Know What does Magento 2 have in store for eCommerce Enthusiasts

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Overview

The leading eCommerce business solution Magento has been around for five years or so. With over four million downloads, it enjoys immense popularity. Now Magento is about to release Magento 2. As of December 2014, Magento 2 Demo ver. 0.1.0-alpha107 has already been launched. Let us examine what Magento 2 has in store for eCommerce enthusiasts:

Magento 2 now includes new technology stack

Magento 2 comes with the new technology stack, which includes the latest version of PHP, jQuery, CSS3, etc. JQuery makes Magento 2 more accessible. Some of the salient features of Magento 2 can be described as under:

Fully responsive
Based on HTML5
Powerful APIs and HTML5 features
Improved page load speeds due to CSS3
New visual effects
RequireJS library
Asynchronous Loading of JS resources
Improved page load time
Modular design possible for frontend components
Supports PHP 5.5, MySQL 5.6
Addition of PSR Compliance
Standardized use of PHP
Ability to use different sets of code libraries

Magento 2 now incorporates improved customization process

Magento 2 has modular code that reduces the cross-module dependencies. It also allows targeted changes without impacting other areas of code. Some of the salient features that can be included under this sub heading are:

Modular code
Cross-module dependencies
Allows developers to make targeted changes
No impact on other areas of code
Cleaner interfaces among multiple extensions
Higher flexibility and better customization.
Layered navigation
Modularized search interface in Magento 2
Search functions are more customizable
Enhanced APIs for better integration with external systems.
XML validation

There is provision for easier frontend development

Frontend development is now more accessible and much easier. Some of the salient features under this subheading are:

LESS CSS preprocessor
Modern HTML5 themes
Easier customization of look and feel
Without changing core site functionality
More attention to user experience
Less complex frontend coding and more autonomous
LESS CSS preprocessor provides for multilevel theme inheritance
Developers allowed the option to use Sass/Compass.
Provision of a blank theme – allows developers to start with a stripped down theme, all necessary features as well as customizations
Ability to change almost all elements of the Magento 2 front end with the Magento UI library.

The costs for upgrades will be lower

It is claimed that there are lower upgrade costs as well as efforts while Magento 2 upgrade services. Furthermore, it is easier to upgrade all core Magento software because of inclusion of information on versioning policies. Some of the salient features under this subheading are:

Information about versioning policies included
Includes a standalone installer, which is a separate and independent script
Exporting all standard records, importing them into Magento 2 now possible

Better scalability and performance

This now includes better performance improvements such as:

Improved indexers
New Magento performance toolkit
Integration with Varnish Cache
Full page caching
Support for multiple admin users

New level of quality, documentation and testing resources

Magento 2 now includes the following:

Tests for units, integration, static environments
Tests for performance criteria, and functional areas.
Support for continuous integration and testing practices.
Inclusion of all the necessary documentation.

Increased engagement with the community

In focus are:

Better Magento 2 seminars
Updates on Git-hub
Special events

Conclusion

Hence, Magento 2 is slated to be a huge boost to Magento 1.x series, and will be helpful in taking eCommerce to a better level with many beneficial possibilities to eCommerce merchants, owners, managers, visitors, and customers.

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