Magento ecommerce solutions are very popular and Magento fans are excited about the new release of Magento 2. The expected beta release of this product is around Dec 2014. Magento Developers are already guessing the new features that will be included in this release. 2015 and 16 will see the step by step development, modifications and releases of Magento 2.
The goal of the new release will be to provide online merchants with al the features necessary to better serve their customers. There will be a lot of architectural changes that will greatly improve the performance, reduce the upgrade efforts, and streamline the customization process.
Magento 2 with new technology
(1) It is said that the new Magento will be based on the latest technology.
(2) PHP – PHP v5.4 with support for PHP v 5.5. This will ensure that performance and exception handling is improved.
(3) MySQL – MySQL version 5.6 will be used. This will improve the jQuery performcance, and transactional throughput.
(4) HTML and CSS – HTML 5 and CSS 3 will be used. This will ensure high performance, improved layout designs, responsive features and SEO friendly designs.
(5) Jquery – The java script library will be standardized.
Customization
Apart from the large number of Magento extensions available in the market, the new release of Magento has many options for customization that will help developers create innovative extensions. Help remove duplicate code and streamline the coding process.
The following will be included:
(1) Unlimited theme inheritance
(2) Reduced code coupling
(3) Speed translation efforts
(4) Better error reporting and better XML.
Resolving extension Conflicts
By declaring dependencies upfront, enables developers to resolve conflicts sooner. The following features will be included for better customization:
(1) Plug in features will be introduced
(2) Module dependencies enforced
(3) Dependency injection framework
(4) Web API and web hook frameworks
Code Quality is highly improved
Providing a great development experience for Magento developers and hence improving the code quality will be the aim of Magento 2.
(1) Integration Testing(framework)
(2) Unit Testing
(3) Static Testing
(4) Performance Testing
(5) JavaScript Testing
(6) Legacy and Migration Testing
Upgradation efforts reduced
For both community edition as well as for enterprise edition, the upgrade efforts have been reduced greatly. The future upgrades will be highly simplified.
Object oriented programming will be reinforced.
Higher focus will be on increasing the use of object oriented programming and reducing dependency and improving the unit testing abilities. This will be implemented by the dependency injection principle and interfaces.
Magento definitely has a promising roadmap for the next few years with the release of it’s new technology and advanced Magento 2!
