It seems like a lot of e-commerce packages were built in Perl, ASP, PHP, and other scripting languages, which were either more mature a few years ago or just plain easier to write small CGI applications than server-side Java. Also, they would be more easy to modify and maintain for sys-admin types that run ISP's and web servers. A lot of these are available through affordable ISP webhosting packages which provide web-based "click-and-build" interfaces for setting up shops. Many smaller businesses would rather just use one of these user-friendly applications, or if they need some custom integration they will probably be looking at hooking into a M$ product on the backend so they frequently use VB, ASP, etc., or proprietary e-commerce extensions to their accounting/inventory/financial systems. The big guys can build their own or use their preferred vendor's tools rather than build something new. So there is not much demand for pure Java off-the-shelf "storefront" apps, especially open source. (have you noticed most open-source projects focus on infrastructure and tools, not commercial applications?)
The Sun Pet Store demo is a good example of a storefront in Java. (http://java.sun.com/blueprints/code/jps13/datasheet.html) You might consider whether your requirements really warrant the user of Java for the consumer side of your e-commerce application, and look at XML messaging or data-based integration methods to hook one of these popular packages into your Turbine app. Nate Dan Finkelstein wrote: > Hi -- > > Sorry if this is off-topic, but I didn't know where else to turn... > > I'm looking for a java-based ecommerce/storefront/shopping cart package to > use as part of a web site. One which is very customizable, preferably > open-source. It would be integrated into a Turbine app that I'm > developing. It doesn't seem like that unique or difficult, so I would have > imagined many possibilities. Any ideas? > > Thanks, > Dan > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Nate Reed Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center Jet Propulsion Laboratory (Raytheon) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (626) 744-5528 (626) 744-5506 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
