Course Overview

Developers and Partners are who the merchant turns to for help when building their store and customizing their themes.

The Stencil Core course introduced you to Stencil CLI and the basic coding skills used to customize the Stencil theme.

In this course, you will review the Stencil technology stack and use the basic coding skills to perform advanced storefront and theme customization exercises.

The coding skills include Handlebars, JavaScript and YAML Front Matter on the front end that allows developers to create dynamic, templated customizations across a BigCommerce Storefront. You can practice and apply what you learn through the examples, exercises and hands-on lab activities.

A final assessment will be given at the end of this course to test your knowledge of customizing the Stencil theme.

Don’t forget to check out the BigCommerce Dev Center, which provides additional tools and resources to enhance your learning.

Prerequisites:

• Complete the Stencil Core Course
• Proficient with Stencil CLI; Directory Structure and Theme Assets etc.

The participant must have a working knowledge of the following:

• HTML | Rendering HTML with Ajax
• CSS
• Handlebars
• YAML Front Matter | Using Front Matter
• JavaScript

Course Objectives

• Apply the Stencil technology stack where applicable when customizing a theme.
• Create a custom layout and apply it to a page.
• Learn techniques and practical skills used to customize a Stencil theme.
• Bundle and push your theme to the live environment.