Building Solutions with Microsoft Commerce Server 2002

By Clayton C. Peddy and Derek Armentrout

No matter what your organization sells, a well-executed commerce solution can extend your business globally, boost profitability, and help you seize new opportunities faster. Drawing from their... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0735618542
• ISBN13: 9780735618541
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: Microsoft Press
• Length: 656 Pages
• Weight: 2.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.6" x 7.3"

Customer Reviews

Amazing

I found the portions written by Clayton Peddy to be Amazing, I can not stress how much this book changed the way I think about the subject

Excellent CS2002 book for developers

This is one of the best books I've read on any of the Microsoft servers. Unlike a lot of books, it focuses on how to develop a site using CS2002, instead of focusing on the features of the platform. The examples in the book apply to both B2C and B2B, so I'd recommend it for any development effort with CS. I found the C# and ASP.NET code samples very useful and have already used a lot of the code in sites I am working on. And it's a relief to find a Commerce Server book that doesn't spend all its time on the solution sites - this one has a little intro to them, but then gets right into developing a custom site, including creating administrative interfaces from scratch or by customizing the BizDesk. One caution - the book doesn't have a lot on installing or administering Commerce Server, but I think the help file works fine for that. Buy this book when you're ready to go beyond the simple install of the Retail site and start writing code.

Great advice/comprehensive guide to e-commerce apps

This book is a great "one-stop shop" for how to use Commerce Server 2002. I don't usually like MS Press books, but this one really stood out. The book contains recipes for building e-commerce applications of various sizes and considerations, especially when coupled with the Commerce Server help file (a must have). I was able to use this book on the job.It also explains what the Commerce Server is good for as well as some of its shortcomings (e.g., the book suggests building standalone Customer Service pages for bigger web sites as opposed to using the BizDesk). The book covers areas that many books neglect even to mention: gathering business and technical requirements, software and hardware caching, data migration fromthe legacy systems, integration with BizDesk, Content Management Server, and other 3rd party systems and deployment. If you are planning to just skim through the book, the "Note" sections contain useful advice and gotcha's.I highly recommended this book!!

A great book for a Programmer

This is one of the most helpful books I have on my shelf. I am new to the e-commerce field and I have been recently working with Microsoft Commerce Server. I needed some specialized help on all the topics, rather than an overview I got with Special Edition using Commerce Server book. This book gave me all the weapons I needed to fill my Armour.While developing whenever I get stuck on any topic I just refer to this book for that topic. For example I wanted to know how to develop a Coupon system for an e-commerce site. I referred to several books, all of them just gave an overview of the Campaigns module, which was useless for me as I already know what a Campaign module is. This book went into a lot of detail of how to implement a Coupon or how to create ads. Other great thing I like about this book, is that it covers everything about Commerce Server, from Catalogs, to BizDesk, DataWarehousing, even Migration. Every topic in this book covers a great detail on what is important to know from a programmer's standpoint, rather than from a marketing/sales person's standpoint.To summarize, if you want a power point presentation of Commerce Server, buy any other book. If you want to know the design and details of programming using Commerce Server, this is the book you should buy.