159 - Debunking Misconceptions About GraphQL
This week’s Liquid Weekly covers key updates and insights for Shopify developers. Highlights include Shopify’s push towards GraphQL, with REST set to become legacy in 2025, and mandatory App Bridge updates for App Store apps starting October 2025.
Accessibility improvements are emphasized with actionable fixes for product detail pages. Developers are encouraged to explore Shopify Flow’s new metaobject-triggered workflows and engage with Liquid’s RFCs on GitHub for feedback.
DEBUNKING MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT GRAPHQL
Hesitating to switch to GraphQL from REST? Let's address common misconceptions
By ShopifyDevs
Free AI color palette generator
An AI color palette generator. Enter a word, get a color palette. 100% free and now open source.
By Tim Bennetto
Shopify App Store apps require the latest App Bridge
Starting October 15th, 2025, all Shopify App Store apps that appear in the Shopify admin must use the latest Shopify App Bridge by adding the app-bridge.js script tag to the of each document of your app.
By Shopify
Starting April 2025, new public apps submitted to Shopify app store must use GraphQL
GraphQL is now the primary API to interact with the Shopify admin. REST Admin API will be marked as legacy, and new feature development and improvements will be focused on GraphQL. April 1 2025: All new apps will default to GraphQL
By ShopifyDev
Have Questions on the Admin Performance requirements as part of the Built for Shopify program??
Any devs have questions on the Admin Performance requirements as part of the Built for Shopify program?? The product team recently ran an AMA in the .dev Community on that topic
By Liam Griffin
Shopify Flow's game has just become much more powerful
Shopify Flow's game has just become much more powerful 🔥 You can now trigger workflows when a new entry is created for a specific metaobject definition. This opens the way for many use cases.
By Coralie Delpha
3 Product Detail Page Accessibility Issues to Fix Right Now (2024)
Built-in theme accessibility helps to increase brand loyalty and conversion opportunities, giving merchants a competitive edge.
By Scott Vinkle
RFCs available on Github for improvements to Liquid.
Shopify Devs, Ben Sehl posted this really helpful video on Twitter (X) to go over the RFCs available on Github for improvements to Liquid. This is a rare, but even less rare these days, opportunity to give feedback to Shopify directly on direction and improvements they're making to Liquid.
By Taylor Page
Exploring the browser rendering process
What occurs between typing a URL in your browser and the moment a webpage is displayed? Let's explore the complex rendering process of the browser in an interactive way.
By Abhishek Saha
