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Start building for customer accounts

Get started building customer account UI extensions by setting up your development environment. You'll use Shopify CLI to generate starter code for building your extension and automating common development tasks.


Anchor to General requirementsGeneral requirements

  • You've created a Partner account.
  • You've created a development store. The development store should be pre-populated with test data, including an order that's associated with the email address you'll use to log in to the customer account experience.

  1. Run the following command to scaffold an app:

    Terminal

    shopify app init
  2. Select Build an extension-only app.

  3. Navigate to your app directory:

    Terminal

    cd <directory>
  4. Run the following command to create a new extension:

    Terminal

    shopify app generate extension --name my-extension
  5. Choose Customer account UI.

  6. Start your development server to build your app and preview your extension:

    Terminal

    shopify app dev

Learn common use cases for customer account UI extensions with the following tutorials:


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