Differences Between Magento 1 & Magento 2

Magento 1 was released in 2008. I was introduced as an open source platform, magento was first based on small & medium size business. Their careful aim paid off over the past 8 years, Magento took control of SMB eCommerce Industry. Now more than 30% of eCommerce shops run on some version of Magento.

There are three edition of Magento:

•       I.          Magento 1 Community Edition (CE)
•     II.          Magento 1 Enterprise Edition (EE)
•   III.          And newly Magento 2

Magento 1 has many updates from 2008 to 2015, then after Magento 2 was launched in November 2015.

We secretly heard about Magento 2 was launching in 2010, but unfortunately, it didn’t happen due to some major issues was going behind the scenes. However slowly Magento 2 was released on November 17, 2015. But it was mostly different from Magento 1. Magento 2 came with his own set of issues.

        I.          Difficult to install

      II.          Product speed was lacking

    III.          A newly training was needed for all part of the platforms

    IV.          Extensions were hard to transport over

In mid-2016 eBay sold Magento to a bunch of investors, who relaunched Magento as an independent business. Lately, the production version of Magento 2.0 was finally launched. But the version 2.0 had a long period and it was not so easy to enter eCommerce world. Magento has worked hard to resolve developer concerns.

Let's Differentiate Magento 1.0+ & Magento 2.0+ Which one is better?

magento 1.0+	magento 2.0+
Flexible Architecture	New Architecture for Speed
Open Source	Open Source
API Added Retroactively	API is Core to the Technology
Non-Front-end Library	Ships with LESS
Non Support for HTML5/CSS3	Native Support HTML5/CSS3
Legacy PHP	PHP5.6+/ 7.0
RWD Theme Included	RWD Theme Included
Sub-Par Search (SOLR)	Elastic Search (ES)
Weak Content Staging	Advance Content  Staging
External PayPal	In-Site PayPal Experience
Minimal Video Features	Integrated Video
Secure Bridge	PCI Compliance Hosted Fields
Full Page Cache	FPC/ Varnish
Severe DB Locking issues	Zero Table Locking
JS – Prototype	JS – Jquery
Decent Automated Tests	Better Automated Tests
Huge Extension Marketplace	Minimal Extension for 2.0
No Data Grid	Customized Data Grid for Catalog
Stale Admin Panel	Fresh New Design in Admin
Admin Non-Responsive	Responsive Admin Panel
5-12 Month Project Cycle	Claimed 4-8 Month Project Cycle
EE Pricing by License	EE Pricing by Order Volume
Popular Payments & Shipping Methods	Same Payments & Shipping Methods
Legacy Checkout	Streamlined Checkout Process
“Wild West” Extension Market	Rigorous Extension Testing
Connect Store	New “Marketplace”

Magento 2 got a new and attractive makeover in both looks and functionality.

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