2016 ends and we have entered the New Year with the determination of fulfilling desires, wishes and dreams. But the pain-points, struggles, achievements and success of the 2016 can be the extra strength for all of us to think and achieve bigger this year.
2016 was the remarkable year for Magento community as there happened notable advancements to technology learnings and studies, USPS updates, whitepaper releases and many more. But the most important evolution was the launch of new Magento Marketplace. It directed merchants and Magento folks a new way of better UI and selling strategies. Here we will have glimpse of Magento year in review – 2016.
Let’s summarize and relive the vital moments and events of the 2016:
January 2016:
5-Jan – Launch of comprehensive white paper covering the core principles behind the Magento 2.0 architecture.
20-Jan – USPS updates released
20-Jan – Launch of Magento 2.0 Resources and support for PHP7
20-Jan – Magento 2.0.1 release
20-Jan – Supee patch 7405 Release
20-Jan – Supee patch 7616 Release
26-Jan – Press release and study report on “the Role of Digitization in Growth of Middle Market Companies”
28-Jan – Magento version 2.0.2 release
28-Jan – Patch MDVA 84 release
February 2016:
23-Feb – Supee patch 7405 version 1 release
2-Feb – Announcement of formal program called Magento Masters to recognize our top individual contributors.
10-Feb – Magento Forums reached 100,000 members
15-Feb – Submissions Open for 2016 Imagine Excellence Awards for merchants to recognize exceptional creativity, innovation and success.
March 2016:
21-Mar – Launch of Magento 2 Extension upload validation tool.
31-Mar – Magento version 2.0.4 release
31-Mar – 2016 Imagine Excellence Awards Finalists Announced
April 2016:
1-Apr – Release of “Magento 2.0 Site Performance and Scalability Optimizations” white paper.
19-Apr – New next generation extension marketplace was live.
28-Apr – Magento version 2.0.5 release
May 2016:
16-May – Creation of Magento 2 Developer Boot Camp
17-May – Magento version 2.0.6 release
24-May – Magento version 2.0.7 release
June 2016:
2-Jun – Security patch MDVA 449 release
22-Jun – Security patch MDVA 532 release
23-Jun – Magento version 2.1.0 release
July 2016:
5-Jul – Marketplace Extension Quality Program Update
14-Jul – Magento Enterprise Edition 2.1 release
19-Jul – Magento version 2.0.8 release
26-Jul – Announcement of the new Xcelerate Technology Partner Program to empower technology partners to better serve merchants and deliver rapid growth.
August 2016:
10-Aug – Magento version 2.0.9 release
30-Aug – Magento version 2.1.1 release
October 2016:
11-Oct – Supee patch 8788 release
12-Oct – Magento version 2.0.10 release
12-Oct – Magento version 2.1.2 release
December 2016:
1-Dec – launch of free offer for Magento 2 training
5-Dec – Marketplace added extensions for the Magento 1.x platform.
12-Dec – Submissions Open for the 2017 Imagine Excellence Awards
Let us know if we have missed any significant event related to Magento by Commenting Below and by the way, Happy New Year!
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Gaurav Jain
Gaurav Jain is Co-Founder and Adobe Certified Expert-Magento Commerce Business Practitioner. Being Computer Engineer👨💻 and possessing Extensive Marketing skills he handles all kinds of customer Queries and his Happy😀 & Helping🙏 Nature makes customer's day Delightful. When he isn’t working, you’ll find Gaurav Reading on Books📖 or Traveling🚗. Also, he is Speaker at Magento Meetups.