Shopify Development

Liquid tutorials, CLI workflows, API integrations, and theme development guides for Shopify developers at every level.

Shopify Functions Metaobjects: Build Data-Driven Discount Logic (2026)
Shopify Development

Shopify Functions Metaobjects: Build Data-Driven Discount Logic (2026)

Shopify Functions can now read app-owned metaobjects. Learn the input query syntax, a tiered-discount example, and best practices for dynamic, data-driven logic.

Talk Shop11 min read
Headless CMS for Ecommerce: Choosing the Right One for Shopify (2026)
Headless & Hydrogen

Headless CMS for Ecommerce: Choosing the Right One for Shopify (2026)

A headless CMS handles the content layer your Shopify storefront can't. Compare Sanity, Contentful, Storyblok, Prismic, Builder.io, and Contentstack for a Hydrogen build.

Talk Shop17 min read
Shopify Partner Program: How It Works and Is It Worth It (2026)
Shopify Development

Shopify Partner Program: How It Works and Is It Worth It (2026)

What the Shopify Partner Program actually pays — dev stores, 20% referral commissions, the 0%/15% app revenue share — and an honest verdict on who should join.

Talk Shop15 min read
Shopify API Versioning: Releases, Deprecations, and Safe Upgrades
Shopify Development

Shopify API Versioning: Releases, Deprecations, and Safe Upgrades

Learn how Shopify API versioning works — quarterly releases, 12-month support windows, fall-forward behavior — plus how to track down deprecated fields before they break your app.

Talk Shop15 min read
Shopify Checkout UI Extensions: A Hands-On Build Guide (2026)
Shopify Development

Shopify Checkout UI Extensions: A Hands-On Build Guide (2026)

Scaffold, build, and deploy Shopify checkout UI extensions step by step — CLI setup, targets, Polaris web components, settings, the 64KB limit, and three worked examples.

Talk Shop14 min read
Shopify Webhooks: The Complete Developer Guide (2026)
Shopify Development

Shopify Webhooks: The Complete Developer Guide (2026)

Master Shopify webhooks end to end: declarative TOML subscriptions, HMAC verification in Node, retry behavior, idempotency, EventBridge and Pub/Sub at scale, compliance topics, and reconciliation strategies that survive missed deliveries.

Talk Shop14 min read
Shopify Theme Check: Setup, Configuration, and Fixes That Work
Shopify Development

Shopify Theme Check: Setup, Configuration, and Fixes That Work

Master Shopify Theme Check: correct --path syntax, .theme-check.yml configuration, CI setup, VS Code integration, and fixes for the errors and CLI slowness the official docs gloss over.

Talk Shop14 min read
Shopify Dev MCP: What It Is and How to Use It (2026 Guide)
Shopify Development

Shopify Dev MCP: What It Is and How to Use It (2026 Guide)

Shopify Dev MCP connects AI assistants like Claude Code and Cursor to live Shopify docs and GraphQL schemas. Learn how it works, how to set it up, and why validated codegen beats hallucinated GraphQL.

Talk Shop14 min read
Shopify Staff Permissions for Contractors (2026)
Shopify Development

Shopify Staff Permissions for Contractors (2026)

A merchant-tested framework for scoping Shopify staff and collaborator permissions when hiring contractors, with role recipes, revocation steps, and an offboarding checklist.

Talk Shop16 min read