What's the state of the art workflow for themes?

[nvassalo]

Since Slate and Themekit are both in a limbo, what is the official suggested workflow for Shopify theme as of June 2019? It seems we're being pushed into custom app development using the API and SPA's, but that adds a gigantic overload to even beginning a simple theme project. Any other boilerplates and tools to look at presently? Thanks

[CharlieCoppinge]

Hey @nvassalo, did you ever find any answers on your quest to figure out a modern workflow for theme development on Shopify?

I've been asking myself the same thing for some time now and would love to know what you discovered.

[nvassalo]

Hey, 

I tried going the React/Gatsby route but was unhappy with the boilerplate amount that was needed, so I kept going the Liquid route (benefits on the Marketing front too, since Shopify automatically tracks interactions on their own pages)

I ended using Slater.js which has a nice modern ES6 boilerplate and a couple of bonuses like a router for page transitions built-in.
Find it here: https://github.com/the-couch/slater