jo walsh wrote:
>
> desperately seeking open-source, perl ecommerce application.
>
> so far we are looking at:
>
> AllCommerce - http://www.zelerate.org (formerly OpenSales), which at a
> brief glance looks fairly complex and inflexible...
>
> InterChange (formerly MiniVend) http://developer.akopia.com, which is
> CPANned (Bundle::Interchange) and seems a little nicer...
IMHO this is the best - thou I trailed it for a project that never
happened (or rather it changed into a PHP project ...).
This is the most complex - and is quite nift - the developer support is
excellent (Mike Heims Minivend author is on their developer mailing list
quite a lot).
Possibly better for big projects - and possibly overkill for small ones
- depends on what you want ...
> also found Symphero http://www.symphero.net and Apache::iNcom
> http://indev.insu.com/iNcom/incom.html on freshmeat.
>
> if anyone's used any of these packages, and can recommend /
> ring alarm bells, i would be overjoyed to hear about it.
>
> our requirements:
> - clean, extensible API
you can code your own subroutines (in perl) - so you could in theor do
quite alot.
> - support for multiple vendors
>From which POV - vendor as a catelogue of goods to sell then yes, you
can run many shops under interchange.
> - support for multiple transaction handlers (iPin, DataCash)
Again yes - although you may have to write your own interface.
> - all yer standard shopping basket type stuff
yup.
> - as little wheel-inventing as possible
The only things you need to do is get your head round it as its faily
complex (interchange that is).
Hence intergration may be an issue - but I think the time is worth it
due to its extensibility.
Like anything the more time you invest the more you are likely to get in
return.
> is all this just some pleasant fairyland dream?
Well crimbo is comeing and Father Christmass may help you along ;-).
Greg
ps I've no connection with Interchange / Akopia - just think Interchange
one of the better cart systems.
>
> hmm... are the blackstar boys gettign anywhere with CPANning their system,
> i wonder...?
>
> any advice apprec,
>
> jo
> xxxx
