Shopify Unite 2021 | Coding commerce. Together.

Shopify’s Unite event introduces a comprehensive suite of infrastructure upgrades designed to enhance commerce flexibility and developer productivity. The launch of Online Store 2.0 brings modular, section-based theme architecture and expanded Metafields, allowing merchants to create highly customized storefronts without extensive coding. Developers gain powerful new tools, including Git integration, the Shopify CLI, and the open-source "Dawn" theme. Furthermore, the platform introduces Hydrogen, a React-based framework for dynamic storefronts, paired with Oxygen hosting for high-performance deployment. To foster ecosystem growth, Shopify is eliminating revenue share on the first $1 million of annual app earnings and introducing checkout extensions that enable bespoke UI and business logic. These advancements collectively aim to streamline the merchant journey while providing developers with the technical freedom to build scalable, high-performance commerce experiences.