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PrestaShop 8
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  • 1. Basics
    • Introduction
    • Installation
      • System requirements
      • Docker environment
      • MacOS environment
      • Unix environment
      • Windows environment
      • Advanced topics on PrestaShop Installation
        • Docker (Flashlight)
        • Installation with CLI
        • Apache Http
        • Nginx
    • Deployment
      • Creating your own distribution
    • Staying up-to-date
      • Shop backup
      • Migration
      • Upgrade
      • Use the Upgrade Assistant
      • Upgrade Module
        • Upgrade Module internal behavior
        • Upgrade Process Steps
        • Upgrade channels
        • Upgrade CLI
        • Post-update checklist
        • Post-restore checklist
  • 2. Core Reference
    • Coding standards
    • Naming conventions
    • Architecture
      • Introduction
      • File structure
        • Understanding the "src" folder
      • Legacy
        • Legacy Controllers
      • Modern
        • Symfony controllers & routing
      • Migration guide
        • Migration project and strategy
        • Templating with Twig
        • Forms
          • CRUD Forms
          • Settings Forms
          • CQRS usage in forms
        • Controller and Routing
        • Hooks
        • Grid / CRUD
        • Cleaning up
        • Validation
        • Testing
          • Unit testing
          • Behat testing
      • Domain-driven architecture
        • CQRS
        • Domain services
        • Data Transfer Objects
        • Value Objects
        • Domain exceptions
        • Domain References
          • Address domain
          • Attachment domain
          • AttributeGroup domain
          • Carrier domain
          • Cart domain
          • CartRule domain
          • CatalogPriceRule domain
          • Category domain
          • CmsPage domain
          • CmsPageCategory domain
          • Configuration domain
          • Contact domain
          • Country domain
          • CreditSlip domain
          • Currency domain
          • Customer domain
          • CustomerMessage domain
          • CustomerService domain
          • Employee domain
          • Feature domain
          • Hook domain
          • Language domain
          • MailTemplate domain
          • Manufacturer domain
          • Meta domain
          • Module domain
          • Notification domain
          • Order domain
          • OrderMessage domain
          • OrderReturn domain
          • OrderReturnState domain
          • OrderState domain
          • Product domain
          • Profile domain
          • SearchEngine domain
          • Security domain
          • Shop domain
          • ShowcaseCard domain
          • SpecificPrice domain
          • SqlManagement domain
          • State domain
          • Store domain
          • Supplier domain
          • Tab domain
          • Tax domain
          • TaxRulesGroup domain
          • Theme domain
          • Title domain
          • Webservice domain
          • Zone domain
      • Cache
    • Database
      • Database structure
    • Configuration
      • Configuring PrestaShop
      • List of settings
    • Orders lifecycle
    • Page Reference
      • Back Office Pages
        • Order
          • Add new order
          • Order view
            • Refunds
        • Product
          • Product Form
    • Products lifecycle
      • Products search index
    • Components
      • Back Office Help sidebar
      • Configuration storage
        • Backward compatibility
      • Context
      • Cookie
      • Database
        • Db class
        • DBQuery class
        • ObjectModel class
        • PrestaShopCollection class
      • Export
        • CsvResponse
      • Faceted search
        • Inside the module
      • Form
        • Types Reference
          • AccordionType
          • AmountCurrencyType
          • ButtonCollectionType
          • CategoryChoiceTreeType
          • ChangePasswordType
          • ChoiceCategoriesTreeType
          • ColorPickerType
          • ConfigurableCountryChoiceType
          • CountryChoiceType
          • CustomContentType
          • CustomMoneyType
          • DatePickerType
          • DateRangeType
          • DeltaQuantityType
          • EmailType
          • EntityItemType
          • EntitySearchInputType
          • FormattedTextareaType
          • GeneratableTextType
          • IconButtonType
          • ImagePreviewType
          • IntegerMinMaxFilterType
          • IpAddressType
          • LogSeverityChoiceType
          • MaterialChoiceTableType
          • MaterialChoiceTreeType
          • MaterialMultipleChoiceTableType
          • MoneyWithSuffixType
          • NavigationTabType
          • NumberMinMaxFilterType
          • PriceReductionType
          • ProfileChoiceType
          • RadioWithChoiceChildrenType
          • ResizableTextType
          • SearchAndResetType
          • ShopChoiceTreeType
          • ShopRestrictionCheckboxType
          • SubmittableDeltaQuantityType
          • SubmittableInputType
          • SwitchType
          • TextPreviewType
          • TextWithLengthCounterType
          • TextWithRecommendedLengthType
