Development phase

The development phase includes the following activities:

  • Local and staging environment setup
  • Sprint planning
  • Ticket execution
  • Troubleshooting
  • Code review, merge, and test
  • Sprint review
  • Customer sign-off
TIP

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

Database

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

File optimization

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

Frontend development

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

PHP development

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

Platform and services

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

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