The Web Store provides both an extensible e-Commerce application with best practice approaches, as well as a set of tools to build effective ASP.NET applications including business objects, easy to use custom data binding and a number of everyday reusable utility classes that can be used in any ASP.NET application. It's a lightweight, reusable framework and business layer for ASP.NET and .NET development.

Even if you don't plan on implementing an online store this application is an excellent example how to build a sophisticated Web application with .NET using business objects and a framework of support tools and services.

The application provides the following features:

• Full featured base e-Commerce Solution
  The Web Store provides a solid base Web Store implementation that is easy to extend and customize for your business needs. Out of the box the store is ready to go for many business scenarios. Our focus was not to build a store that works for every possible business scenario, but rather provide a base implementation that can be easily extended to fit different types of businesses. The Web Store serves as a base platform to build on top of for more specialized solutions.

  The base store installation is set up for software sales with electronic delivery (download confirmations) but it works equally well with inventory based items. Payment processing for a number of credit card gateway providers including Authorize.NET, Payflow and PayPal is directly integrated into the software. With our Web based setup you can be up and running taking orders in minutes.
   

• Complete, easy to use Business Object Framework and Data Access Layer
  The Web Store is based on a light weight and easy to use business object framework. The framework abstracts away much of the Data Access logic needed in the front end by providing high level routines to retrieve and update data without writing SQL code for common operations. The business object layer splits the business layer and the data access layer which supports multiple backends (Sql Server/MSDE, VistaDb, FoxPro, MySql, OleDb). The high level support for common operations reduce writing of data access drastically.

  In fact around 85% of the business logic in the Web store does not use manual SQL but relies on object relationships and the built in CRUD logic to provide efficient interaction between the front end application and the database backend. The wwBusiness framework still provides full control over data access. It uses ADO.NET internally and pushes ADO.NET objects to the front end so databinding and front end code uses familar DataSets, DataTables and DataRows. But it also provides a much easier way to retrieve these objects. Of course, if necessary you can also continue to use raw ADO.NET to perform data access in conjunction with the business objects.

  A powerful set of tools for databinding and validation makes short work of building data intensive input forms. The wwDataBinder control provides easy two-way databinding for simple control binding between data and objects and control properties. The extender control  

• Reusable Framework of Components
  The Web Store also includes many support classes that are useful for any type of Web Application. Among the tools are a full set two-way databinding controls that provide codeless data entry binding. System components include a sophisticated Configuration Settings Manager, WebErrorHandler and Logger, Request Logger, generic message display handler, easy to use HTTP and SMTP components and a host of utility functions and classes that are reusable in any application. In addition, the Web Store puts all of these pieces together into a functioning application so that you can see how the pieces are inter-related and fit into the context of a full business application. And finally - you get all the C# source code for all of this functionality so you can reuse it and extend it in your own applications.

Don't waste your time re-inventing the wheel - see how it's done the easy way and do it right the first time.

Still not sure? You can get an idea of how the store looks and works by checking out our online documentation or downloading our shareware version that lets you take the store for a spin. The documentation contains walkthroughs, step by step guides and a complete class reference of the tools that come with this package. Take a look and see what you're missing.

Requirements:
Microsoft .NET Runtime 4.5 later
Visual Studio 2012 or Visual Studio 2013
Microsoft Sql Server or Microsoft Sql Server Express

Purchasing West Wind Web Store .NET

You can purchase the West Wind Web Store in the West Wind Online Store via secure link with Visa, Mastercard or American Express or using PayPal. For additional payment options and licensing please see our pricing pages.  

Customization available
Need a custom solution developed? Maybe we can help. We specialize in extending West Wind Web Store applications to server other vertical business needs with custom development services. For more information please contact:

Rick Strahl
West Wind Technologies
rstrahl@west-wind.com
(503) 914-6335