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World Congress 2022 • Jun 15, 2022

Modern Headless Commerce with Vendure

Michael Bromley

E-commerce monoliths are dead. Break free with Vendure. Build future-proof headless storefronts using modern TypeScript and GraphQL.

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#1 about 4 min

Scale of early web e-commerce frameworks

Manual checkout workflows and fragile legacy codebases drove the creation of scalable modern retail frameworks.

#2 about 4 min

Evolution and dominance of full stack JavaScript ecosystems

Fragmented server languages complicated cross-functional pipelines until full-stack codebases eliminated painful paradigm switching.

#3 about 6 min

Transitioning to headless commerce architectures and decoupled interfaces

Rigid monolithic designs blocking omni-channel expansions are replaced by headless setups connecting specialized data APIs.

#4 about 2 min

Leveraging jamstack and edge computing for frontend delivery

Latency bottlenecks for distributed users are resolved by propagating static web components directly to nearby edge nodes.

#5 about 2 min

Getting started with the open source framework Vendure

Hardcoded commerce systems stifling custom business logic warrant flexible platforms designed for unconstrained cloud deployments.

#6 about 2 min

Bootstrapping a local commerce backend via test seeding

Tedious manual environment configuration delays prototyping unless automated tools instantly provision schemas and sample data.

#7 about 2 min

Querying structured product data utilizing the GraphQL API

Over-fetching data bloats component rendering unless strictly typed queries retrieve exact attributes required by interfaces.

#8 about 2 min

Managing inventory resources reliably through visual administrative dashboards

Dispersed backend content management slows administrative velocity until visual dashboards centralize routine catalog modifications.

#9 about 4 min

Configuring custom data relationships dynamically via application settings

Synchronizing schema changes across layered architectures creates friction that centralized configuration structures easily bypass.

#10 about 3 min

Connecting pre-built storefront integrations utilizing the Remix scaffold

Building frontend layouts from scratch consumes startup bandwidth unless pre-configured web structures accelerate initial delivery.

#11 about 3 min

Comparing session handling models alongside customizable backend logic

Uncertainty around authentication strategies in detached architectures requires balancing cookie and token session mechanics against deployment scale.

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Introduction to headless commerce and modern web technologies

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Core technologies for a tiny e-commerce stack

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Defining headless systems for omnichannel digital storefront delivery

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Introduction to the GraphQL, Apollo, and Next.js stack

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