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Shopify Theme Customization with Liquid

By : Ivan Djordjevic
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Shopify Theme Customization with Liquid

By: Ivan Djordjevic

Overview of this book

Shopify is one of the fastest-growing eCommerce platforms, which means developers familiar with the Liquid concept are needed now more than ever. This book will help you to build a solid foundation by enabling you to develop your skills from the ground up by gaining essential theoretical knowledge of Liquid and putting that knowledge to use through hands-on projects. Shopify Theme Customization with Liquid begins by helping you get to grips with basic Shopify information, its interface and theme structure, setting up your Partner account, and creating a child theme, which is essential when preparing for any future work on Shopify. You'll then explore Liquid core features that will provide you with a basic understanding of the Liquid programming logic needed to develop any feature. As you advance to the latest and advanced features, you'll learn about JSON settings, allowing you to create any type of static or dynamic section - a must-have for becoming a competent Shopify developer. Finally, the book takes you through the Shopify Ajax API to gain the necessary skills needed to create a variety of dynamic features and content. By the end of this Shopify book, you'll be able to take on challenging projects to showcase your theme customization expertise to your future employer.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
1
Section 1: Shopify Explained
4
Section 2: Exploring Liquid Core
8
Section 3: Behind the Scenes
Appendix: Frequently Asked Questions

Chapter 5: Diving into Liquid Core with Filters

In the previous two chapters, we learned about all the different Liquid tags and objects, and now, we will be focusing on the last of the Liquid Core features, which is filters. We have referenced filters on a few occasions now, but what exactly is the purpose of filters? Filters are methods denoted by a pipe character, |, through which we can manipulate different data types, including strings, numbers, variables, or even objects, making it a compelling feature.

We can split the chapter into the following topics:

  • HTML and URL filters
  • Enhancing the product media gallery
  • Building product accordions
  • Math and money filters
  • Exploring the additional filters

By the time we complete this chapter, we will precisely understand how much power filters provide us. Similarly, as with the previous chapter, instead of simply listing and going through all of the filters, we will only explain some essential filters through...