In this special episode of Liquid Weekly, Karl and Taylor sit down with Brett, 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 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 Brett Online
Twitter(X): https://x.com/little_bret
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bretlittle/
Website: https://www.bretlittle.com/
Github: https://github.com/blittle
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bretlittle.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/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/playground
Shopify Editions Summer ‘25: https://www.shopify.com/editions/summer2025
Blog post: https://www.shopify.com/news/summer-25-edition-dev
Shopify Headless Documentation: https://shopify.dev/docs/storefronts/headless
Web Components Documentation: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_components
Picks of the Week:
Brett: Microsoft TypeScript Go Announcement & AI Assistant Article
Karl: Ben McIntyre's SAS History Books
Taylor: Naked Nutrition Protein Powder
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