Using n98 Extensions

[aepod]

http://alanstorm.com/developing_commands_for_n98-magerun

https://github.com/netz98/n98-magerun/blob/master/src/N98/Magento/Command/Customer/CreateDummyCommand.php

http://blog.muench-worms.de/n98-magerun-modulsystem/

[cmuench]

Great to see that you wanne create a n98-magerun module.
There is a english translation of my module creation blog post in official magerun blog.

http://magerun.net/introducting-the-new-n98-magerun-module-system/

If you need an example of a real world n98-magerun extension you can checkout my port of Colin Mollenhours Cache Benchmark Tool.

https://github.com/cmuench/magerun-module-cache-benchmark

[kalenjordan]

@cmuench nice! Did you tweet that benchmark module out when you built it? Looks amazing! I have to check it out.

[aepod]

This is going to work well, I will be using the shell scripts as a development platform for each datatype. We will be building out the extension as a magento extension to handle the data import handler, parsing, variance in the datasets through randomization etc.

Later, we can take our results and push them into a n98 module. I spent a little time making sure this was possible, and based on the howto's etc, it looks like it wont be a problem at all doing it this way. I think I am doing a little extra work covering the shell scripting parsing ARG's etc, but it should allow rapid prototyping, without the n98 learning curve.

[Sukeshini1]

Hi, This is a really nice idea to be develop. I spent a little time to figure out how this will benefit for store users.

[cmuench]

@kalenjordan I did this in December. I thought it would be cool to have the functionality without installing any module in Magento.
You can see it in action on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_gtN0rEsPg