Development phase

Last update: 2023-08-28

The development phase includes the following activities:

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See general best practices for high-level recommendations about overall management of the development process.

The following sections include best practices information for the development phase.

Code management

Best practice	Description
Code review	Recommended validation process to ensure that implemented functionality meets requirements
Composer vs Git	Determine how to distribute custom code with consideration for release management, code complexity, and dependency management
Branching strategy	Manage source code in Git repositories
GRA examples	Understand common methods of organizing a global reference architecture code base

Best practice	Description
Table modification	Determine how and when to modify Adobe Commerce and third-party database tables

Best practice	Description
Catalog image resizing	Provides guidance on image resizing before a store goes into production to ensure optimal performance
CSS and JS	Merge and minify cascading style sheet (CSS) and JavaScript (JS) files from the Admin or the command line
Images	Optimize images and use Fastly to optimize response time

Best practice	Description
Theme developmemt	Describes development patterns to help ensure compatibility between your theme, future versions of Adobe Commerce, and custom extensions

Best practice	Description
Exception handling	Describes recommended methods for logging exceptions
Extensions	Describes development patterns to help ensure compatibility between your extension, future versions of Adobe Commerce, and other custom extensions
Private content blocks	Configure private content blocks to optimize storefront performance

Best practice	Description
Builds and deployment	Describes best practices for the build and deploy stages of Adobe Commerce on cloud infrastructure projects
Debugging	Systematically and effectively debug the Adobe Commerce framework
Static content deployment	Avoid issues with static content not appearing on your storefront
Troubleshooting	Troubleshoot common Adobe Commerce implementation issues