Magento2: Just use JSON

[microcipcip]

I have a suggestion, I think that the next version of Magento 2.0 should just provide JSON data and a blank page without HTML/CSS.

[sivajik34]

@microcipcip what is the necessary just returning json,could you please elaborate usage of json in magento

[microcipcip]

I think Magento should return the product fields has a JSON object. Same for categories, etc.

[orlangur]

a blank page without HTML/CSS

This is pretty similar to Blank Theme ;)

I'm not sure I understood your intention, but I dislike current direction of frontend development (jQuery+jQueryUI+KnockoutJS+a lot of reinvented custom wheels) a lot as well.

I would prefer frontend based on Angular 2 with all data obtained via REST API as JSON. So that having full JSON data anyone can easily replace storefront with SPA based on framework of one's choice.

Some big integrators are already trying this approach: headless Magento 2 + custom frontend.

[microcipcip]

I agree that the current frontend landscape is fragmented and unequivocally messy, therefore Angular2/VueJS integration on Mage2 with REST or possibly GraphQL would be the optimal compromise to circumvent the current magento front-end issues.

[adragus-inviqa]

I wouldn't be in a hurry to say use <JS framework> to circumvent the current magento front-end issues. I don't know a case in which these stories had a happy ending. But boy do they have a happy beggining!

Sure, let's JS everything, I'm all for it, but let's be realistic, too. By the time you finish JS-fying the footer, half of the npm packages are EOL. And that's just the beginning.

[vrann]

@microcipcip there is a large "headless" trend in the Magento development, where Magento is used as a backend service via API, while front-end is built with the third-party javascript libraries and web frameworks. One interesting example of such approach was introduced on Magento Imagine 2017, here is related repository: https://github.com/bobvanluijt/magento-collect

It does not matter what presentation layer Magento have, what matters is how good the Magento APIs for third-party tools and this is where Magento investing the resources.

[microcipcip]

I get your point, but can you deploy with Webpack and minify the JS?

[magento-engcom-team]

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