Building an extraordinary online store with Sylius

Magdalena Sadowska at SymfonyLive Berlin 2019

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1. Building
   an extraordinary online store
   with SylsiusSyliu
   Magdalena Sadowska
   @codermaggie
   /codermaggie
   

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2. sylius.com • +48 792 663 272 • hello@sylius.com
   Magdalena Sadowska
   @CoderMaggie
   Sylius Core Team member since 2015
   Documentation Lead
   Product Owner
   Agile Coach
   

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3. sylius.com • +48 792 663 272 • hello@sylius.com
   Rules
   Questions:
   At the very end of presentation, no worries. ;)

   Note them down while I present.
   + afterwards if you find me somewhere in the conference
   Pictures:
   Yes, please, take a lot. There will be QR codes to scan!
   Slides:

   I will share a link to slideshare on my Twitter account soon.
   Evaluation:
   Meet me after my talk, any feedback is welcome.
   

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4. sylius.com • +48 792 663 272 • hello@sylius.com
   The talk
   1. What is Sylius?
   2. What does Sylius have inside?
   3. How does it differ from traditional eCommerce platforms?
   4. Building online shops with Sylius
   5. Sylius ❤ Symfony
   

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   The Product
   Challenge:
   selling online through various channels
   Solution:
   a foundation for the professional development 

   of omnichannel eCommerce
   for Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs)
   

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6. ✓ Top #3 PHP eCommerce on GitHub
   ✓ 1,000+ Production Stores
   ✓ 475,000+ Installations
   ✓ 2,400+ Developers on Slack
   ✓ 25+ Solution Partners
   200
   400
   600
   800
   2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
   Daily Installs
   

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7. sylius.com • +48 792 663 272 • hello@sylius.com
   Built on
   the foundations
   of Open Source giants
   

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8. sylius.com • +48 792 663 272 • hello@sylius.com
   Features
   

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9. So… how many offices do you have?
   

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10. Łódź, Poland
    

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11. sylius.com • +48 792 663 272 • hello@sylius.com
    AGILITY at Sylius
    

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    The extraordinary
    Is Sylius “feature poor”? Yes, it is.
    

    Does Sylius have anything you need in eCommerce? No, it does not.
    Is it possible to do … in Sylius? Yes, it is.
    

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14. The difference is similar to
    buying a house vs. building one on your own
    

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15. Step 1: Check for existing solutions!
    

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16. sylius.com • +48 792 663 272 • hello@sylius.com
    Plugins
    

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17. Step 2: Observe the “feature tension" 

    and capture it.
    

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18. sylius.com • +48 792 663 272 • hello@sylius.com
    Behaviour Driven Development
    Why (benefit, business value, problem) -> In order to…
    
    Who (actor using the feature, one who benefits from it) -> As …
    
    What (the feature itself, the method to solve the problem) -> I want to
    

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19. Step 3: Be strategic, observe, plan.
    

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    Roadmaps and other plans
    www.sylius.com/roadmap
    

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21. Step 4: Develop!
    

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22. sylius.com • +48 792 663 272 • hello@sylius.com
    Documentation
    The Customization Guide
    is where you should
    continue!
    Start here!
    

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23. sylius.com • +48 792 663 272 • hello@sylius.com
    Customization examples
    Modify a form field and add another field on a form?
    

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    Customization examples
    Reorganizing grids?
    

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    Customization examples
    

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26. sylius.com • +48 792 663 272 • hello@sylius.com
    Standards
    Being extraordinary is not only about the feature. Its also about quality.
    Tests (PHPUnit, phpspec, Behat)
    Continuous Integration
    Continuous Delivery*
    Scrutinizer CI
    

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27. .
    www.sylius.com/online-course
    www.sylius.com/classroom-training
    www.sylius.com/training #on-site
    www.sylius.com/consulting
    sylius.com • +48 792 663 272 • hello@sylius.com
    Support
    www.sylius.com/slack
    

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    Symfony apps + Sylius bundles
    Sylius/SyliusResourceBundle
    Pains:
    - A lot of CRUD to do?
    
    - Duplicating code across controllers?
    
    - Changing persistence backend?
    
    Gains:
    - Reusable code for handling entities
    
    - Factory, Manager, Repository & Controller OOTB
    
    - Multiple persistence backends: Doctrine ORM,
    
    Doctrine MongoDB ODM, InMemory
    
    

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    Symfony apps + Sylius bundles
    Sylius/SyliusGridBundle
    - For Sylius Resources
    
    - YAML Grid structure
    
    - Highly configurable (custom column types, actions etc.)
    
    - Different data sources support (ORM/ODM, native SQL)
    

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    Symfony apps + Sylius bundles
    Sylius/SyliusFixturesBundle
    Goals:
    - Sample data for demos
    
    - Test data for QA
    
    - Preconfiguring production
    
    

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31. sylius.com • +48 792 663 272 • hello@sylius.com
    Questions?
    

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32. sylius.com • +48 792 663 272 • hello@sylius.com
    -20% Discount
    CODE: SYMFONY
    

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