The early Magento versions like the Magento 1.x have always struggled to give maximum performance as intended by the users. Hence, Magento 2 development has been done for the purpose. The version 2 is a previous version update that has been created to improve the performance while maintaining the much admired flexibility feature of the original Magento software.
So what’s Magento 2?
Magento 2 is an ecommerce platform that has been designed with several extraordinary features that can play a key role in creation of innovative solutions that can enhance the business growth. For number of Magento developers or users who have been watching the progress of the software closely, expectations are a lot more from this update. Users expect to get better performance this time as it has been said that in Magento 2, all the errors and inconveniences that were found in the original or early versions are targeted for the elimination. Automation, functional testing, customization options for every module and various general productivity tools are said to be found in this latest version of the ecommerce software.
What can Users Expect from Magento 2?
As expected by the users, Magento 2 has been quite successful in addressing the issues witnessed with the early versions of the software and hence, provides the following benefits.
Improved Performance & Scalability
With the upcoming of Magento Performance ToolKit, users expect to get the best performance out of the software. The version 2 is said to be nearly 20% faster than the previous version because of the features like improved indexers and integrated toolkit. The full page caching and multiple admin users support are the features that make this software more scalable than ever.
Stack Modernization
The modernized stack with the latest version includes the support for latest versions of PHP, JQuery, CSS3, HTML, MySQL etc. Hence, users can expect it to be fully responsive with improved page load speed, reduced loading time, better MySQL performance, improved overall performance and support for modular design for front end components.
Better Development Flexibility & Platform Compatibility
The users expect better flexibility in the Magento development process with the latest version which supports component modules structure. It is compatible to variety of platforms which early versions of the software were not like Zend, PHP 5.3, MSSQL, Oracle and various other databases. Hence, development will be much easier and better with this version Magento software.
Better Security & Hassle Free Installation
The latest version comes with changes in file and directory structure. There is no particular base theme as the base views are now a part of the module structure. Hence, users can expect to face lesser issues in developing custom themes and better security of the code during Magento development.
Service Contracts Feature
It’s possible to use APIs for different modules with much ease and also in a better way with the service contracts feature of Magento 2. Working with public API endpoints can be expected to become a lot easier here.
So, it is clear that there are a lot of expectations of the users from Magento 2 which is considered to be the revised form of the Magento 1.x versions. Users are expecting a better platform to meet their needs with just the similar kind of flexibility as in the original platform.
