E-Commerce in Java. Pluses and minuses. Your opinion matters!!!!!!!
Posted Thu, 24/09/2009 - 14:32 by peterk
Hi,
I invite you to disscuss that topic , please provide you input and comments.
My questions:
1.
Why java is relatively outsider in matters of small-businesses and e-commerce?
Except historical reasons, what reasons would you list?
2.
What conditions should we have(endorse) to bring java more closely to e-commerce?
I mean both: technological and business ideas and conditions.
3.
Where are the STRONG sides of java in e-commerce in comparison to PHP, .Net, etc?
4.
What good java e-commerce applications, solutions would you recommend?
5.
What bad examples of java and e-commerce, that you experienced? Please, elaborate.
6. Say whatever you think matters.
Thanks a lot!!!
Comments
I just dealt with selecting e-commerce framework, so I can tell what I saw right now (without history).
1.
It's technically very easy to copy osCommerce to a basic hosting and to configure .htaccess to start using PHP-based solution. On windows hosting, .Net site would be no-brainer as well.
Installation of Java application would require more expansive hosting with ability to install my own Tomcat and knowledge how to configure it.
2.
Apache httpd server is able to serve thousands of low-traffic PHP "applications". For java hosting, every project needs a separate running process even if there is no traffic for a few days. So Java simply cannot compete with low-end LAMP hosting.
Theoretically, there may be Java hosting which runs applications from different virtual hosts on the same application server, but I would not trust it.
BTW PHP solution not only enables to start cheap, it holds well even for a small cluster. This is the limit vast majority of e-commerce suppliers never outgrow.
3.
It might have advantages in transactions, single sign on, web services etc. I would select Java solution if I started a shop today, because it would be easier for me to customize it.
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