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Course Overview and Prerequisites

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Open SaaS

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Course Overview

In this course, you’ll familiarize yourself with the key concepts and tools involved with custom development on BigCommerce. Development strategies on a SaaS platform often look different from more traditional monolith platforms, and this introductory course will build your confidence in how you approach different use cases with BigCommerce’s core APIs and tool sets.

Course Objectives

  • Explain the key strategies for building custom functionality on a SaaS platform
  • Identify the different types of BigCommerce web APIs, their purposes, and how they are used
  • Identify the main tools available for creating or customizing front-end experiences in BigCommerce
  • Explain how additional tools like webhooks and Single-Click Apps fit into a comprehensive development strategy