# If you have 1 year experience in Symfony does it automatically mean that you know Shopware?

**URL:** <https://forum.shopware.com/t/if-you-have-1-year-experience-in-symfony-does-it-automatically-mean-that-you-know-shopware/47950>\
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**Created:** [31. August 2017 um 07:03 UTC](https://forum.shopware.com/t/if-you-have-1-year-experience-in-symfony-does-it-automatically-mean-that-you-know-shopware/47950 "2017-08-31T07:03:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![ertuzio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/53a042/32.png) [@ertuzio](https://forum.shopware.com/u/ertuzio)\
**Post date:** [31. August 2017 um 07:03 UTC](https://forum.shopware.com/t/if-you-have-1-year-experience-in-symfony-does-it-automatically-mean-that-you-know-shopware/47950/1 "2017-08-31T07:03:29Z")

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I am a total newb with Shopware…started working one week ago with it, but I can’t say everything is same like in Symfony.

Can someone answer the question from the title and&nbsp;how much time does someone need to learn to develop in Shopware?

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**Author:** ![Michael\_Telgmann](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.shopware.com/michael_telgmann/32/20289_2.png) [@Michael\_Telgmann](https://forum.shopware.com/u/Michael_Telgmann)\
**Post date:** [31. August 2017 um 07:30 UTC](https://forum.shopware.com/t/if-you-have-1-year-experience-in-symfony-does-it-automatically-mean-that-you-know-shopware/47950/2 "2017-08-31T07:30:29Z")

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Hey ertuzio,

as Shopware is a software which is devoloped for over 15 years, it could of course not be a full-stack Symfony application&nbsp; ![Wink](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/shopware/original/1X/b3785da0cbf2c8566cb535dcf55b2730b5224899.png "Wink")

The main core parts are based on Zend Framework 1. But started with Shopware 5.0 we include more and more Symfony components. Going full-stack Symfony would result in a major break, which would have affect on everything: plugins, extension, templates, etc. That’s why we haven’t done this step yet. But we are working on this:&nbsp;[https://developers.shopware.com/labs/housekeeping/](https://developers.shopware.com/labs/housekeeping/)&nbsp;[GitHub - shopware/shopware at labs](https://github.com/shopware/shopware/tree/labs)&nbsp;  
So in the future it will be much more easier for Symfony developers to adapt to Shopware. For now you will have to learn the Shopware way&nbsp; ![Smile](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/shopware/original/1X/bac5f5766b6a20565a8fb995345b4e41d24daac0.png "Smile")&nbsp;

Fee free to ask question here in the forum and/or&nbsp;on [IRC](https://developers.shopware.com/contributing/irc/). Also use our [developer docs](https://developers.shopware.com/developers-guide/).

Best regards from Schöppingen

![cool](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/shopware/original/1X/86c57fbace799dd4eb1f1b8a2d3bdc1733f0aea1.png "cool")&nbsp;Michael Telgmann

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**Author:** ![ertuzio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/53a042/32.png) [@ertuzio](https://forum.shopware.com/u/ertuzio)\
**Post date:** [31. August 2017 um 07:37 UTC](https://forum.shopware.com/t/if-you-have-1-year-experience-in-symfony-does-it-automatically-mean-that-you-know-shopware/47950/3 "2017-08-31T07:37:14Z")

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That documentation is somehow not compatible with new version of Shopware 5.2.6^

I even have the book but I can’t find the things that i need to make this:

extend a block in smarty template but apply it only to DE shop…how do you do that in Shopware?

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**Author:** ![Michael\_Telgmann](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.shopware.com/michael_telgmann/32/20289_2.png) [@Michael\_Telgmann](https://forum.shopware.com/u/Michael_Telgmann)\
**Post date:** [31. August 2017 um 07:45 UTC](https://forum.shopware.com/t/if-you-have-1-year-experience-in-symfony-does-it-automatically-mean-that-you-know-shopware/47950/4 "2017-08-31T07:45:13Z")

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Hey,

you are able to set a different theme for each shop&nbsp;[http://en.community.shopware.com/\_detail\_1837.html](http://en.community.shopware.com/_detail_1837.html)&nbsp;

So simply change the block only in the theme for the DE shop&nbsp;

Best regards from Schöppingen

![cool](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/shopware/original/1X/86c57fbace799dd4eb1f1b8a2d3bdc1733f0aea1.png "cool")&nbsp;Michael Telgmann