learing Magento after Zend framework is good idea ?

[lostnucleus]

Well after geting ZF certified I am looking forward to try applications based upon Zend framework , Is Magento worth going into , and how much does it based on ZF ??

Is there any better open source ecommerce solution avaiable in PHP then magento ?

 

thanks in Advance.

 

 

[dardub]

Well I started working on Magento and then I realized how helpful it will be to learn zf first.  I'm still just learning zf now. At least you're going in the right order which definitely helps. I didn't get a choice in what cart to work with, so I don't know if any are better. But magento although frustrating at times is set up to do a lot.

 

I'm not 100% sure since I'm new to both, but there is heavy customization in Magento.  So there will still be a learning curve, but you have a good head start!

[dardub]

Check this out:

 

http://alanstorm.com/magento_controller

 

More and better information than I could give.

[lostnucleus]

@darbub

thanks for info ,  magento is an beast my zf knowlege is looking small in front of it .no documentation makes it even worse ,

and yes magento is the most powerfull , extenable ecommerce solution available in market .hopefully my efforts will payoff

 

[sunwukung]

IME, while Magento has a lot of nice features, it's pretty hard work - and it DEVOURS resources. That's why you get Magento specialist hosting. Personally, I'd give Magento a miss and go for a different cart system - probably commercial for the sake of customer support.