Shopware 6.5 - The Dev perspective

A Wrap-Up of the most important changes that were introduced with Shopware 6.5 from a developer perspective.

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1. Jonas Elfering @keulinho, @j_elfering, @jonas-elfering Shopware 6.5 The Dev perspective
2. Shopware 6.5 - The Dev perspective @j_elfering About me • Jonas Elfering @keulinho @j_elfering @jonas-elfering • Principal Engineer @ Shopware • Working for ~6 years at Shopware
3. Shopware 6.5 - The Dev perspective @j_elfering Why are Major versions so special? • Major versions planned to be released roughly once a year • Upgrade of all packages and increasing (system) requirements • Removing deprecations • Introducing breaks
4. @shyim97 You said every year… Other topics prevented us from focusing on it: • App Scripts • Performance fixes • Admin Extension SDK Shopware 6.5 - What’s new?
5. Shopware 6.5 - The Dev perspective @j_elfering How do we plan it? • First time on GitHub: shopware/proposal
6. Shopware 6.5 - The Dev perspective @j_elfering How do we plan it? • Shopware had to create issues for their topics • Shopware made it public to all, externals had time to do the same • Anyone was able to vote on issues • Shopware created the board based on votes
7. Shopware 6.5 - The Dev perspective @j_elfering
8. Shopware 6.5 - The Dev perspective @j_elfering Where are we now? The Timeline so far • Development started on trunk: 21. Nov 2022 • RC1 released: 20. Feb 2023 • RC2 released: 20. Mar 2023 • RC3 released: 24. Mar 2023 • RC4 released: 11. Apr 2023 • Cloud deployment: SoonTM (Done by end of Apr 2023) • Final Release: SoonTM (End of Apr 2023)
9. Shopware 6.5 - The Dev perspective @j_elfering Backend Changes
10. Shopware 6.5 - The Dev perspective @j_elfering PHP Dependency Upgrades • minimum PHP version: 7.4 -> 8.1 • Symfony: 5.4 -> 6.2 • DBAL: 2.x -> 3.x • Flysystem: 1.x -> 3.x
11. Shopware 6.5 - The Dev perspective @j_elfering • More Hoster friendly due to licensing (AWS, Platform.sh) • Switch to Opensearch SDK, Opensearch DSL • Elasticsearch 7/8 does still work Elasticsearch to Opensearch
12. Shopware 6.5 - The Dev perspective @j_elfering Symfony Flex by default • Allows us to update config files directly with Composer • No more rebasing against our template in your projects • Switched to Symfony Runtime • Decouples the HTTP to Kernel to be able to exchange it (FrankenPHP) • Recipes can be found at GitHub shopware/recipes • Abandoned shopware/development template
13. Shopware 6.5 - The Dev perspective @j_elfering Symfony Flex by default slimmed down shopware/production template
14. Shopware 6.5 - The Dev perspective @j_elfering Symfony Flex by default simplified setup
15. Shopware 6.5 - The Dev perspective @j_elfering Refactor Symfony Messenger integration Removal of Enqueue • We are using it since it was marked as experimental • Before: • Custom failure handling / rescheduling • Used enqueue as default transport • Now: • Removed custom code, back to symfony defaults
16. Shopware 6.5 - The Dev perspective @j_elfering Refactor Symfony Messenger integration Removal of Enqueue
17. Shopware 6.5 - The Dev perspective @j_elfering Simplified config • MESSENGER_TRANSPORT_DSN=redis:// • MESSENGER_TRANSPORT_DSN=amqp:// • MESSENGER_TRANSPORT_DSN=…. Refactor Symfony Messenger integration
18. Shopware 6.5 - The Dev perspective @j_elfering Refactor Symfony Messenger integration Simplified Routing
19. Shopware 6.5 - The Dev perspective @j_elfering Refactor Symfony Messenger integration Simplified Routing
20. Shopware 6.5 - The Dev perspective @j_elfering Refactor Symfony Messenger integration Simplified Routing
21. Shopware 6.5 - The Dev perspective @j_elfering • No more vendor packing • Automatic composer install on plugin installation • No PHP Class collision anymore Improved Composer support for plugins
22. Shopware 6.5 - The Dev perspective @j_elfering Improved Composer support for plugins composer.json
23. Shopware 6.5 - The Dev perspective @j_elfering Improved Composer support for plugins Plugin
24. Shopware 6.5 - The Dev perspective @j_elfering Change of environment variables • Unify names to Symfony defaults • MAILER_URL -> MAILER_DSN • SHOPWARE_ES_HOSTS -> OPENSEARCH_URL • Make sure to adjust your setups!
