Shopify Essentials

Shopify Essentials workshop cover showing eCommerce product cards — beginner Shopify training for developers covering store setup, product management, and online sales fundamentals.

Shopify is a Saas (Software as a service) e-commerce platform that is multifaceted and professionally incorporates advanced tools within design, functionality and online sales.

About the Workshop

This workshop is the foundation of our Shopify offering, providing a broad overview of Shopify’s key components, how they work together, and how to best engage with the system. By completing this workshop, developers will gain a solid understanding of the platform before exploring advanced topics in our other workshops.

Remote or onsite
9 lessons
1-2 days

What you’ll learn

Overview of Shopify’s developer ecosystem
Introduction to the Shopify Partner Program
Key concepts: themes, apps, and storefronts
Introduction to Liquid
Shopify CLI and Development Workflow
Shopify APIs and Integrations
Introduction to Shopify Apps
Shopify’s checkout process
Deploying and Managing Shopify Projects

Prerequisites

Proficiency in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
Familiarity with modern web development tools (e.g., Git, npm, Node.js)
Basic knowledge of RESTful APIs and GraphQL

main benefits

Why this workshop?

Comprehensive Overview

All the bases are covered with the Shopify Essentials Workshop. This allows developers to gain a broader understanding of the Shopify platform as a whole to then continue to build on this knowledge with future in-depth workshops.

Dev Team Transparency

This course equips developers with a broader understanding of all areas, allowing them to work together better. It also dives into each of their specific fields, giving each participant more insight into each developers duties.

Ask an Expert Questions

Participants are able to ask important questions as they go. They do not need to waste valuable time researching answers, instead their questions will be expertly answered momentarily so they may proceed with their all-important learning.

OUR PRICING PLANS

Learning without limitations

In Düsseldorf

From € 799

Where we are based
In-person workshops
Groups of up to 5 pax
Week day availability only

REMOTE

From € 599

Online workshops ready
Able to host up to 10 pax
Week day availability only
Week day availability only

At Your Office

Custom Price

In-person workshops
Groups of up to 5 pax
Week day availability only
Week day availability only

Meet the instructor

Daniel Kolb 👋

“I look forward to teaching
you more
about Shopify
in the
Shopify
Workshops.
If you have a
strong grasp of
e-commerce
platforms
in general,
you will
be able
to follow along,
even when
things get
more advanced.
My motto is
always to
give back
to the
tech community,
that has
helped
me create
such an
exciting
career for myself,
so I am
pumped
to teach
you a thing or two.”
Masters in Software Engineering
/
Co-founder of Especial
/
Expert in Product Dev
/
Shopify Partner
/
Especial Team Lead
/
Teacher, Mentor and Expert

FAQs

What is Shopify Hydrogen, and how does it differ from traditional Shopify development?
Do I need experience with headless commerce to take this workshop?
Can Hydrogen be used with any Shopify store?
How long is the Hydrogen Development workshop?
How do I enroll in a workshop?

Digital projects for
demanding companies

"Especial Digital built our B2B Shopify store and the result is a future-proof and expandable platform that is specifically tailored to the needs of our customers."

Dennis Rossiar
Marketing Head at Betriebseinrichtung-Sofort

"Especial was exactly the right partner for our relaunch. They supported us with all challenges related to design and associated technical services and always delivered on time."

Nicolas Johansson
Digital Manager at Pieroth

"Especial – what a force of nature! They came up with great ideas to re-organize our B2C and B2B E-Commerce. The B2B catalog gives us a leg up over competitors and is even attracting new partnerships!"

Jörg Kühn-Thomas
Owner of PGM ArtWorlD

"In Especial we have found an agency that has not only implemented our specific wishes but has also contributed to our company's success with their expert advice."

Dr. Daniel Ringbeck
Product Head at Vetevo

"They are very familiar with the JAM stack that we want to rely on in the future. Plus, they offer fair billing based on work done in the project phases – agile and flexible service."

Dr. Maximilian Bräutigam
Chief Digital Officer at GDCh

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If you prefer, you can email us at hello@especial.digital
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Co-founder of Especial.
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