January 15, 2020
Shopware 6.1 released
ShopwareA German e-commerce platform — open-source and commercial editions for online retail. released version 6.1.0 on January 15, 2020 — the first stable production release of ShopwareA German e-commerce platform — open-source and commercial editions for online retail. 6's SymfonyA PHP framework and component library — enterprise web apps and APIs across Europe. and Vue.js rewrite.
What it was for
ShopwareA German e-commerce platform — open-source and commercial editions for online retail. 6 split storefront, administration, and core into headless APIs — a complete rewrite from ShopwareA German e-commerce platform — open-source and commercial editions for online retail. 5's monolith. Version 6.1 marked the platform as ready for merchant migrations after months of release candidates.
Why it's here
ShopwareA German e-commerce platform — open-source and commercial editions for online retail. 6.1 validated the headless commerce rewrite for production merchants.
Why it mattered
SymfonyA PHP framework and component library — enterprise web apps and APIs across Europe. and Vue.js aligned ShopwareA German e-commerce platform — open-source and commercial editions for online retail. with modern PHP and frontend stacks.
What it solved
ShopwareA German e-commerce platform — open-source and commercial editions for online retail. 5's monolithic architecture could not support APIApplication programming interface — a defined way for programs to talk to each other or to a service.-first omnichannel commerce.
Related
- Shopware 4 open sourcedAugust 28, 2012
- Magento 2.0 releasedNovember 17, 2015
- Symfony 4.0 releasedNovember 30, 2017