Liquid Weekly Podcast: Shopify Developers Talking Shopify Development

Special Episode: Bret Little and Storefront Web Components


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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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Liquid Weekly Podcast: Shopify Developers Talking Shopify DevelopmentBy Karl Meisterheim