Salla PartnersE-commerce has experienced a dramatic transformation in Saudi Arabia, where a population of over 34 million people, high internet penetration, and a strong desire for online shopping have all contributed to the growth of the industry as a whole. Government backing for digitization, extensive smartphone use, and a young population that is tech-aware have all contributed to its explosive rise. The demands of consumers are now met by a wide range of online shopping platforms, from food delivery to fashion and gadgets to digital entertainment. Players from both domestic and foreign markets are competing for market dominance by providing safe payment methods and effective delivery services. E-commerce gives profitable prospects for businesses in this dynamic and increasing sector as it continues to develop.
Salla, the future of e-commerce, is one of the vital backbone of E-commerce solution providers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. With growing retail shops reaching 47,000 active stores and more than sixteen billion sales profit made through its platform.
Salla Tools for the Public
Salla is thriving and making its tools more accessible to developers worldwide by using the most common development tools such as Github, a well-known web platform for version control and cooperative software development. It is an essential tool for projects of all kinds since it enables developers to host, manage, and collaborate on code repositories. It promotes a worldwide community of programmers and creatives, making collaboration, code tracking, and open-source contributions simple.
On Github, Salla offers tool kits such as Salla CLI, theme-raed, laravel starter kit, express starter kit, passport strategy, ZATCA, Twilight VS code extension, Twilight i18n and Salla Webhooks Actions in Javascript.
Salla CLI
Salla offered Commands for Salla Apps and Themes using a command line interface (CLI) which is a software mechanism used to interact with operating system using the keyboard. Hence, providing a variety of commands to assist developers in managing, viewing, and publishing Salla Apps and Themes on Salla Partners Portal.
Theme Raed
An in house fully developed theme that can guide developers to create exceptional themes for Salla stores. Theme Raed serves as the foundational canvas for developers looking to craft unique themes that truly capture the individuality of each merchant store on the Salla Platform. By offering customizable themes, developers gain the flexibility to adapt stores to evolving needs seamlessly. It comes pre-packaged as the default theme alongside Twilight Themes, the robust Salla themes engine empowering developers to fashion tailor-made, adaptable themes destined for the Salla Platform. Read more here: https://github.com/SallaApp/theme-raed
Laravel Starter Kit
This starter app is a Laravel application that comes with all the required webhooks, actions, and authentication procedures to get you started creating your own Salla application that will work effectively with Salla APIs. After it has been built, you may publish it to the Salla App Store so that it can be installed on any Salla Merchant Store. Explore more here: https://github.com/SallaApp/laravel-starter-kit
Express Starter Kit
This is a starter App to create ExpressJS application equipped with the required auth processes and webhooks/actions that help you to create your Salla App which works with the Salla APIs. Your App later can be published to the Salla App Store and be available for installation to any of Salla Merchants Stores. More details here: https://github.com/SallaApp/express-starter-kit
Passport Strategy
Passport strategy is used with Salla as an authentication middleware module using the OAuth 2.0 API. It enables you to implement the authentication process using Salla within your Nodejs applications. By plugging it into Passport, Salla authentication can be quickly and unobtrusively implemented into any application or framework that supports connect-style middleware, including Express.js, by plugging it into Passport. Find out more here: https://github.com/SallaApp/passport-strategy
ZATCA
An unofficial package maintained by Salla to make it easier for developers to integrate the ZATCA (Fatoora) QR code, which is necessary for electronic invoicing. Read more here: https://github.com/SallaApp/ZATCA
Twilight VSCode Extension
The creative toolkit makes it possible to easily include Salla's Twilight Theme Engine into your VSCode editor. Made up of the Twilight JS Web Components, this collection includes both reusable and adaptable web components that enable the quick and easy creation of user interface components for customized Salla themes while following established protocols.
The Twilight VSCode addon provides several features designed specifically for the Twilight JS Web Components, which improves the development process. These considerably improve the programming experience while using Visual Studio Code and include code snippets, intellisense, and autocomplete features. Explore additional details here: https://github.com/SallaApp/twilight-vscode-extension
Twilight i18n
Developing your Twilight Theme to support multiple languages is known as internationalization, or i18n (18 letters separate the i and n). You may obtain ready-made translations for your Twilight Theme with Twilight i18n. Because Twilight Themes' internationalisation function entails isolating the words from the code, it makes it simple to extract strings in various languages. This facilitates multilingual support for Salla theme developers. More information here: https://github.com/SallaApp/webhook-actions-js
Salla Webhooks Actions in Javascript
Using webhooks-actions with Salla makes it easier for your app and the Salla APIs to communicate. It facilitates the listening of notifications from Salla APIs within your Express and Node.js applications. You may use it to implement lists for each event that Salla sends to your server. More details here: https://github.com/SallaApp/webhook-actions-js
In conclusion, the rapid transformation of the e-commerce landscape in Saudi Arabia, fueled by a tech-savvy population and robust government support, underscores the immense potential of this market. As a leading player in the kingdom's e-commerce solution providers, Salla has played a pivotal role in shaping this digital revolution. From the versatile Salla CLI to the theme Raed, laravel starter kit, express starter kit, passport strategy, ZATCA, Twilight VS code extension, Twilight i18n and Salla Webhooks Actions in Javascript. Salla is not only facilitating seamless e-commerce but also fostering a collaborative environment for developers. As Saudi Arabia's e-commerce sector continues to evolve, Salla stands as a testament to the potential for innovation and growth in the Kingdom's digital economy.
