Pro ASP.NET 2.0 E-Commerce in C# 2005 (Expert's Voice in .NET)

Pro ASP.NET 2.0 E-Commerce in C# 2005 takes you through the e-commerce web application development cycle, from conception to coding to deployment and maintenance. It will also help you maximize your potential profits, learn what risks are involved, and take the necessary steps to minimize those risks. The book begins by introducing e-commerce systems and lays out the toolset. To help you learn about meeting and overcoming real-world challenges, the book features a case study of a fictional company, Little Italy Vineyards.

As you progress through the book, you'll focus on e-commerce requirements, then proceed to model the objects utilizing UML to generate and define the complete architecture for the example application. Once you put it all together, you'll address the site coding. In this section, author Paul Sarknas demonstrates how the practical application of modern programming techniques, like web services and Ajax, can have direct impact on your customers user experience and the success of your site.

After design and development are complete, the author focuses on utilizing the best deployment methods for maintaining the application and allowing maximum scalability. By the end of this book, you'll have all the skills youll need to begin creating professional quality e-commerce systems from the ground up.

Paul Sarknas serves as the president of his own consulting company, Sarknasoft Solutions, which provides enterprise solutions to a wide array of companies that utilize the .NET platform. Sarknas specializes in C#, ASP.NET, and SQL Server. He works intimately with all aspects of software including planning, gathering, designing, architecting, developing, testing, and deploying. Sarknas has worked with Microsoft technologies for over eight years and has used .NET since its early conception. Along with authoring and technical reviewing for Apress, Sarknas has also co-authored for WROX Press. Sarknas may be contacted via his consulting company's website, www.sarknasoft.com, or his personal site, www.paulsarknas.com. He welcomes questions and feedback of any kind.