All about PrestaShop 1.7

For those who want to dive into the new major version of PrestaShop, version 1.7, this page summarizes the available information so far – mostly published on the Build devblog, which you should read every week [:)]

Public releases:

• On April 4th 2016, the first public test version was released, version 1.7.0.0 alpha 3.
• On April 25th 2016, we released 1.7.0.0 alpha 4.
• On June 2nd 2016, we released 1.7.0.0 Beta 1.
• On July 18th 2016, we released 1.7.0.0 Beta 2.
• On August 1st 2016, we released 1.7.0.0 Beta 3.
• On August 29th 2016, we released 1.7.0.0 RC0.
• On September 20th 2016, we released 1.7.0.0 RC1.
• On October 10th 2016, we released 1.7.0.0 RC2.
• On October 27th 2016, we released 1.7.0.0 RC3.
• Version 1.7.0.0 was released on November 7th 2016! Read the official announcement, and the Build article.

In general, you really should pay a visit to the Build devblog on a regular basis. This is where we update the Community on the latest news from the Dev team!

Quick selection of articles about v1.7:

• Dropping support for PHP 5.2 and 5.3
  June 2015: The team wants to modernize PrestaShop’s codebase by adopting PHP 5.4. Together with the adoption of SemVer, this change will mean the arrival of a new major version: PrestaShop 1.7.
• 1.7 initial announcement
  September 2015: Presentation of our intentions and objectives.
• Information about CLDR, Composer, JSHint…
  September 2015: The arrival of CLDR and the use of Composer in the development of version 1.7.
• Meet the team behind PS 1.7
  January 2016: Sébastien and his team present the main details for the 1.7 project, in video format.
• PrestaShop episode 1.7: the module page awakens
  January 2016: Presentation of one of the main projects for 1.7, the remaking of the Modules page.
• The Product Page - Evolution Revolution
  February 2016: Another main project of PS 1.7, the UI/UX evolution of the Product page.
• Everything you need to know about PrestaShop 1.7.0.0
  February 2016: The FAQ for the PS 1.7 project.
• PrestaShop theme documentation first draft is out
  April 2016: Contribute to the creation of the theme documentation!
• How we reorganized the main menu in PrestaShop 1.7
  April 2016: It’s the User Experience, baby!
• Module development changes in PrestaShop 1.7.0.0
  June 2016: Prepare your 1.6 modules to ensure maximum 1.7 compatibility
• A New Translation System for PrestaShop 1.7
  July 2016: it should be easier to translate PrestaShop from now on.
• New developer documentation for PrestaShop 1.7
  September 2016: Dive into 1.7 module development – and contribute to the doc with pull requests!
• PrestaShop 1.7 & performances
  October 2016: Hard work pays off!

Articles about the new architecture:

• New architecture initial announcement May 2015: Presenting our first architecture modernization effort, which will lead to the (pre-SemVer) major version 1.6.1.0.
• Introducing Symfony2 December 2015: The dev team has chosen to include the Symfony 2.8 framework in the new architecture for PS 1.7. The article details the integration plan.

Articles about the Starter Theme:

• Starter Theme announcement August 2015: Launch of the Starter Theme project, which rebuilds the PrestaShop’s Theme API while offering a skeleton theme which developers will be able to use in order to create their own theme way more easily. The 1.7 default theme will be built upon this Starter Theme.
• Project update 1 October 2015: Template inheritance, relative template path, new directory structure, widgetizable modules, use of custom Smarty plugins, deprecations (Mobile theme, Live Edit, scenes).
• Project update 2 October 2015: Minimal CSS, product page, notifications, use of Smarty, integration tests.
• Project update 3 December 2015: Page layout, checkout process, Payment API, layered navigation, pagination, search, contact form, cleaning (removal of Live Edit and Theme Configurator).

Articles about the new default theme:

• New default theme for PrestaShop 1.7 February 2016: Introducing the new default theme for PS 1.7, based on the Starter Theme. Screenshots!
• Designing the new PrestaShop default theme June 216: How we rebuilt the front office to suit any merchant

Articles that go beyond the scope of v1.7:

• Adopting SemVer for our version numbers June 2015: Announcing the adoption of Semantic Versioning (SemVer) for the version after 1.6.1.0, which introduce major/minor/patch releases.
• Introducing a new branching model August 2015: After adopting SemVer, the team adopts a new way of managing its Git branches (and therefore the Community pull requests on GitHub), with ‘develop’ for the development version (1.7) and ‘1.6.1.x’ for the maintenance of 1.6.
• Moving to PSR-2 code style guide June 2015: Announcing the adoption of the PSR-2 standard instead of using PrestaShop own coding standard.
• Evolution of the PrestaShop Coding Standards May 2016: How to best contribute code to the PrestaShop project
• Introducing PrestonBot September 2016: Automating the pre-review of pull requests.
• Introducing PrestaShop’s Community Framework October 2016: Improving pull request, and welcoming Michael Dekker as a Code Reviewer

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