Headless at Shopify for Developers

Understand Shopify’s custom storefront solutions and learn best practices to guide clients through all phases of headless implementation. To earn this badge, pass a proctored assessment that tests your knowledge of the Headless at Shopify for Developers learning path content.

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Verified Skills Badge

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About this badge

As a candidate for this assessment, you should understand Shopify’s headless framework, tooling, and hosting options, including how to create essential ecommerce pages, along with best practices for storefront optimization, and how to enhance the shopping experience using the Storefront API.

We recommend you complete all the courses in the learning path prior to attempting the assessment.

This is not an open-book test. No materials can be referenced during the assessment.

Assessment overview

  • A score of 80% will earn a Shopify Verified Skill badge shareable via Credly.
  • The assessment consists of 40 scored questions and will take approximately 60 minutes to complete. There is no time limit for the assessment.
  • Assessments may contain up to 10 additional unscored questions that do not impact your results. These are inserted randomly into the assessment to gather data for future testing.
  • Badges are valid for two years from the date of successful completion.
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Assessment breakdown

Introduction to custom storefronts: 16%

  • Describe how Hydrogen, Oxygen, and the Storefront API work together in a custom storefront setup.
  • Create a Hydrogen app locally. 

Build a custom storefront with Hydrogen: 20%

  • Create a collection page, production page, and cart with Hydrogen.
  • Identify the steps to launch a Hydrogen site.

Hydrogen best practices: 30%

  • Launch a Hydrogen-based Shopify storefront by setting up domain connections, redirects, and handling account integrations from an existing store.
  • Apply performance optimization techniques to enhance the storefront's speed and efficiency.
  • Implement SEO strategies to improve visibility and search engine ranking. 
  • Adapt the storefront with different languages and regions.
  • Troubleshoot common issues in a Hydrogen-based storefront.
  • Leverage analytics to make data-driven decisions and monitor store performance.

Storefront API customization: 34%

  • Explain the purpose, structure, and capabilities of the Storefront API.
  • Demonstrate the steps to update a cart with the Storefront API.
  • Indicate the steps to configure localized experiences for merchants and customers using the Storefront API.
  • Demonstrate how to manage the headless channel.