In this special episode of Liquid Weekly, Karl and Taylor sit down with Bret, Staff Engineer at Shopify, to unveil an exciting new project: Storefront Web Components. This groundbreaking initiative aims to make Shopify integration accessible to anyone with basic HTML knowledge, allowing merchants to embed commerce functionality anywhere on the web. Episode Highlights:

• Introduction to Storefront Web Components and their vision
• Deep dive into component architecture and implementation
• How to handle variants, cart functionality, and market-specific features
• Discussion of development process at Shopify
• Comparison with existing solutions like Buy Button SDK
• Future roadmap and potential use cases

Find Bret Online

• Twitter(X): https://x.com/little_bret
• LinkedIn:   / bretlittle  
• Website: https://www.bretlittle.com/
• Github: https://github.com/blittle
• Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bretlittle.com
• Instagram:   / bret.little  

Timestamps: 00:00 - Introduction 05:30 - What are Storefront Components? 15:45 - Technical Implementation Details 30:20 - Component Demo 45:10 - Development Process at Shopify 52:30 - Future Plans 57:00 - Picks of the Week Resources:

• Storefront Web Components: https://webcomponents.shopify.dev
• Playground: https://webcomponents.shopify.dev/pla...
• Shopify Editions Summer ‘25: https://www.shopify.com/editions/summ...
• Blog post: https://www.shopify.com/news/summer-2...
• Shopify Headless Documentation: https://shopify.dev/docs/storefronts/...
• Web Components Documentation: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/d...

Picks of the Week:

• Brett: Microsoft TypeScript Go Announcement & AI Assistant Article (https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/03/ai...)
• Karl: Ben McIntyre's SAS History Books
• Taylor: Naked Nutrition Protein Powder (referral link: https://nakednutrition.refr.cc/defaul...)

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