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I am a project manager for a small design agency and we are looking to bring on a new junior developer inline with a new project that he/she will be working on - a Magento ecommerce site.
How difficult really is Magento development? I have heard a lot about its steep learning curve, even for experienced developers but how true is this?
The project will last for around 6 weeks - would that be enough time for a new junior developer to gain enough experience whilst also creating the site i.e. no they will be diving straight in.
Would a junior PHP developer cope with this or would it be better to hire a more experienced PHP developer - or even look for an actual Magento developer?
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Magento is currently one of the most difficult PHP systems out there a developer could learn and master.
Notoriously, Magento has never been the easiest platform to work with, mainly because it requires certain skills and effort from developers: getting comfortable with its concepts and terminology, understanding its mechanisms and paradigms, and learning how to develop it properly is not the easiest of the tasks, ...
How Long Does It Take to Learn Magento? On average, Magento users report being able to successfully learn how to use the platform in about one month.
Magento does not require any coding if you are using it even if you are a layman and no nothing about coding. But if you wish to enhance your store and add some extension with little bit of customization, then you need to know the coding.
Six weeks will not be enough time for a new developer to really get the hang of Magento, and in fact I doubt that even an experienced developer will be able to do so without someone else to get them through the pitfalls.
Your best bet is to go with a developer who has worked on Magento in the past, and has already worked with the relevant parts of the system in the past.
Hope that helps.
Thanks, Joe
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