Background:
Not a skilled coder but very comfortable with Webflow.
Designed my e-commerce website in Figma and want it to match exactly in Shopify.
This is a real store but also my capstone thesis, so I need to code:
Admin sales tracking
Customer delivery tracking
Multi-language selection
Admin view for inventory
I know Shopify already has these features, but I need to code them for my thesis while keeping them useful for the actual store.
I already have a headache trying to use Shopify’s theme editor—it’s too limited, and the theme code is overcomplicated when I try to modify it.
Would it make sense to build the frontend in Webflow, download the code, and integrate it with Shopify’s API? And if so, would I need Next.js or Node.js for this setup?
Or should I do theme development?
Or should I just buy a similar theme to match my design, then change certain things accordingly?
Where do I even start? Any guidance would be greatly appreciated!