Chapter 1. Getting Started with Shopify

Shopify is a Software as a Service (SaaS) e-commerce platform built to meet the needs of the typical storeowner. It offers hosting, shopping cart, payment processing, order management, product catalogs, blogging, and much more. A storeowner can sign up for Shopify, pick out a design, create a product catalog, set up a payment gateway, and make a sale on the same day—all without any programming or technical expertise.

Shopify gives you the ability to completely modify the HTML, CSS, and JavaScript of the storefront theme. Designers are able to add features such as visual effects, responsive designs, bundled products, shipping estimators, and social plugins that can accomplish almost everything that is expected ...

Get Shopify Application Development now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.