Resources to learn SuiteCRM?

Question

I am a developer who has no experience working with CRM systems. I want to build a simple system using SuiteCRM. But I can't find a single tutorial for SuiteCRM in the internet. Believe me I spent several days searching for tutorials but I couldn't find. The official Userguides documentation is absolutely useless for development purposes. I found this book SuiteCRM For Developers but it is not suitable for a beginner. And it doesn't cover most of the basic stuff. Please suggest me a good tutorial(document/video) which covers topics such as creating custom entities(operations with custom entities), workflows and REST api.

Answer 1

If you're new to CRM world, as I was a couple of years ago, Id suggest doing the following:

1. Get a copy of SugarCRM for Dummies. It gives you an overview of the built in modules and functions of SugarCRM.
2. Watch how-to videos on SugarCRM for more in-depth details on particular modules.
3. Get a copy of SuiteCRM for Developers by Jim Mackin. This was a game changer for me. it's straight forward but breaks down the essentials of SuiteCRM.

From there, it's all about googling and practice. The more you play with the code, the more it starts making sense.

Answer 2

Welcome to world of CRM !!

First learn the flow of modules which are available in CRM and then go ahead with the development part. So I will suggest you to learn SugarCRM first. As coding standards and execution flow of SuiteCRM and SugarCRM is same.

• Download SugarCRM CE
• Install the CRM in your machine as described here

• Once installed play with modules. Getting_Started SugarCRM

• Take an overview on admin features of SugarCRM as described in detail here

• Try to create new modules as per described here