DEV Community: Sean Denny

The Agile Fluency Model and eCommerce

Sean Denny — Fri, 15 Jan 2021 16:02:22 +0000

Jared Norman of Super Good Software gives a great talk on agile processes at SolidusConf 2020.

Many Agile organizations are just going through the motions of their chosen process. Jared walks us through how the Agile Fluency Model applies to eCommerce businesses and how they can use it to discover where they should focus to reap the real benefits of Agile methodologies.

The 10 Best Ways to SEO Audit Your Store for Free

Sean Denny — Fri, 08 Jan 2021 21:31:31 +0000

Thomas Sample of Karma Creative shares some SEO wisdom in this workshop held at SolidusConf 2020.

A step-by-step walkthrough of an SEO Audit and a workshop to learn more about SEO. Find out what's new in 2020 and grab the low-hanging fruit for your Solidus Store. We'll focus in on the most important tips this time to make sure we see results by the end of the session.

The State of Solidus

Sean Denny — Fri, 18 Dec 2020 20:16:53 +0000

Alberto Vena of Nebulab gives us an update on our favorite open source eCommerce platform.

We've had a lot of shocks in the Solidus (and Spree) community in the last few years, and we need stability. Alberto will cover what's happened since the previous maintainers left the project, and how a group of people that care about Solidus are trying to make the platform more solid than ever.

eCommerce and Consumer Financing Opportunities

Sean Denny — Fri, 11 Dec 2020 17:36:16 +0000

Richard Gilbert from PayPal shares some insight on consumer financing.

"eCommerce and Consumer Financing Opportunities"
Consumers choose and spend more with merchants that offer consumer financing alternatives. Increase conversion rates and grow your average order value by offering more payment options. We will share statistics and approaches merchants can use to offer consumer financing solutions and why merchants should aggressively consider consumer financing strategies.

Solidus & Subscriptions: Adventures of a Publisher Trying to Disrupt Itself

Sean Denny — Fri, 04 Dec 2020 14:30:54 +0000

Rob Johnson of Deseret Book goes through why subscriptions are important, and some of the finer details behind the business logic.

"Solidus & Subscriptions"
Subscriptions have become increasingly popular due to the financial stability they produce for businesses and investors. Done right, subscriptions deliver great value for customers with draws such as unlimited access, original product and deep discounting that can often lead to increased brand affinity and lifetime value. We'll review a 2.5 year timeline of the impact subscriptions have had for a Publisher and Retailer using Solidus. We'll cover learnings around acquisition and retention, subscription usage trends, customer survey insights, upgrade experiences and the importance of empowering the customer.

Don't Panic: The Solidus Guide to ReactJS

Sean Denny — Fri, 20 Nov 2020 18:46:25 +0000

Sean Denny hits us with a workshop-style guide on implementing ReactJS with Solidus - and rebuilds an entire product page in ReactJS to boot!

"Don't Panic: The Solidus Guide to ReactJS"
How do you bring the speed of ReactJS to the flexible and scalable Solidus ecosystem? The first step: Don't panic. Sean will take you through the basics - taking a vanilla Solidus store and adding ReactJS in step by step. Follow along as we take a look at how the Solidus API interacts with React, how React routing works, and some of the benefits of using ReactJS with Solidus. Just don't forget to bring your towel.

Here's a link to the chat log, which includes the URLs and code snippets posted: https://gist.github.com/seand7565/1f47e9c90abebbf4f5c358f3a0cf7c71

Marketplace on Solidus, Helping Local Businesses

Sean Denny — Mon, 16 Nov 2020 18:36:12 +0000

Edwin Cruz from MagmaLabs takes us through struggles and triumph while detailing the work they've done on Solidus with marketplaces.

"Marketplace on Solidus, Helping Local Businesses"
Edwin will share how MagmaLabs leveraged existing open source projects such as Solidus and solidus marketplace extension to create a portal where the main goal was to help local businesses to deal with the fact that they needed to sell their products and services online in order to have better chance to survive.

The 5 W's of Application Logging

Sean Denny — Fri, 13 Nov 2020 14:10:19 +0000

Taylor Scott from Sendoso takes us to task on our application logging.

"The 5 W's of Application Logging"
Often times when we write are logs we only include the “what” and “when”. I’d like to talk about getting the most of our application logging by discussing the importance of the “Who”, “Where”, and “why”. Having logs without context can be just as bad as no logs at all.

Building Payment Provider Integrations on Solidus

Sean Denny — Fri, 06 Nov 2020 20:10:46 +0000

Peter Berkenbosch gives us the rundown on payment provider integrations with Solidus.

"Building Payment Provider Integrations"
Providing a detailed step by step technical insight on how to integrate payment service providers in your Solidus storefronts. Focus mostly on the Solidus Payment internals, but also touching the surface of development support tools and best practises.