Microsoft Commerce Solutions [Paperback]

Micro Modeling Associates Inc. (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 24, 1999

Webmasters, IT managers, and other Internet business developers get the technical information and practical strategies they need to evaluate, plan, and deploy electronic commerce solutions. This book presents a business-focused, multi-product approach to development, explaining how to combine Microsoft's Office, BackOffice, Internet and visual development technologies into an integrated Web-commerce system.

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Amazon.com Review

Microsoft Commerce Solutions explains Microsoft's vision for the architecture of custom applications developed with its tools. This architecture allows programmers to attach a variety of processing algorithms--and user interfaces--to a common database. The book provides conceptual information before giving some details on the technologies used to implement it in various situations.

Chief among these technologies is Microsoft Site Server 3, the capabilities of which (along with Site Server Commerce Edition and Microsoft Transaction Server) receive much attention in these pages. Readers get a rundown on how to operate the servers in a variety of situations. One particularly useful example walks readers through the creation of a Web storefront with a minimal amount of coding, while another sets up a sophisticated system for displaying banner ads on Web pages.

In addition to outlining what the server software can do, the various contributors get into the mechanics of writing server-side scripts in the form of Active Server Pages (ASP) with embedded JavaScript, JScript, and VBScript. The authors include enough explanatory and illustrative material on each language that even novice programmers will feel comfortable.

The publisher ought to put more effort into copyediting future editions, though--Microsoft Commerce Solutions has too many spelling and grammar goofs. But if you're looking for a comprehensive introduction to the technologies Microsoft has for processing and publishing information, this book's for you. --David Wall

Product Details

• Paperback: 800 pages
• Publisher: Microsoft Press (April 24, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0735605793
• ISBN-13: 978-0735605794
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.3 x 1.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,902,125 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good overall picture, February 23, 2000

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Rak (Denver, CO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Microsoft Commerce Solutions (Paperback)

I have been searching a long time for a book (or article) that covered the Microsoft solutions suite for e-commerce but had no luck. Finally, a collegue of mine at work recommended this to me and I'm glad to say that my search has finally ended.

This book explains how all the different microsoft technologies piece together and the functions each of them serve. There were certain things I didn't quite like about the book however. I thought the chapter covering asp and html was unnecessary as you cannot pack those two into a single chapter each. That would have dropped some weight and $$ off this book too.

If you are looking to learn about e-commerce infrastructures and also what it takes to set up a site using the microsoft dna, then this is THE book to refer to. You do not have to read this chapter by chapter (I didn't) as each chapter is self-contained.

And here's something else you might find useful too. If you are about to implement a site using the microsoft dna, then go the http://www.microsoft.com/seminar site too. Much of this book is covered by those free online seminars and you'll also get handy security and performance tuning tips (but still get the book, it's a good one to read on the bus/train).

Good Luck !

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book!, December 22, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Microsoft Commerce Solutions (Paperback)

This is an excellent book on e-commerce. I found what I was looking for - a complete overview of e-commerce technology. The writers describes everything you want to (and need to) know when you plan to developing an e-commerce site. Although this book is specifically discuss the solution provided from Microsoft only, we can easily relate it to other vendors' products.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy to read, good breadth and depth of material, October 7, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Microsoft Commerce Solutions (Paperback)

This is a great book! It covers a lot of ground, yet drills down where appropriate with easy-to-understand code samples. Highly recommended for anybody developing Microsoft DNA web commerce apps.