[Techtalk] developing online shops

[Sheila Fenelon]

For PHP ecommerce, have a look at Magento http://www.magentocommerce.com/

Sheila


Sue Stones wrote:
> Thanks Cynthia,
> 
> I had done something along those lines originally and forgot what I 
> found.  I have now found the original info that encouraged me to look at 
> Django in the first place, namely Satchmo.  On the other hand I have had 
> a look at Shopify, and that looks fantastic too, and definitely worth 
> more investigation.
> 
> I know PHP and haven't been that impressed with it, but perhaps I should 
> look a little further into that too!
> 
> sue
> 
> Cynthia Kiser wrote:
>> There are a ton of different ecommerce web site packages so if you are
>> not already wedded to a specific language or framework, I would make a
>> list of features your site needs to support and then have a look at
>> the most popular ones to see how they stack up AND look for one that
>> doesn't have so many features you are always trying to take them back
>> out because they are in your way. 
>>
>> I am already a Rails developer, so if I needed to do ecommerce, I
>> would look at Shopify and ActiveMerchant. If I knew PHP, I would start
>> with one of the PHP frameworks. 
>>
>> Quoting Sue Stones <suzo at spin.net.au>:
>>   
>>> What language / tools are really useful for developing online shop type 
>>> websites.  I had been thinking of learning Django, but now that I look 
>>> at the books, they are all about developing blogs, so I am not sure how 
>>> well it will adapt. 
>>>
>>> What is your opinion, what do you use or recomend?
>>>
>>> sue