Welcome to our November roundup! As autumn settles in, we’ve had a special month marked by groundbreaking releases and vibrant community engagement. From the milestone launch of Sylius 2.0 to successful implementations and absolutely amazing SyliusCon 2024, November has been a testament to Sylius’s continued evolution. Here’s what we’ve covered in today’s summary.
Let’s begin the November’s summary!
November was a game-changing month for Sylius, marked by the release of Sylius 1.14 and Sylius 2.0! 🎉 Sylius 2.0 brings a fresh wave of updates, including support for Symfony 7 and API Platform 4, along with a polished UI, accessibility enhancements, and improved performance.
Meanwhile, Sylius 1.14 focuses on reliability and refinement, with key updates, deprecation cleanups, and enhanced localization, including German translations for the Refund and Invoicing plugins. Across our repositories, we’ve added PostgreSQL support, streamlined services, and refined grid functionality, ensuring a robust ecosystem for all users. Hats off to our incredible contributors – you’ve made November a milestone month for Sylius! 🚀
Let’s appreciate the passionate developers supporting us on this journey.
Over 7 years after the first major release, on Nov 12, 2024, we have released Sylius 2.0.0. It’s undoubtedly a big step forward for the Sylius and its community. What’s more, it turned out that the 2.0 performance is doing quite well, even with a mediocre demo server, in a server-rendered, Twig-driven (no-headless) environment. We will surely evaluate more places we could improve, especially on mobile. 📱
Additionally, last Friday, we hosted a webinar where Michał Pysiak and Przemysław Połeć went through the biggest updates in years! The recording is available on YouTube channel. 🎬
… and more!
Learn everything you need to know about Sylius 2.0 in our dedicated blog post!
We’re excited to announce that Sylius 2.0 documentation has just been launched, bringing a complete transformation to your documentation experience! The update features a fresh new look alongside thoroughly revised content that makes our documentation more accessible than ever. We’ve made the strategic move to GitBook, enhancing readability and navigation throughout the platform. One of our most exciting additions is the new AI assistant, ready to help you quickly find the information you need. While we’re still adding some final touches, the core experience is ready for you to explore.
Check out the new documentation, and let us know what you think!
Moving on, we created a blog that highlights our unforgettable 3rd SyliusCon, where our community came together to explore the future of Sylius, the Symfony framework, and much more. For those who couldn’t join us or want to relive the amazing moments, we’ve captured all the key information and photos in our comprehensive blog post.
Dive into the 3rd SyliusCon summary and see it for yourself!
Let’s look at a recent successfully delivered projects showcasing Sylius’s capabilities in powering modern eCommerce platforms.
Bordeaux Airport partnered with Clever Age to migrate their online store to the Sylius platform, serving a user base of 100,000 customers. The project focused on creating an integrated ecosystem connecting physical products with various airport services. The new platform effectively manages multiple service offerings, including parking reservations and fast-track access, while maintaining high performance and user experience standards.
The implementation features comprehensive integration with the airport’s existing business systems, including CRM, SAP, and Yield management tools. Clever Age successfully integrated external CMS through Elasticsearch and implemented connections with various third-party services such as Brevo and Axepta payment systems. Also, the platform’s architecture ensures smooth transaction processing between physical products and third-party services.
A key advantage of this implementation is its cost-effectiveness, as it utilizes Sylius Community Edition (CE), eliminating recurring licensing fees while maintaining enterprise-level functionality. The clean, efficient design demonstrates that sophisticated eCommerce solutions can be achieved without substantial ongoing platform costs.
OfficeNext.nl, launched by Originem.io, showcases the power of Sylius Plus in creating a flexible and robust eCommerce platform. The project highlights an integrated experience for users while maintaining high performance and scalability.
The implementation leverages several community-driven extensions, including the SyliusAkeneoPlugin (Webgriffe), Google Tag Manager plugin (StefanDoorn), Tierprice Plugin (Brille24), and Mollie for payments, allowing for seamless functionality across product and checkout workflows. This project serves as a perfect example of how Sylius Plus can empower businesses to deliver enterprise-grade solutions tailored to their needs while benefiting from the vibrant Sylius community.
Inventis successfully launched Blabloom.com, an advanced eCommerce platform built on Sylius Core, showcasing Sylius’s flexibility in integrating complex features. The platform delivers a seamless customer experience while efficiently managing operations across various systems.
The project features integrations with a custom CMS for managing content pages, a POS application (PWA) running on the Sylius API, and Monta WMS for optimized shipment handling. Additionally, Elasticsearch powers advanced product search and filtering, while support for multiple inventory locations ensures smooth order management.
Now, let’s browse November’s events, where Sylius was present, to summarize what has happened in the community.
