What’s Trending in the Dev Community?
Welcome to a recap of what’s trending in the BigCommerce Developer Community. Every other week, we’ll take a look at the discussions happening in our dev spaces. You’ll see our most popular and insightful conversations, along with questions that could use your expertise or helpful advice.
In the BigCommerce Developer Community, we’re seeing conversations about creating and managing orders and products via the v3 APIs, Next.js + BigCommerce headless development, and data management.
📣 Announcements
- Upcoming Event: If you’re interested in building Alexa Skills applications including ecommerce delivery notifications, register for Rachael Thompson’s talk at TechFairLive on April 15, 2021.
- New Blog: If you missed the MACHathon 2021, read our recap on the BigCommerce Developer Blog and checkout BigCommerce Weather Alert Tool project.
- New Tutorial: Spice up your GitHub profile with this guide on Creating a Standout Github Profile README.
⭐ BigContributor
BIG Thanks to Andrew Barber for starting conversations with other devs in the BigCommerce Developer Slack and on Twitter. We love seeing and participating in your Friday discussion questions! Wooh 🤘
🗣 Can’t Miss Conversations
Some of our favorite, trending conversations from the BigCommerce Developer Community.
- Samuil Ilkov is trying to access all new products on a custom theme to create custom classes. With the help of Arctic Leaf they were able to come up with a solution by using the #if handlebars helper and moment. Check out their thread in the Developers Community.
- Felix Ajewole is looking for a way to programmatically access files that customers uploaded with orders. Felix & the BigCommerce team were able to find new possibilities in the process, making this thread an excellent read for those of you who are also looking to achieve this!
- Marc Tallo is looking at creating customer-group level discounts on their Next.js application. Thanks to the help of Syed Furquan, they were able to come up with a solution! If you’ve ever wanted something similar or have an alternative solution, join the conversation.
🤝 Share a Solution
The latest Community questions and conversations that need a response. Provide a helping hand to your fellow e-commerce developers and share your ideas and solutions with the group.
- Matthias Wehnert is looking for a recommendation on managing customer accounts on their custom Next.js storefront. Some suggestions were to use GraphQL or the Next.js API routes in addition to the V3 Customer API. Are you working on a Next.js + BC store? Share your advice or method in Matthias’ thread!😁
