What’s New For Developers At Shopify

Welcome to our monthly product newsletter for Shopify developers. Read on for important updates and new features.

Shopify Editions is back: Winter ‘24 drops next week

Shopify Editions is back with exciting updates to accelerate and improve your developer experience. Join us at 11am ET on January 31 for a live walkthrough with VP of Product Glen Coates.

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Start planning for the Checkout Extensibility upgrade 

Extend Shopify Checkout with Checkout Extensibility in a way that’s upgrade-safe, and more performant. On August 13, 2024, the existing way to customize the Shopify Checkout with checkout.liquid will be turned off for the Information, Shipping, and Payment pages.

With Shopify Academy’s Upgrade Shopify Checkout learning path, learn how to assess current customizations, take advantage of Checkout Extensibility features, and get prepared to support merchants on the upcoming upgrade.

Start planning ahead of the August 13 upgrade deadline with confidence.

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Increased performance, decreased complexity: Updates from Shopify engineering

At Shopify, we’re obsessed with technical excellence. Always have been. We spend a lot of time on our infrastructure—even when the results aren’t immediately obvious. Here are some of the updates we shipped in 2023 to remove complexity and improve performance.

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That’s all for this month

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This article originally appeared on the Shopify Web Design and Development blog and is available here for wider discovery.