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The Commerce Server 2007 architecture series I started the other month is now complete. My hope is that this information is useful for those seeking to get acquainted with Commerce Server - and to learn some of the caveats one must consider when using
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32-bit or 64-bit The first thing to think about when building the end application is should it be a 32-bit or 64-bit application. Obviously, 64-bit is preferred – but there are many driving factors that will force 32-bit support to be utilized (even if
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Figuring out how to correctly utilize the various Commerce Server systems is mostly a matter (in most cases) of proper schema design coupled with understanding the breaking points of the various components so as not to exceed them. And this, of course,
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With a solid understanding of exactly what Commerce Server is – and more importantly is not – one can then come up with a somewhat logical methodology to build production grade application architectures based upon the product. This section will attempt
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Commerce Server provides a number of application tools on top of the Development Platform to aid in the deployment. These tools can be principally broken into two categories: • IT Professional Tools – aimed at allowing technical users to manage the operational
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In this post, I wanted to describe the major subsystems of Commerce Server... The Catalog System The product Catalog system provides a managed taxonomy for storing and querying the hierarchical data that is utilized to represent goods or services for
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As noted in previous posts, Commerce Server 2007 extends the .NET Framework 2.0 and above to provide core e-commerce entities. These entities are: • Catalog • Inventory • Orders • Profile • Marketing o Advertisements o Discounts o Direct Mail Campaigns
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Most of the meat of Commerce Server is to be found within its programming model and underlying data storage mechanisms. Commerce Server started out with the 2000 release by providing extensions to Active Server Pages. Today, with the 2007 release Commerce
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September is here. And with it, a great opportunity to resume professionally blogging. Before getting on to new stuff, I have had a bunch of older material standing around waiting for polishing and publishing - so here goes with the Architecture Series...
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