PrestaShop interview questions

Question 1. What is Prestashop?

Question 2. List out some features of Prestashop?

• Hundreds of Store Templates
• Inbuilt Website Builder
• Mobile Responsive ready
• Support over 50 world-class payment solutions and gateways.
• Supports for shipping Methods
• Multilingual available in over 25 different languages

Question 3. On what architecture Prestashop is based?

• Object/data. Database access is controlled through files in the “classes” folder.
• Data control. User-provided content is controlled by files in the root folder.
• Design. All of the theme’s files are in the “themes” folder.

Question 4. What is the current stable version of Prestashop?

As on Dec 2018 1.7.4.4 is current stable version of PrestaShopwhich was released on November 6, 2018, you can download it free from its official website https://www.prestashop.com/en/download

Question 5. 4. Provide Folder structure of the Prestashop 1.7

├── CONTRIBUTING.md
├── README.md
├── _dev
│   ├── css
│   │   └── ...
│   ├── js
│   │   └── ...
│   ├── package.json
│   └── webpack.config.js
├── assets
│   ├── css
│   │   ├── ...
│   ├── img
│   │   └── ...
│   └── js
│       └── ...
├── composer.json
├── config
│   └── theme.yml
├── modules
│   └── ...
├── plugins
│   └── ...
├── preview.png
└── templates
    ├── _partials
    │   └── ...
    ├── catalog
    │   ├── _partials
    │   │   └── ...
    │   ├── listing
    │   │   └── ...
    │   └── ...
    ├── checkout
    │   ├── _partials
    │   │   └── ...
    │   └── ...
    ├── cms
    │   ├── _partials
    │   │   └── ...
    │   └── ...
    ├── contact.tpl
    ├── customer
    │   ├── _partials
    │   │   └── ...
    │   └── ...
    ├── errors
    │   ├── ...
    │   └── static
    │       └── ...
    ├── index.tpl
    ├── layouts
    │   ├── layout-both-columns.tpl
    │   ├── layout-content-only.tpl
    │   ├── layout-error.tpl
    │   ├── layout-full-width.tpl
    │   ├── layout-left-side-column.tpl
    │   └── layout-right-side-column.tpl
    ├── page.tpl
    └── wrapper.tpl
Source: http://developers.prestashop.com/themes/gettingstarted/index.html

Question 6. What are Prestashop Modules, where are they located?

Question 7. What is table naming convention in Prestashop?

Question 8. How many types of modules present in Prestashop?

• Fronted Modules
• Backend Modules

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Question 9. How to Enable the multistore mode in Prestashop?

1. Log-in to your shop’s administration.
2. Go to the "Preferences" menu and select the "General" page.
3. Find the "Enable multistore" option, select "Yes".
4. Save your changes.

Question 10. How to install a module in Prestashop?

1. In the modules tab, click on add a new module
2. If a file of the module exists online, specify its URL in the Module URL field and then click on Download this module
3. If the file is on your computer, click on Browse to open the dialogue box letting you search your computer, select the file then validate the dialogue box.
4. Finally click on Upload this module.
5. If the following error message appears:
   
   This means that the PHP extension php_zip is not installed on your server. You will need to install it or have it installed by your web host.
6. If the installation is successful, the following message will appear:
   
   The module will then appear in your list of modules under the Module tab.
7. Click on the install button to install the module.
   
8. If the Configuration note appears in the module insert, click on it to configure it.
   

Source:- https://addons.prestashop.com/en/content/21-how-to

Question 11. Explain Hook in Prestashop?

To know more about Prestashop hooks visit http://build.prestashop.com/news/new-updated-hooks-1-7-1-0/

Question 12. List the Payment Option types supported by Prestashop?

• Offline
• External
• Embedded
• Iframe

Question 13. PrestaShop method to check user is logged in or not?

Question 14. How to get URL of current Prestashop page using smarty?

Question 15. How to read / write / destroy Cookie in Prestashop?

Question 16. How to create your own hook in Prestashop ?

Question 17. List the steps to create a payment module for PrestaShop 1.7 ?