Shopify Development Fundamentals
Learn Shopify's framework and the necessary steps to start developing on Shopify’s platform. After completing the learning path, pass a proctored assessment to earn your Shopify Development Fundamentals badge.
Learning path included
Proctored assessment
Verified Skills Badge
Please note: you can access this learning path without the Verified Skill Badge here.
About this learning path
Welcome to Development Fundamentals. This series of courses is designed to teach you the essential skills you’ll need as a Shopify developer. By the end of this learning path, you’ll be able to customize themes according to client requests, explore and extend the Shopify data model to surface custom information in ecommerce stores, and effectively work with Shopify’s APIs to manipulate store data.
Requirements
- Basic knowledge of JavaScript frameworks and libraries. React is a plus
- Basic knowledge of HTML and CSS
- Basic knowledge of REST APIs, the ability to make HTTP requests, and familiarity with JSON formatting
Assessment details
- The assessment consists of 40 scored questions and will take approximately 40 minutes to complete. There is no time limit for the assessment.
- A score of 80% will earn a Shopify Verified Skills badge shareable via Credly.
- Assessments may contain up to 10 additional unscored questions that do not impact your results. These are inserted randomly into the assessment to gather data for future testing.
- Badges are valid for two years from the date of successful completion.
- Please visit the Help page for more information on earning and sharing your badge
Assessment outline
Developing on Shopify: 15%
Customizing Themes 28%
Exploring and Extending Shopify’s Data Model 27%
Integrating with Shopify 30%
Developing on Shopify
This course will introduce you to the Shopify platform, explain how it’s different from other commerce platforms, and give you examples of what’s possible as a Shopify developer.
FREE
60
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Customizing Themes
Learn the fundamentals of frontend development at Shopify with an emphasis on theme development.
FREE
120
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Exploring and Extending Shopify’s Data Model
This course will introduce you to Shopify’s data model and custom data objects.
FREE
90
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Integrating with Shopify
In this course we’ll cover the fundamentals of backend development at Shopify with an emphasis on APIs and webhooks, GraphQL, and common surfaces for custom apps.
FREE
120
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Expanding Your Developer Toolkit
This course will introduce you to more advanced or multi-function tools, commerce-pillar specific extensions, and cover how to stay up to date on product changes relevant to developers.
FREE
20
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Shopify Development Fundamentals Assessment
To earn this badge, pass a proctored assessment that tests your knowledge of the Shopify Development Fundamentals learning path content.
$149
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