The “Milliseconds Make Millions” report made it clear: on mobile, the loading time of sites is critical. Deloitte analysis proved that a mere 0.1s change in load time influences every step of the user journey, ultimately increasing conversion rates. Although it is nice to see it on paper, it feels like it is not breaking […]
Microservices-based, API-first, Cloud-native SaaS and Headless (MACH) technologies are the future of building software that is able to reconcile the needs of users with the needs of the business. Vue Storefront, as a member of the MACH Alliance—a group of tech companies founded by commercetools, Contentstack, EPAM Systems, and Valtech—will be spreading knowledge about the […]
Zadig & Voltaire, the French-based fashion company, has decided to launch a PWA with improved UX for mobile customers, in order to increase their chances of boosting revenues coming from online. The French government has just decided to impose a full lockdown in France, ordering citizens to limit social contact as much as possible. Only […]
Spree Commerce is an open source eCommerce platform built with Ruby on Rails. Spree features a modern responsive frontend but, as its core team, we decided to build an alternative PWA frontend using Vue Storefront and integrate it with an Instagram feed and an influencer referral program. To test it all, we launched a live […]
Headless apps, in general, is a relatively new approach, but developers are very often the early adopters for new tools and practices. Moreover, when it comes to content management, especially text content, they have a lot to say. They manage heavy code-bases on a daily basis and the separation of the backend concern from the […]
The good news is, if you like to build Progressive Web App or implement general use Headless eCommerce — most of the building blocks are already there. Most of them are Open Source. The time You need to spend to run the shop is mostly spend on the integration part — putting it all together Headless apps can be […]
Here’s the first post in the series showing how Progressive Web Apps and microservices architecture can be introduced to your existing applications. As systems age, the development tools and system architectures they were built on can become increasingly obsolete. As new features and functionality are added, the complexity of these applications can increase dramatically, making […]
UX is gaining importance not only in terms of brand awareness but also conversion – all available data has left that issue without any doubts. Yet, for eCommerce businesses, it has been challenging to keep up with all the UX-trends without diving into time-consuming and expensive changes in the system’s architecture. Until now. Storefront UI is […]
Vue Storefront, though platform-agnostic by design, was always in a very close relationship with Magento because that was the platform on which we were able to make the most dynamic and visible performance gains. However, the time has now come for a new adventure. Our Shopware 6 integration Developer Preview will appear at the end […]
After almost 3 years of building Vue Storefront together with our community, we learned a lot. It’s safe to say that after such a long time we have very deep and unique knowledge about the needs, weaknesses, and strengths of headless eCommerce. From the very beginning, we were constantly improving Vue Storefront with every iteration […]