Magento is a very Powerful Open Source eCommerce System, which offers offering unprecedented flexibility and control.

Nettus has written a tutorial: “Easy E-Commerce With Magento” which demonstrates how to download and install Magento to a local host, configure some of the site options, and create simple and configurable products and categories for your e-commerce site. You can learn most of the basics of Magento from the tutorial.

Source: http://net.tutsplus.com/videos/screencasts/easy-e-commerce…