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Day in the life of eCommerce Web
Development at 2 different companies

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Let’s first talk about what all companies do….

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Web Architecture – Common patterns on component deployment
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multitier_architecture

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Methodology – How the team functions and communicates

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ScoreBig – Selling live sporting events for less
Test Driven Development, Continuous Integration,
Model-View-Controller Web Framework, N-Tiered
Architecture, Message Oriented Middleware,
Performance and Functional Testing
Logical diagram of platform with internal
and external integration points
DB Server
Order Management
Server (order
processing,
fulfillment)
Firewall
DataMart
Firewall
PayPal, Credit
Cards
Commerce Server
(provides
marketing, catalog,
promotion and
content
Management
features)
Ticket Sources
Sourcing Server
(inventory)
Continuous
Integration
Source Control
Monitoring
Search

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Forrester B2C
Forrester B2C
Gartner
IBM
IBM
IBM WebSphere Commerce
dominates the Internet Retailer
Top 500
IBM Commerce CustomersIBM Commerce Customers

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eCommerce with WebSphere Commerce
Test Driven Development, Continuous Integration, Model-
View-Controller Web Framework, N-Tiered Architecture,
Message Oriented Middleware, Performance and
Functional Testing, Mobile, Web Services and REST APIs

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