Questions about developing apps for Plus Stores

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Three questions about developing apps for Shopify Plus stores:

  1. I tried installing CheckoutBlocks on my Partners Development Store. The functionality was severely limited. I don’t want to invest a ton of time into building something, then finding out part way through that I don’t even have the means to develop and fully test the functionality due to Development store restrictions. Has this been a problem for any developers?

  2. Certain API calls don’t respond because they access customer data (orders/customer). You have to fill out a form stating that your app conforms to a bunch of security standards. Are we supposed to fib and say Yes to everything before the app is even developed, and then someone verifies we followed the guidelines later?

  3. Is there a way to access the documentation from before Remix? Don’t get me wrong, having a CLI to bootstrap an app is pretty awesome. But now all the complexities with authenticating and installing a new app are abstracted away. There used to be documentation on authentication flow, what all the different app settings were, etc. If someone wants to use something other than Remix are they basically locked out now?

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@sweeperq :waving_hand: Avoid glomming questions together in one topic all it does it makes it harder for people with relevant knowledge to spot or find each issue leaving you hanging, and creates a discourteous expectation of others time beyond simple yes/no questions.

See https://community.shopify.dev keep topics to a single scope , also see partner dashboards support page.

This specific subforum is for merchant leaning app topics:

“App reviews, troubleshooting, and recommendations”

NOT development or api related, the community.shopify.dev fragmentation is a recent change shopify chose.

The platforms partner problem,

A lot of resources are gated to prevent abuse.

If developing for a client on a plus plan use expansion stores as testing/staging areas and that is currently the main way a new entrant can get access to gated features.

Otherwise shopify pulled the ladder up long ago and created a catch-22 in that you need to be a shopifyPlusPartner to use Plus Sandbox stores to fully exercise the system to make apps for Plus stores; which is basically what you also need to even become a shopifyPlusPartner.

So new entrants get shut out, in favor of clout.

And now shopify is also changing that partner system this year to have tracks so anyone answering your question may be working with badly outdated info which will make it even confusing for awhile as to what features one can get access too for actual development as a new solution-provider on the platform.

Good luck AND Good hunting.