introduction to magento 2 (from magento north east event)
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Magento North East
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Next event:Magento
Mon, 15th February6pm
What’s new inMagento 2?
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What’s new in Magento 2?New admin panelBetter performanceMore reporting toolsCheckout improvementsNew features, quarterly
Magento 1is dead (in 3 years)
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Magento 1.x supportEnds December 2018
Migration to Magento 2Migration tool: simpler migration of data to Magento 2Compatible with Enterprise Edition 1.11 – 1.14 and Community Edition 1.7 – 1.9
Should you upgrade to Magento 2 now?
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Update to Magento 2? No(t yet)!Extensions (though top 200 are
ready)
But good longer-term strategy
New frontend theme
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Which is responsive,of course
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Checkoutimprovements
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Improved checkoutGuest checkout by default
Billing address only required when payment is
New admininterface
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Touch friendly
Mobile-friendly (responsive)admin theme
Customisable catalogue/product grids
More reportingoptions
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Better performance
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PerformancePerformance over 50% reduction on first view
Source: Session Digital (http://www.sessiondigital.com/blog/magento-2-what-retailers-can-expect/)
Scalability“Magento CE: 50k order per hourMagento EE: 90k orders per hour300+ concurrent users on order”
Source: Session Digital (http://www.sessiondigital.com/blog/magento-2-what-retailers-can-expect/)
Better extensions
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Magento Connect…is back…more vetting by Magento
Questions?
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Had fun? Learned something?
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Mon, 15th February6pm
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