A couple of days ago we were surprised by an unusual pull request on GitHub. The contributor, @Haehnchen, simply requested to remove the file .phpstorm.meta.php because of a native PhpStorm plugin. Indeed, Daniel Espendiller, the real name behind @Haehnchen, wrote and distributed a well working native OXID plugin for JetBrains PhpStorm under MIT open source license. As he describes, this plugin [Read more...]
The weather in Germany usually becomes rainy, grey and cheerless by the end of October / beginning of November, so no wonder some people move for a holiday trip southward if they can afford it. An interesting idea is to combine both, job and holiday and to stock up on some sunshine while working in the bright and sunny realms. This is exactly what some of the developers - I count myself [Read more...]
For my next tutorial about writing modules for OXID eShop I chose a very simple example. The aim is to round up the display of the price on the product details page to the next five cent (or any other currency of your choice). This is because there are countries where it doesn't make sense to display prices like 7.99 EUR because the value doesn't even impact on your money bag and the tax [Read more...]
Upfront: although I probably have a good technical understanding I am not a software developer. So it’s a pleasure to thank my mates @tabsl, @vanilla_thunder, @jkrug @l3k, @stasiukaitis-saulius and especially @DSB for the patient, almost friendly help while writing this OXID eShop module sample, and letting me understand what each line of code does. My thanks also goes to my mate @stew who usually [Read more...]