Introduction to Magento 2 (from Magento North East event)

@magentone

Magento North East

@magentone

Next event:Magento

Mon, 15th February6pm

What’s new inMagento 2?

@PeacockCarter

What’s new in Magento 2?New admin panelBetter performanceMore reporting toolsCheckout improvementsNew features, quarterly

Magento 1is dead (in 3 years)

@PeacockCarter

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?

@PeacockCarter

Update to Magento 2? No(t yet)!Extensions (though top 200 are

ready)

But good longer-term strategy

New frontend theme

@PeacockCarter

Which is responsive,of course

@PeacockCarter

Checkoutimprovements

@PeacockCarter

Improved checkoutGuest checkout by default

Billing address only required when payment is

New admininterface

@PeacockCarter

Touch friendly

Mobile-friendly (responsive)admin theme

Customisable catalogue/product grids

More reportingoptions

@PeacockCarter

Better performance

@PeacockCarter

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

@PeacockCarter

Magento Connect…is back…more vetting by Magento

Questions?

@PeacockCarter

Had fun? Learned something?

@PeacockCarter

facebook.com/peacockcarter

@magentone

Next event:Magento

Mon, 15th February6pm

@dx3webs

Magento 2 demo hosting sponsored

by

@dx3webs

Demo server is:VPS level 1 PHP 7