This document provides an introduction to Vue Storefront, an open-source front-end framework for building headless, progressive web applications for eCommerce sites. It discusses what Vue Storefront is, why it is a preferred platform, its key concepts and advantages. Specific benefits highlighted include being mobile-ready, using a flexible API-focused architecture, having an extensive ecosystem, and providing high performance. The document also lists some companies that use Vue Storefront and types of development services available.

1. Introduction to Vue
Storefront: Headless
PWA to Boost Your
eCommerce Site
Performance
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2. Quick Summary: This article encloses an
introductory guide to the Vue Storefront
that aids you in developing an exclusive
eCommerce front-end that can integrate
with any back-end. You can choose from
any of the popular eCommerce back-ends
like Magento, Shopify, WooComemrce, etc.
and get a customized eCommerce store to
suit your customer needs.
Read to know about the Vue Storefront’s
basic concepts, its features, characteristics,
and the advantages your business gets by
implementing in your eCommerce business.

3. Table of Index
1. Introduction
2. What is Vue Storefront development?
3. Why Vue Storefront is a preferred
eCommerce Javascript platform?
4. Why choose Vue Storefront for your
eCommerce business store?
5. Vue Storefront Concepts
6. Vue Storefront Forum
7. Which companies are using Vue
Storefront?
8. Vue Storefront Development Services
9. Wrap Up

4. Introduction

5. E-Commerce mobile apps are the first place
where your customers window shop before
buying a product. An eCommerce app is
your first marketing window, and users are
switching from laptop and desktop devices
to smartphone shopping experience.
The Global leader Statista analyzes the
retail eCommerce sales from 2017 to 2023
and finds that the worldwide eCommerce
retail market amounted to 3.53 trillion USD.
In 2022 it is expected to reach 6.54 trillion
USD.
If you are a retailer of an entrepreneur
aspiring to develop an eCommerce
application, then it is high time you should
know about the Vue Storefront.

6. What is Vue
Storefront
development?

7. Vue Storefront invention 2016 with the MIT
license, is an open-source front-end
framework that you can combine with any
eCommerce back-end. It is built using the
Vue.js framework with a Progressive web app
PWA approach.
You can integrate your Vue Storefront with
any of the famous eCommerce stores like
Magento, Shopify, Shopware,
Commercetools, and more. The Vue
Storefront API enables you to connect with
payment options, search providers, and CMS.
To load a fully-functional eCommerce
website on a mobile phone browser, it can
take upto 15 to 16 seconds. Whereas a normal
smartphone user will leave your eCommerce
website within 3-4 seconds of loading delay.
To overcome this threat, online businesses
went for the mobile-first approach and
standalone headless PWA with the Vue
Storefront.

8. Why Vue
Storefront is a
preferred
eCommerce
Javascript
platform?

9. Jeff Bezos, in the above quote, explains the
responsibility of an eCommerce
businessman. In the last 4 years of its
existence, Vue Storefront has become the
princely choice of such online businessmen
owing to its unique features as mentioned
below:
Cutting-edge technology- Vue Storefront is
built using the Vue.js framework with a
headless-agnostic and PWA approach. This
combination makes it a powerful and
modern tool to target the market demand of
the eCommerce industry.

10. Unlimited Themes & Customizations- The
Vue Storefront provides enormous options
for themes and variations so you can create
an eCommerce platform of your choice and
customization.
Exciting developer experience- When you
select Vue Storefront as your eCommerce
platform front-end, your developers are
going to bless you. There are amazing
options for development, and that is easy
and exciting as well.
Server-side rendering- This storefront
improves your Search Engine Optimization
by generating a server-side rendering for
versions and adds cache options for your
eCommerce store’s better performance.

11. Flexibility- You get the convenience of
choosing any eCommerce back-end like
Magento, WooCommerce, Shopify, etc. with
Vue Storefront front-end. Such flexibility is
the best advantage of using a back-end
agnostic feature.
Speed- Waiting till the webpage loads open
is the biggest barrier in eCommerce web
apps. With the Vue Storefront, you can aid
lightning speed options for your
eCommerce store.
Extendability- Develop stunning
eCommerce applications by attaining the
extendability of the Vue Storefront.
Enhanced HTML- You can add-on the
modern progressive web app capabilities by
enhancing your HTML with the Vue
Storefront.

12. Massive Ecosystem- Leverage the benefits
of the huge ecosystem of developers, add-
ons, and comprehensive documentation.
Data Binding- You need not manipulate
your Document Object Model DOM
structure because Vue Storefront manages
your data binding for your eCommerce
store.

13. Why choose
Vue Storefront
for your
eCommerce
business store?

14. The advantages that you shall get by
choosing Vue Storefront as your
eCommerce front-end are abundant. I’ve
highlighted the significant ones here.
Find out why you should choose Vue
Storefront for developing your eCommerce
store app.
1. Progressive Web App mobile-ready
Vue Storefront enables you to build your
web application and mobile application
altogether in one move. Such progressive
web applications are easy to load and avail
excellent performance.

15. 2. API focus and Headless architecture
The Vue Storefront is a flexible front-end
for any type of eCommerce back-end-
WooCommerce, Shopify, Magento, etc.
There is an API abstraction layer between
your Vue Storefront and the eCommerce
back-end that enables you to update your
eCommerce or change without changing
even a single line of code. The integration
boilerplate does the master job of syncing
and linking your storefront with custom
eCommerce.

