nopCommerce 4.00 roadmap and estimated release date. Let's discuss

Can we add the ability to have the architecture capability for a multiple database backend with a single code base frontend too?  This will help with clients that do not want other clients hands in their cookie jars and allow us as developers to have a single code source to develop, update and maintain.

rwood wrote:

not sure entity framework is optimized enough for other database backend. You think it can provide the jobs done ?

namvo wrote:

Yes, I do think that Entity Framework will work just fine.  Each store can have its own connection string associated with it. Any functions/methods that require more overhead should be moved to a stored procedure on the database side if possible anyway.

These 3 needs are at the top of our wish list for the new version.  Forum posts indicate that we are not alone in these desires:

1)  Track inventory by product attribute in multiple warehouses  https://www.nopcommerce.com/boards/t/43235/track-inventory-by-product-attribute-in-multiple-warehouses.aspx

2)  Control Payment Method access by Customer Role  https://www.nopcommerce.com/boards/t/38073/checkout-without-payment.aspx#153723 and, sort of, https://www.nopcommerce.com/boards/t/14800/payment-on-account-supported.aspx

3)  True inventory costing (LIFO/FIFO).  I realize that nopCommerce probably prefers this functionality to be out-sourced to a big ERM-type system.  But for we little guys, that's impractical and the prospect of custom-coding it is daunting.  https://www.nopcommerce.com/boards/t/26229/profit-calculation-doesnt-take-into-account-of-previous-batch-after-cost-rise.aspx

Thank you in advance for including the above features :)

One more need, if I may be so bold...

4)  True Product kits where a "parent" SKU is a combination of "child" SKUs, a "grandparent" SKU is a combination of parent and child SKUs, etc. and all respective Inventory stock levels are appropriately depleted.  The existing Product Group isn't feasible because the Grouped Product can't be purchased.  The hack using Product Attributes isn't feasible because the fudged components themselves can't have Product Attributes.

Neither approach supports n-level hierarchies of Product kitting with components tracked in Inventory by Attributes.  Because a touted plugin http://www.foxnetsoft.com/nopcommerce-modular-products?productId=1365 is based on Product Group, it falls short too.

For example, a workstation grandparent SKU consists of a laptop (parent), docking station, monitor and external hard drive (child SKUs).  The parent laptop SKU has different size CPUs, hard drives, RAM, etc. child SKUs  We don't want a unique SKU for each size of memory, HDD, CPU, etc. - we want all their stock levels tracked by Attribute.  Each component can be purchased separately.

Forum posts like https://www.nopcommerce.com/boards/t/35043/bundled-product-with-different-price-discount.aspx get close to the concept of hierarchal "kits", but not quite.

Saving the language of the customer in a table so when you do marketing you can send email promotions in the customers language only using the userstate language isn't enough when doing marketing after the customer has left the site.

Saving the preferred language the customer speaks is a basic feature of any ERP or Ecommerce solution.

Belgium has 3 official languages
Cyprus has 2 official languages
Luxembourgh has 3 official languages
Swiss has 4  official languages
1/3 of the USA speaks Spanish
etc...

Saving the preferred language the customer speaks is a basic feature of any ERP or Ecommerce solution.

rwood wrote:

oh I thought you meant to support multiple database  plaforms like mysql, mongodb.... :D

automatic download digital product after purchase.
remove required email filed for guest.
and user can sign up and sign in with phone number instead of email.

Im trying out NOP beta 4.0.

can anyone from team pitch in to explain how to run github beta version?


Getting error

Unable to load DLL 'libuv'

Error points to

public static void Main(string[] args)

        {

            var host = new WebHostBuilder()

                .UseKestrel(options => options.AddServerHeader = false)

                .UseContentRoot(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory())

                .UseIISIntegration()

                .UseStartup<Startup>()

                .Build();



            host.Run();

        }

opening the project in visual studio 2017 (windows 7 - 64bit)

I just hope that the new microsoft framework will allow us to easier  develop  functunality on top
of nopCommerce.