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    Default which version should i choose?

    Hi,

    I am a newbie for Zencart. I have used oscommerce for a while.

    I wanted to write a module for my site. i would like to know which version of zencart should i write?

    i see there are lots of versions like 1.3.0, 1.3.2, 1.3.7, 1.3.8a etc

    the module which i am going to write should work in all these plug-ins.

    can anyone give me an approach for this?

    if module developed for one version works for another?

    please advice...

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    Default Re: which version should i choose?

    Well 1.3.8a is the current version so that's the version to write for. Some people still use 1.3.7 so they will probably want the mod to work for them, even though 1.3.7 is no longer officially supported by the Zen Cart team. Fortunately 1.3.7 and 1.3.8 are quite similar so sometimes a mod will work fine with both versions, but not always. Personally I wouldn't worry about anyone using anything lower than 1.3.7. That's assuming you'll be sharing the mod anyway.

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    Default Re: which version should i choose?

    Quote Originally Posted by Steven300 View Post
    Well 1.3.8a is the current version so that's the version to write for. Some people still use 1.3.7 so they will probably want the mod to work for them, even though 1.3.7 is no longer officially supported by the Zen Cart team. Fortunately 1.3.7 and 1.3.8 are quite similar so sometimes a mod will work fine with both versions, but not always. Personally I wouldn't worry about anyone using anything lower than 1.3.7. That's assuming you'll be sharing the mod anyway.
    Steven300,

    thank you for the reply.

    i agree with you. but i wanted to make module be compatible with the version which is quite popular with merchants. we are not sure that all merchants might have upgraded from 1.3.0 to 1.3.8a...

    any pointers to get that data?

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    Default Re: which version should i choose?

    That depends on what sort of module you're writing. What is it?
    It also depends on whether you're going to make the module available for free download via the Free Addons area. Are you?
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    Default Re: which version should i choose?

    Quote Originally Posted by DrByte View Post
    That depends on what sort of module you're writing. What is it?
    It also depends on whether you're going to make the module available for free download via the Free Addons area. Are you?
    its a Payment Module.

    ofcourse. Module will be available for free download via the free add-ons.

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    Default Re: which version should i choose?

    Best to write for v1.3.8a.
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    Default Re: which version should i choose?

    Quote Originally Posted by DrByte View Post
    Best to write for v1.3.8a.
    Thank you DrByte.

    I will start on it. by the way, is there any unit test cases for testing zencart functionality?

 

 

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