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Published inOct 2021
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Ivan Djordjevic
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Ivan Djordjevic comes from the small town of Prokuplje, Serbia. As a self-taught developer, he spent the first few years working on different projects, but only when he came in contact with Shopify and learned about Liquid that he found himself. In 2016, Ivan joined Shopify Experts under HeyCarson, where he moved to the lead developer position after a few months. Since joining the Shopify family, Ivan found his passion in sharing his knowledge with other developers and guiding them on their way to becoming a Shopify Expert.
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Building with blocks

The blocks attribute is one of the most potent tools in Shopify. By using them, we can create modules that we can reuse any number of times and reorder the section content from within the theme editor. At this point, this might be confusing as it sounds similar to what we just learned about regarding dynamic sections. However, the key difference is that blocks sections allow us to reorder the content within the section, not the sections themselves, which allows us to create more complex features.

Additionally, we can combine the blocks attributes with static sections to create a dynamic section functionality that's similar to what we currently have on the home page, and then include it on any page. However, instead of rearranging sections, we will be rearranging the blocks.

The blocks attribute allows us to create different types of blocks using the object format, under which each object type will act as a unique module. Here, we can include a different...

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Published in: Oct 2021Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781801813969

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Ivan Djordjevic

Ivan Djordjevic comes from the small town of Prokuplje, Serbia. As a self-taught developer, he spent the first few years working on different projects, but only when he came in contact with Shopify and learned about Liquid that he found himself. In 2016, Ivan joined Shopify Experts under HeyCarson, where he moved to the lead developer position after a few months. Since joining the Shopify family, Ivan found his passion in sharing his knowledge with other developers and guiding them on their way to becoming a Shopify Expert.
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