What's the Hype about Shopify Hydrogen?

As new technology emerges in your technical stack, it’s important to not only learn them in theory, but to find practical ways to implement the knowledge you’re learning. You could either spend your time making another Todo List or Tic Tac Toe implementation, or dive into a rapidly expanding eCommerce market with the new Shopify Hydrogen Framework, built on upcoming React 18 Features like React Server Components.

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Keeping Ahead of the Hiring Curve
Practice makes Perfect
Story Time on “Practice” React Applications we Made
Transition: Making the Practical even more Practical
Capitalizing on the eCommerce Industry
- https://acquireconvert.com/shopify-statistics/
Shopify is Eating their Ecosystem
- https://twitter.com/theryanking/status/1497732269632598018
Shopify Partners Program
- https://www.shopify.com/partners
Shopify for Developers
- APIs + Graphql
  - https://shopify.dev/api/admin-rest#top
  - https://shopify.dev/api/admin-graphql#top
- App Bridge
  - https://shopify.dev/apps/tools/app-bridge
- Polaris Component Library
  - https://polaris.shopify.com/?shpxid=796e493c-6D49-4898-EB5D-81EF16546D4A
  - Components included in Hydrogen
- Liquid
  - https://shopify.dev/api/liquid
  - https://shopify.dev/themes/tools/dawn
- Hydrogen
  - https://shopify.dev/custom-storefronts/hydrogen
What is Hydrogen
- Why Hydrogen?
  - https://shopify.dev/custom-storefronts/hydrogen/getting-started
- Features of the Hydrogen Framework
  - https://shopify.dev/custom-storefronts/hydrogen/framework
  - React
    - React Server Components
      - https://shopify.dev/custom-storefronts/hydrogen/framework/react-server-components
  - Vite
    - https://vitejs.dev/guide/why.html#why-not-bundle-with-esbuild
    - SSR
  - Tailwind
    - https://tailwindcss.com/
    - Talk about Chakra UI here too
- Hydrogen UI Components
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