Java Electronic Commerce Sourcebook: All the Software and Expert Advice You Need to Open Your Own Virtual Store [Paperback]

Cary A. Jardin (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0471176117 | ISBN-13: 978-0471176114 | Publication Date: February 1997 | Edition: First Edition

This how-to reference shows Java programmers and Webmasters how to add an electronic commerce application to their businesses' Web sites. Divided into two parts, the first section discusses conceptual ideas and deals with legal and procedural issues such as how to work with credit card companies and banks. The second part gives Java programmers the tools and codes necessary for building commerce applications, and provides businesses with a complete virtual store package they can install on a Web site without doing any programming.

Includes CD-ROM with...
* All the electronic commerce Java applets from the book
* CardShield-- a fully functional, point and click commercial product, written in Java, that enables users to set up a virtual store and transact credit card purchases, immediately.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Taking a shotgun approach to commercial Java and related technologies, Java Electronic Commerce Sourcebook includes information on so many subjects that the table of contents is reminiscent of a popular pasta-sauce commercial. Selecting an Internet Service Provider (ISP)? It's in there. Want to advertise online? It's in there. Buying server hardware? In there. Writing HTML? It, too, is in there.

Java Electronic Commerce Sourcebook does a good enough job of explaining commercial systems that use HTML and CGI, but the handful of chapters on Java are strikingly weak. The code listings for applets appear to have commercial potential, but the discussions of these are minimal. The code does appear on the companion CD-ROM, so if the Java programs do what you need, you're all set. Do not, however, expect to learn how to modify them in these pages. The code and introductory material will be of help to beginners, but programmers and anyone serious about using Java for commerce will want to look into better references.

From the Publisher

This how-to reference shows Java programmers and Webmasters how to add an electronic commerce application to their businesses' Web sites. Divided into two parts, the first section discusses conceptual ideas and deals with legal and procedural issues such as how to work with credit card companies and banks. The second part gives Java programmers the tools and codes necessary for building commerce applications, and provides businesses with a complete virtual store package they can install on a Web site without doing any programming. Includes CD-ROM with... * All the electronic commerce Java applets from the book * CardShield-- a fully functional, point and click commercial product, written in Java, that enables users to set up a virtual store and transact credit card purchases, immediately.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 473 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; First Edition edition (February 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471176117
• ISBN-13: 978-0471176114
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,308,261 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Look elsewhere if you want to do electronic commerce., July 28, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Java Electronic Commerce Sourcebook: All the Software and Expert Advice You Need to Open Your Own Virtual Store (Paperback)

This book starts off with a useless introduction to the web followed by code generated by Symantec Cafe. None of which did I find useful. The book doesn't cover SET (secure electronic transactions) OR JECF (Java electronic commerce framework). These are essential technologies for doing web commerce and should have had coverage

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars only buzzwords, February 26, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Java Electronic Commerce Sourcebook: All the Software and Expert Advice You Need to Open Your Own Virtual Store (Paperback)

I found this book carelessly composed and edited, fairly useless in terms of helping to understand the issues. In addition, it features one proprietary technology (obviously developed by the author ??) which leaves a bad feeling for a reader who is interested in objective information.

It seems to me that this is another book hastily scribbled together around a few buzzwords.

5.0 out of 5 stars Very comprehensive book on how to set up shop., May 9, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Java Electronic Commerce Sourcebook: All the Software and Expert Advice You Need to Open Your Own Virtual Store (Paperback)

This book covers the basics of internet commerce, then goes on to describe the advantages and disadvantages of each of the popular methods of selling your items or services on the Web. An in-depth look at using the CGI approach, on to using Java to do the work, replacing CGI scripts. If you are looking at using a credit card verification system, there are many examples and even a fully functioning shop with verification interfaces built right in. If you want to set up an internet shop and want to know how, then this is the book for you