25. Shopware 6.5 - The Dev perspective @j_elfering API Performance 🚀
26. Shopware 6.5 - The Dev perspective @j_elfering Partial Data Loading Default response
27. Shopware 6.5 - The Dev perspective @j_elfering Partial Data Loading Existing: Includes request
28. Shopware 6.5 - The Dev perspective @j_elfering Partial Data Loading Existing: Includes response
29. Shopware 6.5 - The Dev perspective @j_elfering Partial Data Loading New: Fields request
30. Shopware 6.5 - The Dev perspective @j_elfering Partial Data Loading New: Fields response
31. Shopware 6.5 - The Dev perspective @j_elfering Partial Data Loading Includes vs Fields • Includes: • Fetches all data as regular • Hydrates all fields • Serializes only required fields -> Output filter • Fields: • Fetches only required fields • Hydrates only required fields • Serializes only required fields -> Complete stack uses it
32. Shopware 6.5 - The Dev perspective @j_elfering Partial Data Loading Downsides • No types in PHP • New Entity class: PartialEntity • New Events: <entity>.partial_loaded
33. Shopware 6.5 - The Dev perspective @j_elfering Release process changes
34. Shopware 6.5 - The Dev perspective @j_elfering New Updater Old Updater • Slim Framework 3 • Similar to Shopware 5 • Zip unpacking on Webspace
35. Shopware 6.5 - The Dev perspective @j_elfering New Updater • Uses Composer and Symfony Flex • One unified way to get Shopware • Separate .phar application, that setups & updates your shop • Thanks to Contao for inspiration • Github is now the source of truth
36. Shopware 6.5 - The Dev perspective @j_elfering Releases directly on GitHub • Changelog only in English • Changelog also on GitHub • No traditional Install/Update zips anymore
37. Shopware 6.5 - The Dev perspective @j_elfering Public Release Info API
38. Shopware 6.5 - The Dev perspective @j_elfering Administration
39. Shopware 6.5 - The Dev perspective @j_elfering Lazy Loading & Async components • Components can be registered async • Code Splitting active by default for async components • Only required files are loaded • Check your E2E assertions
40. Shopware 6.5 - The Dev perspective @j_elfering Lazy Loading & Async components Your plugin
41. Shopware 6.5 - The Dev perspective @j_elfering • Generated entity schema • Can be generated in your project • Available at NPM: @shopware-ag/entity-schema-types Entity Typescript Definitions
42. Shopware 6.5 - The Dev perspective @j_elfering Entity Typescript Definitions
43. Shopware 6.5 - The Dev perspective @j_elfering Storefront
44. Shopware 6.5 - The Dev perspective @j_elfering Bootstrap 5 • No IE11 anymore • Removing jQuery • Webpack 5 Upgrade
45. Shopware 6.5 - The Dev perspective @j_elfering CSRF Protection removal • Easier to develop storefront features • Easier Varnish / Fastly configuration • Rely on Browser Standard SameSite cookies
46. Shopware 6.5 - The Dev perspective @j_elfering Storefront Store-API-Proxy removal • The `_proxy/store-api` route was removed • It was a constant security threat • Promoted bad programming practices • Best practice: Create a custom storefront controller that uses the store-api internally • Use `/checkout/cart.json` route to get the current cart as json as of RC4
47. Shopware 6.5 - The Dev perspective @j_elfering New Features
48. Shopware 6.5 - The Dev perspective @j_elfering Custom Entities for Administration Custom Entities
49. Shopware 6.5 - The Dev perspective @j_elfering Custom Entities for Administration Custom Entities
50. Shopware 6.5 - The Dev perspective @j_elfering Custom Entities for Administration Custom Entities
51. Shopware 6.5 - The Dev perspective @j_elfering Custom Entities for Administration Custom Entities
52. Shopware 6.5 - The Dev perspective @j_elfering Tax Provider
53. Shopware 6.5 - The Dev perspective @j_elfering How can I prepare my shop? • Use Symfony flex template • Adapts the new environment variables already • Use different queue than MySQL • Remove all existing deprecations, that are thrown in your plugins
54. Shopware 6.5 - The Dev perspective @j_elfering How can you help?
55. Shopware 6.5 - The Dev perspective @j_elfering Test the RC / Webupdater • Report problems using • https://issues.shopware.com • Shopware Slack #rc-6-5-feedback
56. Shopware 6.5 - The Dev perspective @j_elfering Improve Rector rules • Rector rules for Shopware 6.5 -> FriendsOfShopware/shopware-rector • Still in work, feel free to contribute
57. Shopware 6.5 - The Dev perspective @j_elfering Thanks!