Yours TrulyDamian LegawiecSpree Core Team LeadSpark Solutions CEO & CTO

Mike FaberSpree EvangelistSpark Solutions COO

Agenda● The Past

○ Spree born in 2008 to empower the world’s sellers○ Spree since then - projects, community, extensions○ Evolution of Ecommerce solutions landscape 2008-2016

● The Present○ What Ecommerce Architects and Developers say about Spree?○ Why and when use Spree?○ Spree Core Team & Community

● The Future○ Vision: Spree as a lightweight Ecommerce Framework for complex and demanding projects○ Spree 3.1, 3.2 and further dev roadmap ○ Support & community

The Past

Spree born in 2008 to empower the world’s sellersSpree began as an open source ecommerce platform in 2008

● Mission: to empower the world’s sellers● Success due to:

○ Robust tech stack including Ruby on Rails○ Modular, extensible, API based platform ○ Enabling easy customization and integration○ Allowing for short time-to-market○ Vibrant international developer community

● Spree-based success stories speak for themselves

Spree since then - projects, community, extensionsSuccess:

● Thousands of stores around the world running on Spree

● Involved dev community● Galaxy of extensions● Multiple forks

Challenges:

● Migration paths between versions● New functionality requirements● Performance & optimization● Customer front end customization

Evolution of Ecommerce solutions landscape ‘08-’16● Ruby on Rails vs. PHP open source solutions

○ Spree○ Magento, WooCommerce, CS-Cart, Presta Shop and others

● SaaS Ecommerce platforms○ Shopify for SMB○ DemandWare for Enterprise

● Enterprise solutions○ IBM WebSphere Commerce○ SAP Hybris○ Oracle ATG

Evolution of Ecommerce solutions landscape ‘08-’1620 Ecommerce solutions comparison criteria

● Solution type● Deployment time● Deployment & maintenance cost ● Functionality out of the box● Functional extensibility● Frontend customer experience● Reporting & analytics support● Consumer engagement● Payment methods support● Storefront admin panel functionality

● Devs & admin onboarding cost● Architectural flexibility● Scalability & its cost efficiency● Performance & availability● Internal & 3rd party integrations● Devops best practice support● Transparency & monitoring● Regulatory compliance● Security & business continuity● Seo & social media support

The Present

What store owners / developers say about Spree?● flexible Ecommerce FRAMEWORK ● with an EXTENSIBLE lean core● for SCALABLE solutions which are...● ...MODULAR, open standards based● easy to INTEGRATE through APIs● and CUSTOMIZABLE for a great customer experience● with a relatively SHORT TIME-TO-MARKET● and a very COMPETITIVE COSTS structure for deployment & maintenance

Why and when use Spree?

● build the exact storefront you want quickly● automate your business by integrating 3rd party solutions● relatively easily maintain your solutions and integrations● onboard new developers or transfer your project easily (no humans harmed)● follow your business evolution with custom software development ● scale up at a lower cost than with SaaS or Enterprise solutions● control every aspect of the platform, including your unique CX● use lightweight and battle-proven technology - keep it short and simple

Spree Core Team & Community● Core Team

○ Experienced Spree developers maintaining multiple Spree-based stores○ Looking for new Core Team members! Talk to us at slack.spreecommerce.com

● Contributors○ All-star developers from all around the world○ Agencies and Dev shops contributing back to the community

● Supporters○ Braintree & Go Daddy○ Rise New York○ Influencers, media & bloggers, tech community organizations

● Users○ Retailers and online businesses○ Their staff - admins, customer service

The Future

Spree as a lightweight Ecommerce Framework for complex and demanding projects

Spree as a lightweight Ecommerce Framework● A set of Ecommerce building blocks for the exact storefront that you want ● For demanding, highly custom projects and complex integrations ● It’s built by developers for developers for flexibility, extensibility, scalability● So you will need to deal with developers and technical stuff ● It’s cheaper than enterprise class solutions, delivers rich functionality,

enables innovation, great UX/CX and relatively short time-to-market

If you just need a typical SMB, non-custom Ecommerce solution without any complex integrations you’d probably be better off with a SaaS solution.

Spree 3.1● over 1,2k commits

● New features like Store Credits, Versioned API, prices depending on zone for VAT countries, product discontinuation, RWD notification emails

● Revamped and improved Admin Panel

● Improved automatic test suite

● Overall performance improvements and massive amount of bug fixes

● Easy upgrade from 3.0

● Rails 5 compatible

● Faster & leaner

● Mobile-ready Admin Panel

● Higher-quality and smaller codebase through massive refactorings on all fronts

● New features like bulk Promo Code generator, multiple Shipping Addresses per Order, Product Tagging

Spree 3.2

Spree Future● API driven

● Smaller, more modular core

● Decoupled customer frontend so you can use native mobile apps or custom javascript frontend

● More frequent, smaller releases leading to 4.0

● Easy migration path and continuous support for stores running 3.x versions

Support & community How we as the Core Team & Community can help you:

● share advice and point you in the right direction○ Slack: http://slack.spreecommerce.com ○ Google Groups: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/spree-user

● Resolve your issues at GitHub: https://github.com/spree/spree/issues

How you may help to make Spree better:

● submit PRs for GitHub issues or contribute your code back to the community● maintain an existing extension you like or create a new one● join the Core Team or the Contributor community and share the spotlight

twitter.com/opencommerce_

www.facebook.com/opencommerceconference/

slack.spreecommerce.com

github.com/spree/spree