Magento official documentation download
30 Comments 1st APR 2009 | Posted by Ivan Weiler in Magento

We were among a few of the studios to receive the early release of the Magento documentation before it’s official release date.
We broke the embargo ’cause we just didn’t have the heart to keep it to our selves, we all now how painful it is to work without it.
So finally, what we’ve all been waiting for:
It contains class references, samples, documentation and tools utilizing the APIs required to develop with Magento.
It also explains how to set up real debug environment which will help you greatly.
The package contains over 1 million words of documentation and nearly 1000 samples of code.
We just scratched the surface but we can already say it’s awesome. Enjoy!
Download mirror 1
Download mirror 2
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April 1st, 2009 at 12:56
Samples are little hard to track, but generally very good. Thank you very much for this.
April 1st, 2009 at 12:58
Thank you Hank. Hope we will save many souls.
April 1st, 2009 at 14:28
A masterpiece!!!
April 1st, 2009 at 14:34
Yes, Unirgy we’re now bathing in glory like a true warriors…
April 2nd, 2009 at 16:25
You couldn’t imagine my enthusiasm to come across this manual! Nice Work! Happy April Fool’s Day!
April 2nd, 2009 at 18:47
hahahah
good joke!
April 3rd, 2009 at 8:53
Was looking forward to reading this. Not funny
April 3rd, 2009 at 9:09
Who says it’s a joke
I think that this is the closest thing to what Varien would provide us on magento.
At least the number of pages is right (700-ish)
April 3rd, 2009 at 14:42
Huh!.. April Fool Joke.. I thought hey 700 pages.. Grrr….. If anybody can organize this one? http://www.magentocommerce.com/wiki/index/pages/
April 6th, 2009 at 8:09
Nice one! when it finally comes don’t forget to email me ok fren.
April 9th, 2009 at 15:40
this is hard guys !! i was totally bouncing on my chair , u really got me
April 9th, 2009 at 21:55
Wow. I even looked at the date first. Nicely done!
April 14th, 2009 at 17:21
OMG! I was about to forward the document to my designer, hopefully to make his/my day! What a bummer!
Guess its back to the Wiki and searching on Google!
Thanks guys!
April 30th, 2009 at 14:20
Wow. I haven’t got time to waste downloading joke documentation. Thanks a bunch.
May 1st, 2009 at 14:48
Not funny
June 1st, 2009 at 7:38
hi,i can not download from the link there,can anyone email me one,or share me another link.
June 1st, 2009 at 9:31
Hey, thanks for the efforts, but, I am not able to download it by any of your links now. So, could you please give us another source?
June 1st, 2009 at 16:50
@george @Yann Sorry to disappoint you guys but if you read the comments from the top again, you’ll realize the harsh truth: It’s a prank pulled of for April Fools day.
June 1st, 2009 at 16:58
Yes, sorry guys, i believe we won’t be providing new download till next April Fools day
June 8th, 2009 at 10:32
I liked this one, although I could see it coming!
But of course there is now an official Magento User Guide available from Varien, basic but official none the less. Anything that helps demystify Magento is a massive help, which is why I subscribed to the Inchoo feed.
June 19th, 2009 at 21:20
Try the Better Magento Users Guide at http://ipicpublishing.com/magento/
August 7th, 2009 at 14:42
Bad joke, really
August 20th, 2009 at 7:07
Dont do it again ..!!
August 20th, 2009 at 7:37
We will not do it again, that would be lame
We’ll prepare you something even more spicy for the next 1st of April
August 25th, 2009 at 11:44
my dream nearly came true
September 19th, 2009 at 11:03
Hey guys thanks for uploading the documentation. I read the whole e-book. It was so fantastic. I have never found such beautiful examples or tricks for working in magento.
December 25th, 2009 at 14:33
hello im a web developer but not very experienced one.. help me please and assist me to build my skills.
January 7th, 2010 at 23:46
These download mirror locations don’t seem to be working anymore ….. anybody have a link that works?
February 8th, 2010 at 17:50
Childish.
February 8th, 2010 at 19:20
Yes! April Fools jokes usually are