Usually I’m not in blogging about a software release, especially if it’s not a major release. But this time I’ll make an exception.

On 29th of October OXID eSales released the version 4.2 of OXID eShop and as readers of my blog know I’m working a lot with this shop software. Also I was never overpraising the shop, although it’s a good piece of software there are still some quite ugly parts in it.

That’s why I was surprised twice by the current update:
- First it only contains things I was missing a lot (usually when there are updates of any piece of software there is always some uninteresting new stuff …)
- Second the way the new things are done is in a nice and even DRY way

Let me give you an example:
- Adding new languages automatically just feels so much better then having to edit the database yourself
- The template overriding system is so neat But why can’t I choose the template dir from admin? (a config file entry is necessary)
- The new “Help Popups” in admin you can add with just one call:  [{ oxinputhelp ident="HELP_SHOP_MAIN_PRODUCTIVE" }]

Finally the multidimensional variants: YEAH! The way it was implemented is really clean and performant! One small downside: The handling in admin could have been better (it’s really not comfortable) . But there are more versions to come and if the quality of further releases will be like the 4.2.  I’m looking forward ….

Ahhh, one more thing: Oxid set up a “uservoice” where you can vote for new features. Have a look here and don’t forget to vote for my latest wish.