Comparison of web application development using PHP and Magento platforms

Bartosz Drawdzik

bartosz.drawdzik@pollub.edu.pl
Institute of Computer Science, Lublin University of Technology, Nadbystrzycka 36B, 20-618 Lublin, Poland (Poland)

Maria Skublewska-Paszkowska


Institute of Computer Science, Lublin University of Technology, Nadbystrzycka 36B, 20-618 Lublin, Poland (Poland)

Abstract

The paper presents the process of creating two application using two different methods of programming. One of them is simple PHP application based on data stored in a relational MySQL database and a application of the same functionality implemented on the Magento 1.9 platform. The main purpose of the paper is to test applications and verify them of the extent to which functionality is fault-tolerant. It means that tests will be the - individuals function and their resistance to errors. The obtained results allow the authors to evaluate which kind of programming is the best and improve clean code and it’s quality.


Keywords:

Unit tests; Magento; Zend; PHP; MySQL

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Published
2018-03-30

Cited by

Drawdzik, B., & Skublewska-Paszkowska, M. (2018). Comparison of web application development using PHP and Magento platforms. Journal of Computer Sciences Institute, 6, 6–11. https://doi.org/10.35784/jcsi.632

Authors

Bartosz Drawdzik 
bartosz.drawdzik@pollub.edu.pl
Institute of Computer Science, Lublin University of Technology, Nadbystrzycka 36B, 20-618 Lublin, Poland Poland

Authors

Maria Skublewska-Paszkowska 

Institute of Computer Science, Lublin University of Technology, Nadbystrzycka 36B, 20-618 Lublin, Poland Poland

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