Professional CodeIgniter, Thomas Myer
Chapter 2: Agile Methodologies and Approaches
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" This is a lot more relaxed and visual than I remember from my high - tech days, " she says. " So far you
haven ' t asked any scary questions, just about stuff that I know really well, like my business. "
You thank Claudia for her time and set an appointment for the next day, in which you ' ll talk about a
" buy now " page and fill in some other holes in your knowledge.
Assimilating What You ' ve Learned
Congratulations, you ' ve done a whole lot of work. Not only have you created four mockup pages (home
page, category view, subcategory view, and Product Detail view), but you ' ve also absorbed a great deal
of information about categories and products.
page, category view, subcategory view, and Product Detail view), but you ' ve also absorbed a great deal
of information about categories and products.
Here ' s what you know about categories:
Categories are hierarchical, but limited to two levels.
Categories can be active or inactive.
Categories have a name, a short description, and a long description.
Images for categories are derived from the products assigned to them.
And this is what you know about products:
A product can only belong to one category at a time.
A product has a name, a large image, a thumbnail, a short description, a long description, and
other possible metadata, such as sizes and colors.
A product can be associated with other products to form groups or outfits.
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