Last week I was reviewing and playing a bit with Magento CE 1.4.2 and noticed a lot of interesting improvements and changes that they included in it. Some of the most interesting ones you can find in this article:
If you want to create a configuration file that can be easily extended by other module, you have found the right article. I will explain you how to create custom configuration files, the files called with the custom name that …

I think everyone has noticed that since 1.4.1 Magento uses separate table for displaying of the order grid in the backend.
I have created a small example with trivial client request, that displays the main aspects of such a customization.…
Introduction
This article will help you to understand basic customizations for catalog products and performing custom cron jobs in Magento.
Functionality
Before start the development you should imagine what it does and choose the functionality that fits all the requirements.…
Have you ever been sick about cutting of an argument value in the error message trace?
Have you tried to find ready to use solution that could solve it? You’re lucky, because I’ve created it for you.
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Some time you need only change one line in function. This is bad idea rewrite resource model for module. But some time it is fast and good solution:
There is Mage_Customer module with defined resrouceModel
There is part of our …