And while our morning was jammed packed attending the Keynote session and breakout sessions including Today’s Buyers Journey: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, that didn’t stop us from taking a moment to sit down with Joe Reger, our CTO and cofounder, to recap a breakout session topic that has been a hot topic around the Springbot office: #Magento2
Session recap – Optimizing Performance: Magento 2.0 Best Practices
Joe’s goal? Understand the process for migrating from Magento 1.0 to 2.0 – including what steps stores can take to optimize on the new platform. After all, it can be a big undertaking, especially for a thriving store with active customers and lots of traffic.
Joe’s take from today’s session:
No two stores are alike, so the specific way that your development team configures Magento 2.0 is critical. Magento 2.0 brings a lot of new scaling capabilities to the platform to support nearly any store. Other insights include:
- Magento 2.0 has made significant performance improvements compared to previous versions if configured correctly.
- Having a staging and testing plan is critical. This plan should include time to load test your application at and beyond your current traffic levels.
- Moving to PHP7 is a big performance improvement for Magento 2.0 stores. However, stores need to be purposeful and careful in moving to PHP7.
Most interesting lesson learned:
The extent to which Magento addressed scaling concerns in Magento 2.0. They’ve clearly been listening to their customers and are reacting. It’s a beautiful thing and a true indication of the power of the #RealMagento community.
Key takeaway for merchants:
The risk of upgrading to Magento 2.0 and then experiencing poor performance can give you a bad sales month or worse. Just make sure you are ready!
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