Liquid Weekly

Karl Says

I recently started a new theme project with enough complexity to justify taking a little time researching some new libraries for my 'toolbelt'

During that process I discovered alpine.js and petite-vue - two great ways to manage a bit of reactivity and state in a small package. (see below for a few links)

Drop me a line if you've used either of them yourself, I'd love to hear about it.

Version Control for Shopify Themes
Ah version control - I remember the good old days of floppy disks and copying entire directories. Life's gotten a lot better since those dark days. Read about some recommend strategies for how you can apply version control to your theme development
SHOPIFY BLOG

Shopify Fulfillment Orders API
Learn how you can use Shopify's Order Fulfillment API to create a better fulfilment experience for your merchant clients, no matter how or where they fulfill orders.
EMILY MANLEY

Introduction to petite-vue
In the same spirit of alpine.js but in alignment with Vue, petite-vue  is an alternative distribution of Vue optimized for progressive enhancement. Follow along with this gentle introduction to learn more.
KEVIN OMERESHONE

A Pattern for Alpine.js Components in Shopify Themes
Mike shares his approach for constructing Alpine.js components for use in Shopify theme development. What's your take - is this a good approach? Add your comment to his gist.
MIKE ALLANSON

Learning to Say No
As Kelly puts it when you're saying no to others, you're saying yes to yourself.
Check out her sage advice for entrepreneurs on this and a wide variety of topics.
KELLY VAUGHN

Why you Can't Go Faster than the Speed of Light
I mean, it's not development related per se, but you gotta be honest - haven't you always wondered?  Well now you can know!
BRIAN

Jobs

Shopify Front End, Junior, Remote, Canada, FT
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Full Stack & Backend Engineer, Remote
Govalo, a fast paced early stage Shopify app startup led by Kelly Vaughn and Rhian Beutler is hiring! Here's your chance to be part of something awesome.

Senior Front-End, Remote
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Tip of the Week

Using Alpine.js to add to the cart

Here's a cool tip from Mark Mead on how you can add to cart using Alpine.js