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All breakout session presentations:
http://www.imagineecommerce.com/2013breakouts/

Magento: Best practices for hosting
http://www.nexcess.net/magento-best-practices-whitepaper
http://info.magento.com/rs/magentocommerce/images/HostandBoastBestPracticesForMagentoHosting.pdf

Data Isolation and Merchandizing in a Single Magento Instance
http://info.magento.com/rs/magentocommerce/images/DataIsolationandMerchandizinginaSingleMagentoInstance.pdf

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<?php
protected function _prepareCollection()
    {
        $filters = $this->getRequest()->getParams();
        $start_date = (isset($filters['date_from'])) ? date("'Y-m-d'", strtotime($filters['date_from'])) : "'0000-00-00'";
        $end_date   = (isset($filters['date_to'])) ? date("'Y-m-d'", strtotime($filters['date_to'])) : 'NOW()';

        $collection = Mage::getModel("sales/order")->getCollection();
        $resource = Mage::getSingleton('core/resource');
        $distributorTable     = $resource->getTableName('PurinaPro_Groups/Distributor');

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SELECT 
  `main_table`.`customer_id`, 
  `main_table`.`customer_firstname` AS `firstname`, 
  `main_table`.`customer_lastname` AS `lastname`, 
  `distributor`.`name` AS `distributor_name`, 
  (select COUNT(distinct MONTH(created_at)) from sales_flat_order where customer_id=main_table.customer_id and created_at between '0000-00-00' and NOW()) AS `order_months_count`, 
  (select sum(total_qty_ordered) from sales_flat_order where customer_id=main_table.customer_id and created_at between '0000-00-00' and NOW()) AS `total_qty_ordered`, 
  (select sum(base_grand_total) from sales_flat_order where customer_id=main_table.customer_id and created_at between '0000-00-00' and NOW()) AS `total_grand_total`, 

  sum(MONTH(main_table.created_at) = 1) AS `Jan_count`, 

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Dealing With Large Collections in Magento

 - Collections are a good thing
   - make deailing with multiple data structure types easy: Standard and EAV
   - Lazy loading keep database traffic to a minimum

 - Collections have some shortcomings
   - When dealing with a large number of customers, getting EAV data can be difficult
   
The situation:

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public function getCsv()
{
    $csv = '';
    $this->_isExport = true;
    $this->_prepareGrid();

    $sql = (string)$this->getCollection()->getSelect()->__toString();

    $db       = Mage::getResourceSingleton('core/resource')->getReadConnection();
    $result   = $db->query($sql);

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Get Ready for Magento Certified Developer Exam. Magento Codepool
http://blog.belvg.com/magento-certification-magento-codepool.html

Get Ready for Magento Certified Developer Exam. Magento Module Structure.
http://blog.belvg.com/magento-certification-module-structure.html

Get Ready for Magento Certified Developer Exam. The Main Magento Design Areas and More…
http://blog.belvg.com/get-ready-for-magento-certified-developer-exam-the-main-magento-design-areas-and-more.html

Get Ready for Magento Certified Developer Exam. Class Naming Conventions and Their Relationship with the Autoloader

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diff --git a/marketplace/affiliations/admin.py b/marketplace/affiliations/admin.py
index 87f3e01..f5ad40e 100644
--- a/marketplace/affiliations/admin.py
+++ b/marketplace/affiliations/admin.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ class AffiliationAdmin(BaseModelAdmin):
     search_fields = ('name',)
     prepopulated_fields = {'slug': ('name',)}
     list_filter = ('type', 'featured',)
+    raw_id_fields = ('created_by',)
 

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from marketplace.test.settings import *

DEBUG=True

DATABASES['default']['HOST'] = 'localhost'
DATABASES['default']['NAME'] = 'marketplacedemo'
DATABASES['default']['USER'] = 'postgres'


code_path = os.path.expanduser('~/code')

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@hosts(["mckenzie.servers.ljworld.com"])
def pull_db(db_name, user_db_name=None):

    if db_name is None:
        exit("You must provide a database name")

    # add username to db_name
    if user_db_name is None:
        user_db_name = '%s_%s' % (env.user, db_name)