by Alan Barber | Jun 20, 2015 | All, How To, Javascript, Magento
Let’s say you’re developing a form where the user input fields are disabled based on certain criteria (a fairly common scenario). You can easily accomplish this for text inputs, select drop-downs, and radio buttons using the native disable binding provided by knockout:
by Alan Barber | Jun 15, 2015 | How To, Magento
The release of the Magento 1.9 version has prompted a change in frontend design patterns for Magento developers.
by Alan Barber | Jun 14, 2015 | How To, Magento
What happened to PayPal payment standards in 1.9? …One day everything is working fine, then you upgrade to Magento 1.9 and PayPal Standard has disappeared! You’ll notice, it’s been replaced by PayPal Express. Magento seems to be pushing everyone to...
by Alan Barber | Apr 2, 2015 | All, How To, Javascript
When using Javascript sometimes we need to map a literal string: “My.Nested.Class” to the corresponding object or class. Below I’ve provided an easy function to determine this, utilizing the underscorejs library. Essentially, this function takes a...
by Alan Barber | Mar 4, 2015 | How To, Javascript
I wanted to write a quick post regarding these 2 libraries. Any large & complex web-app utilizing Backbone.js (or Knockback in my own case) has need for some type of relationship mapping across models. I’ll be comparing the 2 biggest players, looking at...
by Alan Barber | Feb 22, 2015 | All, How To, Magento, Wordpress
It’s a situation we run into pretty frequently here at Cadence Labs: you’re running Magento and Wordpress on the same web server; all is well, Magento is selling products and Wordpress is hosting content. However, anytime you make a change to…