build a e-commerce website?

Hi,

I am trying to build a e-commerce website(like eBay and onsale.com) for my dissertation. but I am quite new to e-commerce project. Now I've chosen JSP, Java Servlet and MySQL to deploy my project, but I've no idea of how to make it and even where to start, only two months to the deadline and I feel panic.

Can someone show me a tutorial of how to build a e-commerce website with code example or some forum related to this area?

Thank you in advance!!!

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your worse than me
you shoul have chose php and mysql, atleast thats easier to get tutorials try hotscripts.com they have tutorials

As old-fashioned as it sounds, I would sit down and really think about what you need in this project. You're going to need item detail pages, hopefully pictures, a shopping cart, probably search capabilities, and so much more.

Browse e-commerce sites and see what kinds of features they have.

Then I would sit down and design the databases. This can be tough when you have a tight schedule; however, doing it once the correct way will save a lot of wasted time in the future.

After that, I'd think about any kinds of forms and interaction with the users. How are pages going to be navigated? Do the users need accounts for anything?

If you sit down and code now, you're going to waste the whole two months rewriting code as you come across new bugs and such.

Plan strong. Spend the next few weeks planning and designing on paper. Write lists of all your objects and their methods. Think of which objects interact with which pieces of data in the db.

After you are sure of everything, start writing the code. Create your databases to include all the data you need. Make sure your data types and field sizes are what you need.

Then start designing your HTML pages, how you want the layout to appear. Anything that is dynamic, just scribble in and fill it in later with the appropriate code.

DevShed has a three-part series in the PHP section called "Building an e-commerce site". Read that through to see what is involved. The same things will be needed regardless of the language you develop it in.

Two months is not enough time to create an aution site like Ebay and such.

Your talking 2 man years atleast. I have done it for retail E-Commerce with 100,000+ lines of Java/XML/XSL/DHTML code.

Now I need to make some money from it.

I beg to differ. You can create an auction site in about month. It may take years to create one as SUCCESSFUL as eBay and such, but that was never a requirement...

The original post said like ebay. Yea a simple non functioning auction site in php with the mininum could take a few months, but the code would be worthless for something like ebay.

I figured he was referring to the functionality of eBay, not necessarily the the demand and load of eBay. How many times to people build sites for millions of users for thesis projects (not counting those that evolve from such over time...)?

I recomend using an e-commerce website template with everything included. This is a great source we found, various technologies.

I don't want to sound all "mod" like, but please refrain from resurrecting dead threads. The original post was in June and he/she said they have a 2 month deadline.. which means that this project ended at least 4 months ago. I doubt he/she has a need for your link.

Others may, so if you feel so inclined, think about sharing that stuff in a new topic or something.

I got hired to make a shopping cart from scratch with payment gateway & fedex tracking gateway in 2 wks. Pain in the ***

But I DID choose php/mysql... and I think this IS a great (if not best) option.

I guess it wasn't SO bad, but expect to spend some sleepless nights on it (especially if you're aiming for something more elaborate than a shopping cart)

check out scott-stuff.com... of course you can't check out the code, but hey, it'll give you an idea of what I set up

or, cheat, pay someone to do it... ha ha ha

Good Luck
-jc