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Magento 2.3.3 Features & Enhancements

- Magento 2

Although Magento 2.3.3 doesn’t offer any new features, it provides several essential platform upgrades and security improvements. In the following article, we shed light on the most notable enhancements introduced in both Magento 2.3.3 Open Source and Commerce Continue Reading

Magento 2.3.2 Features & Enhancements

- Magento 2

Magento 2.3.2 features

The new Magento 2 version is out! Meet Magento 2.3.2! Both Commerce and Open Source edition have received their security updates and performance enhancements. Furthermore, with this release, 356 issues have been closed. It also includes over 130 product quality improvements and 75+ security enhancements. And the role of the Magento community is still vital with more than 200 pull request! Let’s take a look at the Magento 2.3.2 features.  Continue Reading

Magento Open Source 2.3.1 Release Notes

- E-Commerce, Magento 2

Magento Commerce 2.3.1. release notes

And what about the new release of Magento Open Source? What enhancements does the 2.3.1 version provide? The situation is quite similar to the one we’ve just described: we have more than 200 functional fixes, over 500 pull requests, and over 30 security enhancements – just like in the case of the Commerce edition. By the way, if you want to learn about the paid version of our favorite e-commerce platform, follow this link: Magento Commerce 2.3.1 Release Notes.   Continue Reading

The best must have Magento extensions 2016

Best Magento Modules

The best must have Magento extensions of 2015 can change a lot in your e-commerce store. In this post we put all the extensions into 6 major groups: “Performance”, “SEO”, “Frontend, UI, usability”, “Loyalty, referral campaigns”, “System, backend”, and “Marketing, sales”. All of them are tested and accepted by Magento developers, so you will only deal with the most reliable tools. Two other important things about “The best must have Magento extensions of 2014” are novelty and relevance of further described products.

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Open-Source License Guide

- Fire development

Open Source Licenses

As a developer, you might be wondering about licensing options opened up before you and your software. If you consider closed-source licenses, everything is pretty much straight-forward – ultimately, you get the full right to possess and use your software, while everybody else willing to try it out needs to purchase the same right for a definite sum of money. However, what about open-source licenses?  Well, that requires more of your time and attention, as some open-source licenses allow for a complete freedom of action with the software, while some have certain restrictions that must be taken into account. This article aims at giving you an insight into the not-that-straightforward world of open-source licenses. Continue Reading

Node.js (Best CMS, E-Commerce systems, and Open Source projects)

- E-Commerce, Fire development, Node.js

Node.js tutorial

Our Node.js tutorial includes all the important information about this runtime environment. It provides both theory and practical examples. Being an open source project, Node.js is developed to work on different platforms designed for server-side and networking apps. Talking about Node.js modules, we should mention that they are written in JavaScript. In their turn, Node.js apps can be run within the aforementioned runtime on such platforms as Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux, NonStop, FreeBSD, and IBM i. Thanks to a non-blocking I/O API and an event-driven architecture, Node.js optimizes throughput and scalability of applications (often real-time web apps). It uses V8 JavaScript engine by Google for the code execution. Last but not least is an embedded library that allows apps to act as a Web server without Apache HTTP Server, IIS, or other similar software. Microsoft, Walmart, Yahoo!, Groupon, LinkedIn, PayPal are among prominent users of Node.js. But why do they use it? What is the main purpose of Node.js and what are the advantages?

The Ultimate Node.js Tutorial

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The Best Magento Hackathon Extensions (free & open source)

- E-Commerce

Magento Hackathon: the best projects

Magento Hackathon – is a series of community driven events where Real Magento community enthusiasts create amazing free open source Magento extensions and tools within just a couple of days. The core aspect of all Magento Hackathon events is intensive team collaboration: the best specialists develop top notch solutions during short periods of time. The most prominent results of such cooperation are listed below. Please note that all Hackathon extensions have been tested by a broad Magento community, so you can easily use them not only during development, but also in production (if a project is stable, of course). Continue Reading

Google Merchant Center Magento Integration

- E-Commerce, Magento tips & tricks

 Magento Integration with Google Merchant Center

In this post, we are going to look at Google Merchant Center (Google Base) and its integration with Magento. Google Merchant Center is a service designed to help you with your store and product information integration into Google Shopping and other platforms. In order to work with Google Merchant Center you must use your Google account or create a new one. Every Google account can be associated only with one Google Merchant Center account, but you can add extra users to your Google Base.

Google Merchant Center Magento 2 Integration

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