a file system, you’ve come to the right place. Additionally, we recommend you to check the 75 best Node.js command line apps and utilities. Continue Reading