Building Customer Account UI Extensions with Gadget

Building Applications on Shopify can be daunting., — especially if there are limitations to how the Applications should be built within a specific domain. When creating custom Applications and their extensions, we often have to deal with Authentication Flows and Token Authorization, especially if the Extensions need network access. Building Extensions with Gadget solves this issue with ease.

What is Gadget?

Gadget is a platform as a service used to build Full Stack Applications. It provides the complete infrastructure for building Web Applications. The services Gadget provides and the Infrastructure it maintains greatly enhance the Application Building Workflow making it a smooth development journey.. 

How Gadget Helped Us Create Scalable and Maintainable Web Applications

Gadget has different integrations with different platforms and Shopify is one of them. Its integration with Shopify is so deeply integrated that when building Applications, the Developer does not have to worry about the rate-limiting dependency of Shopify, API version updates, Sync Utility services, and Queueing services, which are necessary for building scalable and maintainable Web Applications.

Moreover, Gadget provides Authentication flows connecting its serverless Database directly with Account Extensions, streamlining Network Access Flow and Authentication to Shopify. 

This not only simplifies the Authentication flow avoiding manual Authentication with Shopify but also allows accessing the Entities provided by Shopify in real-time. Since Gadget has a sync utility, it automatically syncs changes into the Shopify Entities directly to its Database. 

The best part is, the services Gadget provides not only help in retrieving records from its serverless Database but its complete infrastructure for Serverless Functions that can be invoked with the webhooks provided by Shopify. 

Suppose you develop a Loyalty Program Application that is based on the number of orders a user has placed and rewards them with Store Credit and Badges to gamify the process. In addition to that, you are using Email Marketing techniques to further encourage the user to place more orders to win a badge and claim the rewards. This entire process can easily be achieved by using Gadget Services in its platform. 

All in all, it won’t be a lie to say that Gadget is a superior platform, with which most of the daunting tasks of Backend Development are automatically completed using the Scalable Infrastructure it provides. The infrastructure that is needed to build a scalable and maintainable Application is already there before starting the Development cycle which can be leveraged to save crucial time for Actual Development.

Muhammad Fahmeed