On November 28 at the amphitheater at Thecamp in Aix-en-Provence, our French partner ACSEO organized a meetup that drew an impressive crowd of over 60 attendees, bringing together the French Symfony and Sylius communities just two weeks after SyliusCon. Sabrine Ferchichi and Nicolas Potier from ACSEO presented the latest features of Sylius 2.0 and explored AI-enhanced eCommerce solutions. The evening was further led by Guillaume Loulier from SensioLabs, who delivered an outstanding presentation on Meilisearch, expanding on the popular topic from SyliusCon.
What’s more, on November 19, we visited Poland’s capital and participated in the B2B eCommerce Congress, where Przemysław Połeć along with Radosław Żurawski and Jacob Leśniewski represented Sylius. At the event, Radek and Przemysław delivered an insightful presentation addressing a crucial question in B2B e-commerce: whether to build custom solutions or leverage existing platforms. Drawing from our experience, we demonstrated how Sylius offers the best of both worlds – combining the flexibility of custom solutions with the advantages of an established platform and active community support, ultimately accelerating implementation and reducing long-term maintenance costs.
The engaging discussions that followed the presentation and the number of attendees’ questions reinforced this topic’s importance in the B2B space. See you next time!
Our partner, DECADE, promoted Sylius at Tech for Retail 2024 on November 26-27, where they showcased an impressive case study of services-based eCommerce implementation. During the conference session on November 27, Hélène PAUL and Michael Alimi presented Intersport Rent’s successful online ski rental platform. This talk explained how implementing Sylius significantly improved operations for Intersport’s affiliated stores, serving as a great example of DECADE’s expertise in implementing service-based eCommerce solutions. 👏
Just a few days ago, Sylius and bitExpert AG joined forces on December 12th in Mannheim to host a combined PHPUGMRN & Sylius Germany Community Meetup. The event kicked off with an invaluable workshop on “Migration to Sylius 2.0” led by Commerce Weavers’ Co-founder, Łukasz Chruściel. The evening’s program featured a series of insightful presentations, beginning at 19:00, with Stéphane Decock sharing his experience with Sylius implementations. This was followed by Boas Falke‘s presentation on the SCHUFA Plugin for fraud detection, and Łukasz Chruściel wrapped up the talks with a discussion on background processing in Sylius.
The meetup provided great networking opportunities between sessions, allowing developers to connect, share experiences, and enjoy drinks in a casual atmosphere. 🍻
While the weather outside was cold and gloomy, our community’s enthusiasm for knowledge sharing through articles remained wonderfully warm and vibrant. Let’s browse the latest pieces:
While listing November’s articles, let’s not forget about the social media discussions in the Sylius ecosystem. ⬇️
As the list of social media posts and discussions about this year’s SyliusCon would cover several pages, here is the shorter version of community members who shared their experiences and insights from the event:
SensioLabs I Synolia I BitBag I Ergonode PIM Gally – Elastic Suite I Agence DN’D I Emagma I Locastic I Commerce Weavers I 6tematik Blackbird I bitExpert AG I Netgen I Studio Waaz I Wide Agency I Gaëtan Buellet I Zrinka Dedic I Héléna Gravelier I Grégory Driot I Loïc Caillieux I Blandine Champagneur I Ivo Lukac I Jakub Leśniewski I Dobralin I Romuald Cornillet I Martin Guillier I Patricia Poncy I Nicolas Potier I Fifty Deg I Guillaume Loulier I I Vincenzo Russo I Guillaume Verax I Cyllene I Jacques Bodin-Hullin I Business Commercial I Gaëtan Buellet I Julie Maurissens I Vincenzo Russo I Jordan Souchez I Vincenzo Russo I Damien Abgrall I Florence Jacquemot I Tymoteusz Stengert I Luca Gallinari I Jérôme Narcy I Tomy Ferreira I Andreas Mautz I Rokas Smaizys I Cristian Galletti I Pascal Brunel I Radosław Żurawski I Dominika Basak I Tymoteusz Stengert I Florian Hamzij I Romain Ruaud I Marcin P. I Grégory Driot I Loïc Caillieux I Jean-Louis Ondiché I Olivier Allain.
It’s been incredible to see such enthusiastic engagement from our community members sharing their perspectives on SyliusCon 2024!
As autumn leaves continue to fall and “Winter is Coming,” the Sylius community’s passion and dedication shine brighter than ever. From the milestone release of Sylius 2.0 to the successful third edition of SyliusCon, this month has showcased the strength and vibrancy of our ecosystem. The numerous project launches, community meetups, and technical discussions demonstrate how Sylius continues to evolve and adapt to meet modern eCommerce needs.
We’re grateful for the active participation of our contributors, partners, and community members who make Sylius what it is today. As we wrap up this eventful month, we look forward to seeing what December brings!
See you next month! 👋
