Gadget update: August 2022
Tags: shopify, serverless, webdev
Published: 2022-09-08 17:59:38

**What's Gadget?** We're the serverless stack for ecommerce app developers. Connect to any ecommerce platform instantly, and build your app in a fraction of the time by skipping the busywork. Sign up for free at [gadget.dev](https://www.gadget.dev/?utm_source=devto&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=newsletter-2022-08)

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## Gadget CLI
Code in Gadget with the editor you love. Use your linters, keyboard shortcuts, version control, etc, and have edits sync from your local machine to Gadget in real-time. Or use the CLI to allow multiple developers to contribute to the same project.

[Read blog post](https://gadget.dev/blog/file-sync-announcement?utm_source=devto&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=newsletter-2022-08)
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## New Shopify Connection models
We've added several more Shopify models and functionality to the Shopify Connection. 

- Get more flexibility with how you bill, manage, and monitor your public app’s paying customers using the [Shopify Billing API webhooks](https://docs.gadget.dev/guides/connections/shopify#charging-for-your-application?utm_source=devto&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=newsletter-2022-08). 
- Build apps that enable recurring payment options with the Shopify Selling Plan API. 
- Use the App-owned Metafields to scope metafields access only to your app. 

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## Looking for inspiration?

[Read about how](https://gadget.dev/blog/case-study-potv?utm_source=devto&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=newsletter-2022-08) Planet of the Vapes used Gadget to save their team hundreds of hours of manual work by automating updates of product information in their popular blog.
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## New & noteworthy
**Webhook echo handling in Gadget**
Is your app listening to webhooks to update a resource, which then triggers another webhook? [Here’s how](https://gadget.dev/blog/handling-webhook-echoes-in-gadget?utm_source=devto&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=newsletter-2022-08) you can manage webhook echo handling to avoid infinite loops. 
 
**Edit your Shopify Connection**
Did you know you can edit your Shopify connections in Gadget? [With just a few clicks](https://docs.gadget.dev/guides/connections/shopify#edit-connections?utm_source=devto&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=newsletter-2022-08) you can add more models or update the read/write scopes of an existing connection. 

**Support for the Shopify CLI**
Prefer to spin up your Shopify apps using the Shopify CLI? [Now you can](https://docs.gadget.dev/guides/tutorials/connecting-to-shopify#connect-to-an-embedded-shopify-cli-app?utm_source=devto&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=newsletter-2022-08), while building your backend in Gadget. 

**Use Gadget to integrate Shopify with another system**
We published a [new tutorial](https://gadget.dev/blog/using-gadget-as-middleware?utm_source=devto&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=newsletter-2022-08) on how easily you can use Gadget to integrate Shopify with another system, such as an ERP. Try it out, it’ll only take you 10 minutes. 
 
Itching to build something? Sign up and use Gadget for free today at [Gadget.dev](https://www.gadget.dev?utm_source=devto&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=newsletter-2022-08)