Hey all. What is the best way to start developing ...
# suitecommercen
NS
04/21/2020, 1:51 PMHey all. What is the best way to start developing a new 2020.1 SCA alongside our already live Kilimanjaro website?
Is getting a testing environment live as simple as downloading the 2020.1 files in our PROD and refreshing our SB (it seems like I can’t directly install them to our SB) and deploying from there, or are there more steps we are missing? Would any of this affect our current live website at all?
Thanks!
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Steve Goldberg
04/21/2020, 1:56 PMMajor versions of SCA are kept as seperate bundles which means you can have all the different bundles installed on account at a time (although we don't let you install old ones; it's just that you get to keep them).
Steve Goldberg
04/21/2020, 1:56 PMErgo you can keep your Kilimanjaro site running, and then on the same account install and set up all of the required bundles for 2020.1. You can then set up a site in parallel on the same account and get to work
Steve Goldberg
04/21/2020, 2:00 PMOf course, you have a sandbox so it's easier just to do everything from there
Steve Goldberg
04/21/2020, 2:01 PMThat way you completely eliminate any worries around messing with custom records, permissions, SMT content, etc
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NS
04/21/2020, 2:16 PMThanks Steve, that makes a lot of sense. My only worry with SB is having to eventually redo all our NetSuite side configuration in Prod when we eventually want to switch from SB.
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Steve Goldberg
04/21/2020, 2:20 PMExtensions and theme stuff can be deployed from your machine to your prod account easily. Configuration record data can be copied and pasted easily. Web site setup record data would need to be set up manually IIRC. Copy to account can cover custom records but I would need to check whether it works from SB => prod. Other stuff like payment profiles would probably need to be set up manually again