Op 2/1/10 10:02 PM, Skip Evans schreef: > Hey all, > > Anyone ever use the Magento shopping cart? Pluses, minuses, opinions? I > have a client that is pretty adamant about using it, but I've found over > just about any I've used I can do a better service to the client by > writing them from scratch. It's easy and they always get exactly what > they want. > > I see they seem to have a lot of plug ins, but I think someone just told > him it is the best cart to use so he's sort of fixated on it. > > Like I said, I typically find I can custom write one with better > results. I found xCart, for example, to contain some of the worst code I > had ever seen and it turned me off to third party carts.
I find the only time a custom solution is suitable is when there is a large budget and very specific requirements, which usually translates into atleast: 1. specialized discounting mechanisms 2. tight integration with a 'big' backend system (e.g. SAP, Siebel, etc) 3. custom data-related workflows I just spent some time looking at XCart for someone - seeing the frontend I figured the requested changes would be a piece fo cake, the reality is that making those changes was practically impossible and definitely not ecomonically viable. the XCart code is complete pants. I also took a dive into the Magento codebase, a quick perusal shows a well defined structure, tidy code, well commented, modular. looks very good really - learning curve is a bit steep but that's down to the fact that it's a very complete and sophicated package ... additionally there is a big, well organized community behind it ... I would hazard a guess and say that it's a very good bet. > Skip > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
