Magento is written in PHP. it is an open-source ecommerce cms software. This is one of the most popular open e-commerce cms in the e-commerce industry. This software is built using the Zend Framework. magento was originally developed by Varien Inc. It is a private company, it was released in software on March 31, 2008. in the last 11 years, more than 1000,000 online stores have been created on this platform. Magento has evolved over time, bringing feature-enhancements and upgrades from time to time. The biggest jump since its debut was released as Magento 2. Magento 2.0 was released on November 17, 2015. Some of the major updates in Magento 2 includes following: