Comments on: 6 Reasons why we should (and will) keep using PrestaShop 1.6

By: NemoPS

NemoPS — Sat, 19 Mar 2016 10:14:00 +0000

About #4, yes, it does need higher skills, but that is why it would be harder to find someone who does the job, and does it well, I am afraid. Also, it’s gonna be mixed (messed) up for God knows how many subversions (the current one is horrible to be honest)

By: Krystian Podemski

Krystian Podemski — Thu, 17 Mar 2016 16:10:00 +0000

I’ve to agree with most of your points, I’m worried a most about point 6, we all know that on Symfony 2 will have only 2 main pages, Products/Modules – and this is weird, this is really tricky, I wrote it on my blog (hope you read it!) and I’m worried that there will be changes in 1.7.1, 1.7.2 where we’ll have to make things different for each version… it is a real problem…

About #4 – 1.7 will definitely need higher skills to work with it so I guess we can expect higher quality in this matter

By: NemoPS

NemoPS — Thu, 17 Mar 2016 10:24:00 +0000

You got a point there: we’ll have to release different versions of the same modules in order to have them uploadable from the back office (otherwise we should include 2 folders in each zip file, one for 1.4-1.6, the other for 1.7)

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 17 Mar 2016 01:32:00 +0000

Hello Nemo, I too agree with all of your points. As a module developer myself I am worried with the upcoming release of 1.7. I’ve spent the last two years developing and improving my 1.6 modules and to think my work soon will be obsolete is crazy. As a developer supporting clients + module development it’s overwhelming trying to keep up. It almost feels like a marathon….

By: VEKIA

VEKIA — Tue, 15 Mar 2016 15:05:00 +0000

I’m a little woried about these upcoming changes in PrestaShop.
Idea of developing software, extending is indisputably great, but not in the way where module/theme project life is so short, like in PrestaShop.

Well, we will have a lot of work, and i suppose that it will be a nightmare mainly because of variety of solutions used in new prestashop (few template engines, no overrides etc.)

By: Prestarocket

Prestarocket — Mon, 14 Mar 2016 10:18:00 +0000

Hello,

i don t agree with all your points :
– countless addons and themes : a lot of developers are currently working on addons and themes
– default theme look better : the 1.6 theme is a shame, you can t update twitter bootstrap
– Qualified developers and agencies : the new Prestashop require more experience in coding so you will find more good dev. for working on 1.7