What is OS2.0 in Shopify world?
Online Store 2.0, often abbreviated as OS2.0, is a significant upgrade to the Shopify platform that was introduced to enhance the experience of store owners and developers alike. This update, which was released on May 12, 2022, offers a suite of features and improvements designed to make themes and theme apps easier to build, more flexible, and simpler to maintain.
OS2.0 Features
One of the key features of OS2.0 is the introduction of sections to every page of a Shopify store. This allows merchants to add, remove, and rearrange sections throughout their entire site, providing them with greater control over the layout and design of their online store. This feature is a significant improvement over Shopify 1.0, which only allowed full customization of the home page.
OS2.0 also includes improved theme editor user interfaces, better app integration, native metafields, dynamic content, and faster implementation of changes. These enhancements aim to save time for store owners, improve the performance of their online stores, and provide a better overall user experience.
In addition to these features, OS2.0 also introduces new developer tools. For instance, the updated Shopify CLI tool accelerates theme development by allowing developers to safely develop, preview, and test changes to themes inside of development themes. It also enables hot-reloading of CSS and Liquid section changes, initialization of new theme projects using the new theme, Dawn, as a starting point, and running Theme Check on your theme.
Furthermore, OS2.0 encourages developers to take advantage of native browser functionality where possible to render HTML and CSS layouts, prioritizing speed and performance. The update also includes a new reference theme called Dawn, which is Shopify’s first source-available reference theme with OS 2.0 flexibility and a focus on speed.
Overall, the introduction of OS2.0 marks a significant step forward in the evolution of the Shopify platform, offering enhanced flexibility, improved performance, and a more user-friendly experience for both store owners and developers.
Citations :
1. https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/online-store/themes/themes-by-shopify/
2. https://shopify.dev/docs/themes/os20