Shopify Theme Customization with Liquid: Design state-of-the-art, dynamic Shopify eCommerce websites using Liquid's powerful features - Brossura

Djordjevic, Ivan

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1801813965 ISBN 13: 9781801813969

Casa editrice: Packt Publishing, 2021

Riassunto

Discover how to customize Shopify themes for your eCommerce websites with powerful tools and Liquid templates

Key Features

• Get to grips with the Liquid core to build a solid foundation for working on any Shopify theme
• Use JSON to create Shopify's famous modular sections with powerful and complex functionalities
• Utilize the Shopify Ajax API to implement advanced functionality and make your eCommerce stores more dynamic

Book Description

Shopify is one of the fastest-growing eCommerce platforms, which means developers familiar with the Liquid concept are needed now more than ever. This book will help you to build a solid foundation by enabling you to develop your skills from the ground up by gaining essential theoretical knowledge of Liquid and putting that knowledge to use through hands-on projects.

Shopify Theme Customization with Liquid begins by helping you get to grips with basic Shopify information, its interface and theme structure, setting up your Partner account, and creating a child theme, which is essential when preparing for any future work on Shopify. You'll then explore Liquid core features that will provide you with a basic understanding of the Liquid programming logic needed to develop any feature. As you advance to the latest and advanced features, you'll learn about JSON settings, allowing you to create any type of static or dynamic section - a must-have for becoming a competent Shopify developer. Finally, the book takes you through the Shopify Ajax API to gain the necessary skills needed to create a variety of dynamic features and content.

By the end of this Shopify book, you'll be able to take on challenging projects to showcase your theme customization expertise to your future employer.

What you will learn

• Discover how to use logic and data comparison operators for various types of data within Liquid
• Use Liquid core features such as objects, tags, and filters
• Find out how to customize themes using JSON settings
• Use metafield objects to generate unique content on any page
• Understand how to output the local or external media content
• Use Shopify's famous drag-and-drop feature to rearrange sections on a storefront
• Take Shopify's dynamic functionality to a whole new level using REST API endpoints

Who this book is for

This book is for beginners and experienced CMS developers who want to learn about working with Shopify themes and customizing those themes using Liquid. Web developers designing professional e-commerce websites will also find this book useful. Besides familiarity with standard web technologies (HTML, CSS, and JavaScript), this book requires no prior knowledge of Shopify or Liquid. The book covers everything from Shopify fundamentals and the core of the Liquid and REST APIs, all the way through to the latest Liquid features that may be new to even proficient developers.

Table of Contents

1. Getting Started with Shopify
2. The Basic Flow of Liquid
3. Diving into Liquid Core with Tags
4. Diving into Liquid Core with Objects
5. Diving into Liquid Core with Filters
6. Configuring the Theme Settings
7. Working with Static and Dynamic Sections
8. Exploring the Shopify Ajax API

Su questo libro

Informazioni sull?autore

Ivan Djordjevic comes from the small town of Prokuplje, Serbia. As a self-taught developer, he spent the first few years working on different projects, but only when he came in contact with Shopify and learned about Liquid that he found himself. In 2016, Ivan joined Shopify Experts under HeyCarson, where he moved to the lead developer position after a few months. Since joining the Shopify family, Ivan found his passion in sharing his knowledge with other developers and guiding them on their way to becoming a Shopify Expert.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Packt Publishing
• Data di pubblicazione: 2021
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1801813965
• ISBN 13: 9781801813969
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 338
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile