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Publishing free open source Magento extensions – examples, benefits and

observations

Tsvetan Stoychev


About me

Tsvetan Stoychev (@ceckoslab)

Born: In Razgrad, Bulgaria Last 5 years doing Magento Magento Certified I am NOT an open source evangelist 9 published open source extensions Current job – Jarlssen / Session Digital GmbH


About the topic

Publishing free open source Magento extensions

• Examples – I will show 3 Magento extensions

• Benefits – I will describe some of the benefits of publishing your extensions as free and open source

• Observations – I will share advices and thoughts



Examples


Styling a static block - “My” Workflow

CSS and Images CSS and Images

Bob(FE)

Alice(FE)

Repository

Content

SkypeEmail

Magento adminInstall script

Content


Extension - Jarlssen_CmsFiles

Better Workflow

CSS, Images andContent as *.phtml

CSS, Images and Content as *.phtml

Bob(FE)

Alice(FE)

Repository



CMS Pages / Blocks

File systemDB

*.phtml versions of Pages and Blocks

DB records of Pages and Blocks



( admin interface )



A helpful shell script that allows you to do:

Pull

Push

Diff



Facts

License: OSL 3.0 http://github.com/Jarlssen/Jarlssen_CmsFiles MODMAN Zero opened issues so far It's perfect for development but it's not recommended for use in

production Good for projects that lack specification and you quickly have to

show results in the initial development phase Helped to our FE developers to increase their productivity


What will happen if you try to save an attribute with more than 1000 options?

?


Extension - Jarlssen_FasterAttributeOptionEdit

Quote from Magento forums: “Well, I added 1000 manufacturers and a few hundred flavors into the store (to 1.42 CE). When I attempt to edit either attribute, I get a “script unresponsive” error in my browser.”


Extension - Jarlssen_FasterAttributeOptionEdit

Facts

License: OSL 3.0 http://github.com/Jarlssen/Jarlssen_FasterAttributeOptionEdit MODMAN Blog post: http://goo.gl/Cl0R0N 1 contributor 4 people favourited the extension in GITGUB 1 developer contributed Every month someone send us a Thank you email We've published reference to the solution in StackOverflow and

the Magento forum

http://goo.gl/Cl0R0N


Extension - Jarlssen_UploaderComponent

Developer’s module for generic file upload in the admin forms



How to use

<global> <jarlssen_uploader_component_config> <uploads> <MyCompany_MyModule_Model_Item> <thumbnail> <upload_dir>my_module/thumbnail</upload_dir> <allowed_extensions>jpg,png,gif</allowed_extensions> <input_name>thumbnail</input_name> </thumbnail> <pdf> <upload_dir>my_module/pdf</upload_dir> <allowed_extensions>pdf</allowed_extensions> <input_name>pdf_file</input_name> </pdf> </MyCompany_MyModule_Model_Item> </uploads> </jarlssen_uploader_component_config></global>

Config path: global/jarlssen_uploader_component_config/uploads

Model class name

Field config



Facts

License: OSL 3.0 http://github.com/Jarlssen/Jarlssen_UploaderComponent MODMAN Blog post: http://goo.gl/rgzc4N Zero opened issues so far Has written unit tests (EcomDev_PHPUnit) Respects DRY principle!

http://goo.gl/rgzc4N



Benefits


Benefits

Constructive Criticism


Benefits

QA services for free


Benefits

Somebody may like to contribute


Benefits

Feedback about the current needs of the market



Observations


Observations

Most of the ideas for open source extensions come from

real projects during solving real business problems.


Observations

How to be more successful?



Write technical documentation



Make it easy to install ( Modman, Compose and etc. )



Write a blog post about your extension



Share in the social networks (Twitter, Linkedin etc.)



If your extension solves a problem described in a forum or stack overflow, then post a comment and link to the

extension's repository


Observations

The idea and benefits of publishing free open source

extensions are great, but take TIME!


Observations

Some extensions should indeed be free and open source!

Of course, I am talking from personal experience!


Observations

There is a possibility that somebody will sell your free

extension as their own product!!!

No worries, it's OK!


Observations

Should somebody make money from my open source extension?

Sure, why not?


Observations

Choose a license that works for you.

http://choosealicense.com/(I am not a lawyer)


Observations

Open source can boost sales!


Questions?

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