Issue 173 - How to become a Shopify Developer in 2025

How to become a Shopify Developer in 2025

This video provides a comprehensive roadmap for aspiring Shopify developers. I cover everything from foundational front-end skills and Shopify Liquid, to getting started with Shopify App Development. It's designed to help anyone, regardless of their current experience level, get started in the Shopify development world.

By Code that Converts

Clipboard Functionality in Checkout Extensions

Did you know there's an API for clipboard functionality in checkout extensions? Copy the content of a QR code to a user's clipboard, swap an icon when text is copied to the clipboard and more! Check it out (pun intended)

By Shopify

Getting shipping method names in Shopify: REST vs GraphQL

REST: One API call, get all the data you need. GraphQL: Iterate through deliveryProfiles → location groups → location group zones → method definitions. Everything is paginated, so multiple requests are needed. Send help please

By Patrick Jakubik

Understanding LLMs: A Simple Guide to Large Language Models

In this blog post, I will try to give a overview of the key components of Large Language Models (LLMs) at a high level, focusing on basic concepts, minimal math, and visual explanations to make complex ideas easy to understand.

By Osman Recai Ödemis

How to MASTER Shopify Theme Blocks in 15 Minutes

In this video im going to explain everything about Shopify Theme Blocks in 15 Minutes. You will understand what theme blocks are, how to create and use them to the fullest. In the end i will show you the real potential of theme blocks by building a custom page builder right into your Shopify theme editor.

By Bosidev

New Shopify Liquid Filters: find, find_index, has and reject

In this video we are going to see the find, find_index, has and reject Liquid filters, a new set of filters aimed to improve the way developers deal with arrays in Liquid templates by reducing the need for verbose loops and conditional logic.

By Stacking Context

Episode 036 - Paolo Vidali with Hidden Gears

In this episode of the Liquid Weekly podcast, host Karl Meisterheim and co-host Taylor Page welcome Paolo Vidale, founder and CEO of Hidden Gears, to discuss the intricacies of technical debt, quality assurance, and the evolution of Shopify development. Paolo shares his journey into development, emphasizing the importance of understanding technical debt both in-house and inherited from previous projects.

By Liquid Weekly

Checkout APIs will be shut down April 1, 2025

Reminder: The Checkout APIs (Storefront Checkout Mutations and REST Checkout Endpoints) are deprecated and will be shut off on April 1, 2025. Customers will not be able to create or complete checkouts using the deprecated Checkout APIs after the deadline.

By Shopify

Metafield description input field removal

The description field on metafield is being removed from the MetafieldInput GraphQL input object. The change will appear in unstable and will be included in the 2025-07 API version.

By Shopify

New customer address capabilities in the Admin API

Starting with API version 2025-04, we've enhanced the Admin API with new capabilities for managing customer addresses. You can now efficiently create, update, and delete customer addresses

By Shopify