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749: Coding Shopify with Anne and Trudy of Design Packs

Podcast |: Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats
Publisher |: Wes Bos & Scott Tolinski - Full Stack JavaScript Web Developers
Media Type |: audio
Podknife tags |: Business,; Careers,; Tech News,; Technology,; Web Development
Categories Via RSS |: News,; Tech News,; Technology
Publication Date |: Mar 29, 2024
Episode Duration |: 00:58:16

Scott and Wes are joined by special guests Trudy MacNabb and Anne Thomas from Design Packs, diving into the nitty-gritty of Shopify design. Tune in as they dissect the pros and cons, challenges, and unveil their daily toolkit for crafting stunning Shopify websites.

Show Notes

00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
00:59 Who is Anne Thomas?
02:30 Who is Trudy MacNabb?
04:06 Shopify themes, how does one build a theme?
05:34 Do you have enough control with LiquidJS?
07:52 Changing components of a liquid template.
08:58 LiquidJS improving their dev tools.
09:29 LiquidJS email marketing.
10:32 Can you make your own LiquidJS methods?
Too Many Tabs
11:34 How would you create a theme from scratch using modern tools?
13:30 What about local dev and live reload?
Shopify Tools CLI
15:17 Is Shopify improving?
17:13 What do you hate about Shopify themes?
Shopify Tools Theme Kit
18:59 Have you used Hydrogen?
Shopify Hydrogen
20:09 Headless has sacrifices.
22:02 Are people building full websites in Shopify?
23:56 Apps and integrations.
25:56 Are people creating businesses around these integrations?
29:16 What are design packs?
31:26 Do you run your own servers?
31:57 How does billing work with clients?
33:18 Apps being ‘Sherlocked’.
‘Sherlocking’ Explained
35:21 Where is the data stored?
36:35 Can you make a custom UI?
38:40 What are the downsides of building apps on Shopify?
39:17 Are you expected to maintain versions?
40:46 Do you manage all the support independently?
42:01 How do you match with their existing themes?
43:54 What are the most popular blocks?
45:17 Does Shopify provide bundlers or compilers?
46:47 Shopify moving to blocks.
47:38 Living as a digital nomad.
Syntax Episode 586 on Nomad Developing
49:48 A new app Anne and Trudy launched.
51:35 Limited by block size.
54:08 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs.

Sick Picks

Trudy: Bar of Shampoo
Anne: Alie Ward Ologies Podcast

Shameless Plugs

Trudy: 25% off using SYNTAX25 at packs.com/">Design Packs

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