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Shopify Application Development

Shopify Application Development

By : Michael Larkin
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Shopify Application Development

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By: Michael Larkin
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Overview of this book

This is an easy-to follow manual that will guide you through the entire process of application development with Shopify, beginning with the installation and configuration of your local development environment for your app to the deployment of the app to Heroku. If you are a web developer or a designer who wants to extend Shopify stores by building apps, then this book is for you. A basic understanding of programming concepts and some familiarity with Shopify is all that is required to get started with Shopify app development.
Table of Contents (12 chapters)
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Shopify Application Development
Credits
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Credits
About the Author
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About the Author
About the Reviewers
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About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
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Preface
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Preface
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Getting Started with Shopify
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Getting Started with Shopify
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Revealing Shopify's power
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Deciding which type of app to build
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Discovering the API
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Exploring webhooks
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Getting ready to build an app
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Summary
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Setting Up
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Setting Up
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Choosing a development tool
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Setting up our development environment
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Installing Rails
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Installing Twitter Bootstrap
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Setting up source control
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Deploying to Heroku
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Building a Private App
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Building a Private App
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Signing up for Shopify
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Understanding our workflow
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Building the application
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Going Public
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Going Public
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High-level requirements
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App Billing and Publication
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App Billing and Publication
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High-level requirements
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Index
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Index

Installing Rails

For the purposes of this book, I am going to explicitly specify the version of Rails we want to use rather than just grabbing the latest stable version. I am doing this to ensure that the code examples work correctly several months from now. One catch when using the latest version of Rails is that the gems you want to use might not have been updated yet by their authors. This can lead to bugs being introduced that might not have an easy solution. I tend to lag one version behind (although I do keep an eye out for critical security patches) to ensure that I can build stable apps for my clients. The following command can be used to install Rails 4.0.3:

gem install rails -v 4.0.3 --no-ri --no-rdoc

Generating a Rails app

Rails comes with many helpful scripts, including one to generate a "vanilla" Rails application as follows:

rails new .

The preceding command will create the app in the current directory and automatically install the required gems. At this point, we can start...

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