The best way to optimize Magento’s performance is to use its Compilation function. It has proven to be stable and reliable even though it is still in development. The performance increase is obvious. You can enable it from your Magento admin panel. There from the top menu choose System > Tools > Compilation. If you [...]

Unlike an eCommerce website, eBay has a built-in base of over 60 million users, many of whom are actively shopping for products on a daily basis. This means that you don’t exactly have to go out shaking the bushes for customers. To get your products in front of those eager customers, however, requires that you [...]

While surfing tonight I ran across this SlideShare presentation. It contains great pointers on managing scope creep and such things that any web developer worth his salt has run into! I found it on this page