          • TranslatableChoiceType
          • TranslatableType
          • TranslateType
          • TypeaheadCustomerCollectionType
          • TypeaheadProductCollectionType
          • TypeaheadProductPackCollectionType
          • UnavailableType
          • UnitTypeExtension
          • YesAndNoChoiceType
          • ZoneChoiceType
        • Form Theme
          • Symfony Form Theme for PrestaShop
          • List of migrated forms
      • Global JavaScript components
      • Helper classes
        • HelperForm
        • HelperList
        • HelperOptions
      • Router and Dispatcher
      • Smarty Extensions
      • Console
        • Context helper
        • prestashop:config
        • prestashop:debug
        • prestashop:licenses:update
        • prestashop:linter:legacy-link
        • prestashop:linter:naming-convention
        • prestashop:linter:security-annotation
        • prestashop:list:commands-and-queries
        • prestashop:mail:generate
        • prestashop:module
        • prestashop:schema:update-without-foreign
        • prestashop:taxes:update-eu-tax-rule-groups
        • prestashop:theme:enable
        • prestashop:theme:export
        • prestashop:translation:find-duplicates
        • prestashop:update:configuration-file-hooks-listing
        • prestashop:update:sql-upgrade-file-hooks-listing
      • Grid
        • Column Types reference
          • BadgeColumn
          • ColorColumn
          • DataColumn
          • DateTimeColumn
          • HtmlColumn
          • ImageColumn
          • LinkColumn
          • ToggleColumn
          • ActionColumn
          • BulkActionColumn
          • PositionColumn
          • EmployeeNameWithAvatarColumn
          • SeverityLevelColumn
        • Actions reference
        • Bulk Actions reference
        • Filter types reference
        • Tutorials
          • Bulk Actions
          • Grid Actions
          • Row Actions
          • Search Form
            • Custom form factory
          • Extend a Grid with Javascript extensions
          • Modify an existing Grid in a module
          • Customize Grid Templates
          • Custom Grid Action
          • Custom Column Type
          • Empty state
      • Hook
        • Subscribing to a Hook
        • Dispatching a Hook
        • Adding a new Core hook
        • Symfony bridge for hooks
      • Import
      • Link
      • Locale
      • Mail Templates
      • Position Updater
      • TinyMCE
      • Users
    • Internationalization
      • Translation
        • Introduction
        • Translation Domains
        • Using the Translator
        • Native module translation
        • Tips and tricks
      • Localization packs
      • Right-To-Left languages
    • How to compile assets
    • How to send e-mails
    • UIKit
    • Native Modules
    • Module Distribution API
    • Multistore
      • Getting started
      • Shops context
      • Shops configuration
      • Configuration forms
  • 3. Testing
    • Integration tests
      • Executing integration tests
      • Creating your own Behat tests
      • Creating your own symfony controller tests
    • UI tests
      • Creating your own UI tests
      • Executing UI tests
    • Unit tests
      • Executing unit tests
      • Creating your own unit tests
  • 4. Modules
    • Introduction
    • Getting Started
      • Tutorial
      • Folder structure
      • Adding a configuration page (Legacy architecture)
      • Modern configuration page
      • Displaying content on the front office
      • Enabling the Auto-Update
      • Module translation
        • New system
        • Classic system
        • Which system to use?
      • Good practices
      • Interacting with APIs
    • Extension concepts
      • Hooks
        • Use hooks on modern pages
        • List of hooks
      • Widgets
      • Controllers
        • Front controllers
        • Admin controllers
          • Adding module links in the back-office side menu
          • Generate a Symfony route
          • Override or decorate a Core controller
        • KPI block in Admin pages
      • Forms
        • Alter Configuration Back Office forms
      • Templating
        • Vue.js
          • FAQ
        • Import Core JavaScript files
        • Overriding Back office views
      • Doctrine
        • Multi Lang Entity
      • Overrides
      • Composer
      • Services
      • Symfony extension concepts
      • Commands
      • Pdf Files
      • Webservice
      • Mail Templates
        • Extending a layout
        • Adding a layout
        • Adding a theme
        • Adding layout variables
        • Applying transformations
      • Module class
      • Multistore
    • Payment modules
    • Carrier modules
    • Testing
      • Basic checks
      • Advanced checks
      • CI/CD
      • Testing Resources
    • Core changes
      • Changes in 8.0
      • Changes in 8.1
      • New password policy
    • Sample modules and how to's
      • Grid and identifiable object form hooks usage example
      • Order view page new hooks demo tutorial
        • Module base creation
        • Signature card
        • Additional action buttons
      • Extending Symfony form with upload image field
      • Extending the new product page form
