Chic Le Frique
High-performance e-commerce mobile application engineered for a premier Shopify store, delivering a fluid mobile retail experience on both Android and iOS.
Engineered the app architecture from ground up, implemented core e-commerce interactions, and integrated Shopify Storefront APIs with secure checkout and catalog caching.
Problem: A premier Shopify e-commerce brand needed a high-performance, native mobile presence to increase customer retention and reduce cart abandonment on both Android and iOS.
Architecture: Engineered a cross-platform React Native application directly integrated with the Shopify Storefront GraphQL API.
Technical Decisions: Utilized Redux/Context for optimized shopping cart state synchronization. Implemented aggressive image caching and pagination to handle large product catalogs seamlessly.
Outcomes: Delivered a fluid, responsive native retail experience with secure checkout, successfully published to major app stores, leading to increased mobile conversions.
Technologies Used

// System Architecture Diagram
graph TD
%% Chic Le Frique Architecture
subgraph Client [Client Side]
App[React Native Mobile App\nAndroid & iOS]
Redux[(Redux/Context\nState Sync)]
Cache[Image & API Caching]
App --> Redux
App --> Cache
end
subgraph Backend [Backend Infrastructure]
Shopify[Shopify Storefront API\nGraphQL]
REST[Custom REST APIs\nNode.js]
end
subgraph External [External Services]
Payment[Payment Gateway]
end
App -- GraphQL --> Shopify
App -- REST --> REST
Shopify --> Payment
classDef client fill:#121212,stroke:#deec56,stroke-width:1px,color:#fff;
classDef backend fill:#1a1a1a,stroke:#38bdf8,stroke-width:1px,color:#fff;
class App,Redux,Cache client;
class Shopify,REST backend;

