Which technologoy to use?
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- muncho
I've been working on some ideas for an online store selling videogames and have now reached the stage where i need to think about how i'm going to code it.
Can anyone advise me of the best way to go? Coldfusion or ASP? Or how about some of those ready-made "solutions"? Anyone have any thoughts on this?
(bearing in mind that i am a web designer and not a web developer)
Thanks,
- Blofeldt0
I wouldn't use coldfusion.
- muncho0
Why not?
- Blofeldt0
I've found it very hard to intergrate with design even vaugly interesting design.
But perhaps i'm just rubbish.
Oh, yeah. And you need to section off a specific area of your server to run it. Can't just plonk it on.
- Danski0
It might be a personal thing. Personally I find coldfusion to be a delight to work with, but then again my job spec doesn't include all the server management so my viewpoint might be jaundiced slightly.
- muncho0
How about ASP? - that seems to be pretty much the norm for e-commerce stuff.
- quik0
I'd use PHP.
- WeZzy0
Definitely make use of PHP!
- blend0
If you're a designer I would just outsource shopping applications to some ready-made service. No point in writing one of your own.
PS. PHP-postgresql is the way to go!
- muncho0
do you know of any good ones?
- sp0
asp isn't the norm for e-com, because the majority of the worlds e-com systems run on unix/linux servers.
asp is a ms iis piece of shit problem.
and i don't know many who would trust a mission critical data infrostructure like e-com to run on iis.
sure, there is an asp_mod for apache...but, since it's not made for unix, it lacks the same power it has on ms servers.
i second the php solution.
get a unix/linux server and set it up on there. besides it is much cheaper to set up a linux server than a ms server.
- ********0
i have an electric tooth brush
- blend0
I work for a local telco and we offer one. I'm not going to endorse it, because I know that it is pretty high-end system and there are plenty of alternatives. The one you select depends a lot on your needs. Some services offer everything from logistics to billing, others just take care of billing and shoot you an e-mail when oder comes through. Sorry, I propably can't be of more help. Google is your friend.
- unknown0
Cold Fusion and Flash!!
- unfittoprint0
HTML + PHP + MySQL
or
FLASH + PHP + MySQL
- mitsu0
"asp is a ms iis piece of shit problem."
...um... yeah...
i've addressed this issue at least 10 times in the last year, so i'm not going to go into all the details again. just do a search for some related threads and read my thoughts on ASP vs. PHP.
what it comes down to is the server you will be running your business on and your code preferences/background. if you want your knowledge to land you a good paying job, i'd go ASP. PHP is great for designers and linux/unix developers, but you it won't land you the serious programming jobs that ASP will. (yet).
- blend0
Oh,
We have our own rudimentary game shop too. It is all in finnish, but I guess you can go snoop around.
http://pelikauppa.elisa.fi/Pelik…
There are propably similar english services. So why write one yourself. Just let them do the marketing and selling for you. Off course they take a cut, but you would have less time for making the game itself.
- muncho0
I've just found this e-commerce "solution" called Actinic, it looks quite handy as it handles all your accounts, order tracking, payment processing, etc...
Anyone else had any experience with this product?
- angelus350
It really doesn't matter what technology you use to program. It's all the same end result, just different syntax to get you there.
If you're more design orientated you may want to consider outsourcing the work.
You just have to keep in mind what technology is available on the server you're hosting on.