Command controller are a nice way to execute things in TYPO3 context on the command line. Since TYPO3 8 it is possible to use the Symfony Console to create and execute those commands natively. In this article I describe, how to use them and which possibilities they offer. (more…)
Docker for Mac may provide a really bad performance, depending on the current setup and used software. I provide here some tipps how to make your local development environment much, much faster.
PhpStorm is probably one of the most used IDEs in the TYPO3 world, if not also in the PHP universe. In this post I show some hints, how to work more productively and get more out of it.
A “stalled” extension is a TYPO3 extension, where the active development seems to have stopped. There are seven ways to deal with it and to get the issues solved.
Search experience is a key factor for the acceptance of the on-site search. Apache Solr provides several options influence and optimize the sorting of the search results. This post shows seven ways to achieve this with the TYPO3 Solr extension.
In the last weeks several times the question popped up on twitter: What is the best commerce solution for TYPO3? Another reason is that WireCard is a new industry partner and offering a commerce solution for TYPO3. Time to create an overview about the currently available solutions around.
One key to a successfull in-site search with Apache Solr is to understand how indexing works. In this post I explain how content is splitted into terms, which will be used by Solr to find relevant content.
The fourth layer of the TYPO3 performance onion is about TYPO3 extensions. Extensions are the major part of TYPO3, when is comes to extend to core functionality. Saying this means, that they have a major impact on the performance of a TYPO3 driven website.
The third quarter of this year is passed and it is time for the extension roundup. But before presenting the extensions for the last three months, I have some news for you regarding the coverage of TYPO3 extensions. (more…)
In every TYPO3 major version there are backwards incompatible changes, which may (and probably will) effect your extension(s). This hurts hard, especially, if you must upgrade custom extensions, which were written by other developers or agencies. These six information sources and tools, which come with TYPO3, will help you to get over these hurdles. (more…)