To install Shopify locally, we use Themekit.

• Open Terminal
  • type brew tap shopify/shopify & hit enter
  • type brew install themekit & hit enter
  • create a development store in Shopify
    • go to apps in the sidebar, scroll to the bottom and click on manage private apps
    • click on generate api credentials
    • configure a new theme
  • wherever you store your local projects, create a new directory to store the files we are getting from shopify.
  • in terminal, CD into that directory you just created and add this in the commandline: theme bootstrap --password=yourpassword --store=your-shop-name.myshopify.com
    • obviously switch the password to whatever was generated in the previous step when you generated your API key.
    • this theme is called Timber, and is a Shopify starter theme. It has a lot of the template parts that you’ll need already created. It is recommended that you use this when starting a new Shopify project.
  • after you download the theme, open up the config.yml in a text editor
    • to find out the ID of our theme go to: <your-shop-name>.myshopify.com/admin/themes and click on customize theme. In the url of the page you go to you’ll see some numbers:
    • <your-shop-name>.myshopify.com/admin/themes/<id>/editor
    • Grab the ID and add it into your config.yml file.
  • now we’re ready to download the theme locally
    • to do that use this command: theme download
    • you can also run: theme update and that will update the theme to the most recent version

To make updates to your Theme

• use this command: theme watch
• once you’re done making changes, use this command: ‘control + c’ (same as gulp command)
• if you use ATOM for your IDE you can install the language-liquid package so that there is syntax highlighting.