Beginning ASP.NET 1.1 E-Commerce: From Novice to Professional [Paperback]

Field experts Cristian Darie and Karli Watson will teach you to build e-commerce websites using ASP.NET technology. The authors walk you comfortably through the processfrom design to deploymentand illustrate a complete e-commerce programming solution. Take a peek at an actual example from the book!

You will learn to make use of third-party shopping-cart and payment facilities (especially suitable for small e-commerce operations). Further into the book, you will learn to supplement your site with greater functionality, eventually crafting a complete online shopping and order processing system.

This book teaches by example and features real-world code. Also included are updates for Visual Studio .NET 2003, and .NET 1.1. Upon reading this book, you will be able to quickly design and run a fully functioning online store. Further, you'll learn techniques to maintain flexibility in your sites design, so it can grow right along with your business.

1 Starting an E-Commerce Site.- 2 Laying Out the Foundations.- 3 Creating the Product Catalog: Part I.- 4 Creating the Product Catalog: Part II.- 5 Searching the Catalog.- 6 Improving Performance.- 7 Receiving Payments Using PayPal.- 8 Catalog Administration.- 9 The Shopping Basket.- 10 Dealing with Customer Orders.- 11 Making Recommendations.- 12 Customer Details.- 13 Order Pipeline.- 14 Implementing the Pipeline.- 15 Credit Card Transactions.- Appendix A Creating Class Libraries and Installing IIS, MSDE, and OSQL.- Installing the IIS 5.x Web Server.- Installing MSDE.- Running Scripts with osql.- Creating Class Libraries.- Appendix B Project Management Considerations.- Developing Software Solutions.- Considering the Theory Behind Project Management.- Picking a Method.- Understanding the E-Commerce Project Cycle.- Maintaining Relationships with Your Customers.Karli Watson is the lãy