      • Reading uploaded files securely
    • Configure with CLI
  • 5. Themes
    • Getting started
      • Guidelines
      • Set up your local environment
      • Required tools
      • Theme organization
      • Theme.yml
      • Asset management
        • Webpack
    • Hummingbird Theme
      • Hooks on Hummingbird Theme
        • Category page
        • Checkout flow
        • Connexion page
        • Contact page
        • Home page
        • My account
        • Product page
        • Cart page
    • Reference
      • Theme Hooks
      • Javascript events
      • Migrating from 1.6
      • Overriding modules
      • Overriding selectors
      • RTL support
      • Smarty helpers
      • Template inheritance
        • Parent/child theme
      • Templates
        • Templates & layouts
        • Head
        • Notifications
        • Listing pages
        • Template variables
      • Theme translation
    • Distribution
      • Testing
      • Exporting your theme
  • 6. Webservice API
    • Getting Started
    • Tutorials
      • Creating access
      • Testing access
      • Testing with Postman
      • PrestaShop Webservice lib
        • 1 - Setup library
        • 2 - Listing resources
        • 3 - Retrieve a resource
        • 4 - Create a resource
        • 5 - Update a resource
        • 6 - Delete a resource
      • Advanced use
        • Additional list parameters
        • Image management
        • Specific prices
        • Configuration
        • Multishop
        • Multilingual
      • Creating a product - complete guide
    • Reference
    • Cheat sheet
    • Extend Webservice
    • Resources
      • Addresses
      • Attachments
      • Carriers
      • Cart rules
      • Carts
      • Categories
      • Combinations
      • Configurations
      • Contacts
      • Content management system
      • Countries
      • Currencies
      • Customer messages
      • Customer threads
      • Customers
      • Customizations
      • Deliveries
      • Employees
      • Groups
      • Guests
      • Image types
      • Images
      • Languages
      • Manufacturers
      • Messages
      • Order carriers
      • Order cart rules
      • Order details
      • Order histories
      • Order invoices
      • Order payments
      • Order slip
      • Order states
      • Orders
      • Price ranges
      • Product customization fields
      • Product feature values
      • Product features
      • Product option values
      • Product options
      • Product suppliers
      • Products
      • Search
      • Shop groups
      • Shop urls
      • Shops
      • Specific price rules
      • Specific prices
      • States
      • Stock availables
      • Stock movement reasons
      • Stock movements
      • Stocks
      • Stores
      • Suppliers
      • Supply order details
      • Supply order histories
      • Supply order receipt histories
      • Supply order states
      • Supply orders
      • Tags
      • Tax rule groups
      • Tax rules
      • Taxes
      • Translated configurations
      • Warehouse product locations
      • Warehouses
      • Weight ranges
      • Zones
  • 7. Contribute
    • Contribution guidelines
      • Writing a good commit message
      • Describing Pull Requests
      • Supported branches
      • Project Modules
      • Compatible licenses
      • UI tests
    • Submitting code changes
      • Contribute using localhost
      • Adding a new hook
      • Contribute using Docker
      • Publish your changes to GitHub
    • Improve the documentation
      • Why write documentation
      • How to contribute
        • Documentation versions
        • Edit on GitHub
        • Edit on your computer
        • Writing Markdown
        • Moving pages
      • Hugo functions (Shortcodes)
        • Internal and cross links
        • Callout
        • Function definition
        • Note block
        • Version pill
    • How contributions are handled
      • How Pull Requests are processed
  • 8. Scale
    • How to benchmark
      • Front-Office Benchmark
      • Back-Office Benchmark
    • Optimize your webserver
      • Optimize your Apache httpd configuration
      • Optimize your nginx configuration
    • Optimize your PrestaShop
    • Taking care of your PrestaShop
  • 9. The PrestaShop Project
    • Maintainer's guide
    • Release
      • Patch release lifecycle
      • Minor release lifecycle
    • Security policy
  • 10. FAQ
    • Tips & tricks
      • Hook tips
    • I need help
    • Image FAQ
    • Open Source Project FAQ
    • Pricing FAQ
    • Product FAQ
    • Shipping FAQ
    • Stock FAQ
    • Upgrade FAQ

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Chapter 2

Core Development Reference

This section describes technical aspects of the PrestaShop Core.

  • Coding standards
  • Naming conventions
  • The PrestaShop architecture
  • Database
  • Configuration
  • Orders lifecycle
  • Page Reference
  • Products lifecycle
  • PrestaShop components
  • Internationalization
  • How to compile assets
  • How to send e-mails
  • UIKit
  • Native Modules
  • Module Distribution API
  • Multistore
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Last update on 2024-11-14 by Jonathan Danse.
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