Shopify Application Development
Build highly effective Shopify apps using the powerful Ruby on Rails framework
Published on 8. July 2025
106 pages
978-1-78328-106-0 (ISBN)
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Key Features
Book DescriptionThis is an easy-to follow manual that will guide you through the entire process of application development with Shopify, beginning with the installation and configuration of your local development environment for your app to the deployment of the app to Heroku. If you are a web developer or a designer who wants to extend Shopify stores by building apps, then this book is for you. A basic understanding of programming concepts and some familiarity with Shopify is all that is required to get started with Shopify app development.What you will learn
Create your own multitenant app using Ruby on Rails and deploy it to Heroku
Use RSpec and FactoryGirl for TDD
Ensure functional and targeted code using iterative development
Implement responsive design using Twitter Bootstrap
Request and process Shopify API access requests
Subscribe, verify, and respond to Shopify Webhooks
Publish your app to the Shopify App Store
Who this book is for
Book DescriptionThis is an easy-to follow manual that will guide you through the entire process of application development with Shopify, beginning with the installation and configuration of your local development environment for your app to the deployment of the app to Heroku. If you are a web developer or a designer who wants to extend Shopify stores by building apps, then this book is for you. A basic understanding of programming concepts and some familiarity with Shopify is all that is required to get started with Shopify app development.What you will learn
Create your own multitenant app using Ruby on Rails and deploy it to Heroku
Use RSpec and FactoryGirl for TDD
Ensure functional and targeted code using iterative development
Implement responsive design using Twitter Bootstrap
Request and process Shopify API access requests
Subscribe, verify, and respond to Shopify Webhooks
Publish your app to the Shopify App Store
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Edition
Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
Birmingham
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Edition type
Digital original
File size
1,20 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-78328-106-0 (9781783281060)
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Michael Larkin
Shopify Application Development
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03/2014
Packt Publishing
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Larkin Michael :
Michael Larkin has been building software professionally for over a decade and has worked on large and small projects for companies across the globe. He has been working with Shopify for over five years and has co-created the first ever Shopify app, available at http://fetchapp.com. He has also worked on dozens of Shopify stores for which he built custom applications, modified existing themes, and added complex JavaScript to enhance the shopper's experience.
Michael Larkin has been building software professionally for over a decade and has worked on large and small projects for companies across the globe. He has been working with Shopify for over five years and has co-created the first ever Shopify app, available at http://fetchapp.com. He has also worked on dozens of Shopify stores for which he built custom applications, modified existing themes, and added complex JavaScript to enhance the shopper's experience.
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