sharibeast / shopify-node-express-mongodb-app

An embedded Shopify app starter template made with Node, Express, React and Vite, with all the required stuff hooked up.

Shopify Node.js x Express.js x React.js Boilerplate

An embedded app starter template to get up and ready with Shopify app development with JavaScript. This is heavily influenced by the choices Shopify Engineering team made in building their starter template to ensure smooth transition between templates.

I've included notes on this repo which goes over the repo on why certain choices were made.

I also did make a video going over the entire repo as of November 4, 2022. If there's any substantial changes, the video here will be updated to reflect it.

Supporting repositories

• NEW! Next.js + Prisma: A Shopify app boilerplate built with Next.js and Prisma ORM, with deployments available on Vercel.
• [WIP] npx create-shop-app@latest: A CLI tool to generate embedded Shopify app boilerplate with a tech stack of your own.

Tech Stack

• React.js
  • raviger for routing.
• Express.js
• MongoDB
• Vite
• Ngrok
• Apollo/Client

Why I made this

The Shopify CLI generates an amazing starter app but it still needs some more boilerplate code and customizations so I can jump on to building apps with a simple clone. This includes:

• MongoDB based session and database management.
• Monetization (recurring subscriptions) ready to go.
• Webhooks isolated and setup.
• React routing taken care of (I miss Next.js mostly because of routing and under the hood improvements).
• Misc boilerplate code and templates to quickly setup inApp subscriptions, routes, webhooks and more.

Notes

Setup

• Refer to SETUP

Misc

• Storing data is kept to a minimal to allow building custom models for flexibility.
  • Session persistence is also kept to a minimal and based on the Redis example provided by Shopify, but feel free to modify as required.