title: Magento learning curve and best tips
body: <p>Ok, magento is new to me, and in fact ecommerce site development itself is new. </p>
  
  <p>Magento seems to be extremely difficult to get to grips with - I have spent 3 days now going round I'm circles trying to create a custom theme and modules. </p>
  
  <p>The documentation is poor, the code and structure appears obfuscated - when will it get easier?!</p>
  
  <p>Are there any specific tips or advice that you can offer for learning magento properly ?
  For any other developers out there - how long (full time development) did it take to start to make sense of magento and to get things done quickly?</p>