Is it necessary to learn Zend Framework before learning Magento?

Question

i am newbie in Magento and wants to learn Magento effectively. i know Maegnto is based on zendframe work. i have not worked in Zend framework before. Is it necessary to learn Zend Framework before learning Magento ??

Answer 1

It is not necessarily required to learn the Zend Framework before. But it sure helps if you understand the general paradigm of Model View Controller (MVC) to get a better grasp of the system. While Magento relies heavily on the Zend Framework, it does things its own way in many aspects, so if you want to learn Magento, I would recommend diving right into learning Magento and learning Zend framework on the way where appropriate. Good in depth tutorials to get started as a developer are:

http://www.magentocommerce.com/knowledge-base/entry/magento-for-dev-part-1-introduction-to-magento