e-commerce Patterns for Building B2C Web Sites Using IBM WebSphere Commerce Suite V5.1

The Patterns for e-business are a group of proven, reusable assets that can be used to increase the speed of developing and deploying Web applications. The pattern discussed in this redbook, Electronic Commerce composite pattern, identifies the interaction of users with enterprise B2C Web sites that sell goods and services.

Part 1 of the redbook guides you through the process of selecting an Application and Runtime pattern. Next, the platform-specific product mappings are identified based upon the selected Runtime pattern.

Part 2 of the redbook provides a set of guidelines for building your e-commerce application. These guidelines include e-business life cycle, technology options, application design, application development, systems management and security.

Part 3 of the redbook teaches you by example how to implement many common customizations needed by a B2C e-commerce Web site that requires back-end integration. The customization examples highlight the key technologies and features of a B2C e-commerce Web site, such as JSPs, commands, EJBs, security and user management (LDAP), MQSeries and e-mail messaging, order customizations, personalization, auctions, catalog management, and managing a store.

Part 1. Electronic Commerce composite pattern
Ch 1. Introduction
Ch 2. Selecting the application pattern
Ch 3. Selecting the runtime pattern
Ch 4. Selecting the product mapping

Part 2. Electronic Commerce composite pattern: guidelines
Ch 5. e-business life cycle
Ch 6. Technology options
Ch 7. Application design guidelines
Ch 8. Application development guidelines
Ch 9. Systems management and security guidelines

Part 3. B2C working example
Ch 10. B2C store working example
Ch 11. User management and security
Ch 12. Catalog management
Ch 13. Order customizations
Ch 14. Messaging integration
Ch 15. Personalization
Ch 16. Auctions
Ch 17. Managing a store

Part 4. Appendix
Appendix A. Use cases
Appendix B. Loader package
Appendix C. WebSphere Commerce Analyzer

• IBM System p5 590 and 595 Technical Overview and Introduction, REDP-4024-01
• IBM Certification Study Guide eServer p5 and pSeries Administration and Support for AIX 5L Version 5.3, SG24-7199-00
• e-Commerce Patterns Using WebSphere Commerce Suite, Patterns for e-business Series, SG24-6156-00

Publish Date
04 December 2001

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Author(s)

John Ganci is a Senior Software Engineer, WebSphere Specialist at the IBM ITSO, Raleigh Center. He writes extensively and teaches classes on WebSphere and related topics. John has 14 years of experience in product and application design, development, system testing, and consulting. His areas of expertise include e-commerce, personalization, pervasive computing, and Java programming. Before joining the ITSO, he developed e-commerce sites for IBM.

• John Ganci

Sanjoy Banik is an e-commerce consultant with Infinity Solutions Limited in New Zealand. He has five years of experience in electrical and electronics engineering, including the electro medical sector, and nine years of experience in I/T fields, including teaching computer science. He holds a Master's degree in Computer Science from University of Auckland and a Bachelor's degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Bangladesh Institute of Technology. His areas of expertise include e-business solutions with Java and Microsoft architecture.

• Sanjoy Banik

Fabrizio Boaglio is an I/T Specialist in the Centre for IBM e-business Innovation in Milan, Italy. He has two years of experience in the e-business field. He holds a degree in Management Engineering from Polytechnic of Turin. His areas of expertise include Enterprise Java programming, team programming and B2B e-commerce solutions.

• Fabrizio Boaglio

Ashish Cowlagi is the team leader for IBM WebSphere Commerce education in the US. He has over four years of experience with developing and architecting enterprise applications, primarily using Java. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Poona in India. His areas of expertise include J2EE-based application design and architecture, focused on WebSphere and VisualAge for Java.

• Ashish Cowlagi

Miroslav Holecy is an I/T Specialist in IBM Sweden. He has five years of experience in the e-business design and development. His areas of expertise include application design, e-commerce, and Enterprise Java programming.

• Miroslav Holecy

Siva Kumar is a Software Engineer with IBM Global Services in India. He has four years of experience in the I/T field. He holds a Master's degree in Technology from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. His areas of expertise include networking, Internet security, e-business and middleware.

• Siva Kumar

ISBN

073842367X

IBM Form Number
SG24-6180-00

Number of pages
618