16. 3. Open-source technology
The biggest advantage that you leverage by
using the Vue Storefront is that it is free and
open-source. Vue Storefront leverages the
full-stack Vue js development services
along with the PWA approach. The Vue
Community has over 200 active
contributors, and the GitHub page has 7.6k
stars.

17. 4. Incredible performance
Based on the microservices architecture of
the Vue Storefront, you can speedily build
your custom eCommerce app with multiple
features. Apps built with Vue Storefront
front-end offer outstanding performance.
5. Easy-to-use Platform
Developers find using this platform really
simple and easy. When you keep your
developers happy, they serve you with a
high-end delivery and productive project
output.
6. Platform Agnostic
Without bothering about your back-end,
you get to develop your eCommerce
platform with the Vue Storefront. Built apps
that are scalable and develop fast.

18. 7. Offline Availability
Most window shoppers like to browse
through your eCommerce product list until
their long journey ends. Internet
connection may not be promising while
traveling and hence the Vue Storefront is
offline ready.
Let your users enjoy a consistent and
reliable shopping experience without
troubling over the network speed and
efficiency.
8. Replacement for Android and iOS apps
The Vue Storefront offers you a single
answer that can fulfill all your needs for
both android and iOS platforms. Being a
Progressive Web App, your users can pin
your eCommerce app to their home screen
and access it without a browser interface.

19. You will be sorted with a single set of code
that works flawlessly for every medium-
web, mobile, desktop, and multiple OS. It
will make you forget your native apps.
9. Incredibly fast PoC and speedy time to
market
Creating a superb eCommerce application is
a lengthy and tedious process. Any modern
eCommerce platform can develop your
front-end in a long time and process.
However, with Vue Storefront, you get the
entire business logic, various themes, and
style options that you might need to
develop a comprehensive eCommerce app
in a short span.
As you can develop a super-fast Proof of
Concept POC with Vue Storefront, you can
get instant customer reviews and feedback.
This helps you reach your target market in a
lesser time.

20. 10. Future-oriented approach
The Vue Storefront is for future generation
enterprises. The latest technologies are
researched to be added in the making for
availing it to the new clients. It is the first-
ever eCommerce platform that can function
offline- even for placing orders. Stay up-to-
date with the latest and cutting-edge
technologies as you choose your
eCommerce app development with Vue
Storefront.
Now, as you have become aware of this
amazing PWA front-end’s advantages, let
me share with you some more information
about its usage.

21. Vue Storefront
Concepts

22. Here are the three important aspects that
you must know about Vue Storefront before
you begin your eCommerce development.
1. Vue Storefront Core
This is the main- the core folder while
handling your project with the Vue
storefront. All the essential and crucial
features are here, like the build process, SSR
behavior, entry points, in-app libraries, and
helpers.
Until necessary, you should not indulge in
this folder for any modifications. As far as
you keep, it is manageable; your
eCommerce app will stay up-to-date.

23. 2. Vue Storefront Modules
There are two module folders- one for your
project’s core modules and one for the
project source. Both these modules contain
eCommerce features that you can add to
your projects like wishlist, catalog, cart, or
any thor-party integrations.
These modules enable you to customize
your eCommerce projects with the features
that you wish to add or eliminate along with
3rd party integrations.

24. 3. Vue Storefront Themes
The Vue Storefront themes are
customizable; you can extend or use the
code logic to customize your eCommerce
store style. The default theme is completely
moldable.
All in all, you just need to understand that
your project in Vue Storefront is one big
customizable theme where you can
manipulate the modules of your choice, and
the core will integrate everything for you.
Once you know these three concepts, kick-
starting your eCommerce project will not
be a task anymore.

25. Vue Storefront
Forum

26. The Vue Community has set up an official
place where you can get all the latest
updates, news, announcements, and other
notifications that go around the technology.

27. Which
companies
are using Vue
Storefront?

28. Vue Storefront is an upcoming trend that
companies across varied industries and
fields are accepting for developing their
eCommerce stores. Healthcare, fashion,
interior, food, beauty, and other fields have
successfully implemented this headless and
backend-agnostic front-end framework.
The top Vue Storefront partners are
mentioned below:
Let us find out a few examples of websites
and web apps built with Vue Storefront.

29. 1. Zadig & Voltaire
A famous Fashion brand spread across 3
continents of the world uses the Vue
Storefront to serve their loyal customers
online.
2. Lights.ie
An online merchant of varied lights and
other commercial items from Europe,
makes use of the backend-agnostic PWA
approach.
3. DeWalt Shelving
Vue Storefront built an online eCommerce
store for buying shelving and protective
gear.

30. 4. Tally Weijl
The fashion industry should not stay back.
A global fashion brand for empowering
women uses Vue Storefront to excel the
sales.
5. Gastro hero
A German company uses Vue Storefront to
deliver catering products online.
Apart from these, you can check out all the
amazing live projects of Vue Storefront.

31. Vue
Storefront
Development
Services

32. You are surely amazed by this stunning
eCommerce front-end’s potential and
charm that enables you to combine your
project with any back-end of your choice.
Here are the types of services you can avail
of when indulging in your enterprise
eCommerce app development.

33. Assemble your aspirations to hike your
eCommerce business in the shortest time to
market with the Vue Storefront. In the past
05 years, Bacancy Technology has battled
outnumbered eCommerce entrepreneurs’
challenges and served with outstanding
eCommerce stores with Vue Storefront. Our
proficient Vue js developers cater to the
unique needs of the B2B and B2C sectors.
Hire Vue Storefront developers from
Bacancy Technology to work with remote
Agile teams of developers to give your users
an incredible shopping experience.
Wrap Up

34. Thank You