jshirley at gmail
Nov 17, 2009, 7:03 AM
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On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 11:09 PM, proudd [at] gmail <proudd [at] gmail> wrote:
> I asked this exact same question a couple of weeks ago:
> http://www.mail-archive.com/catalyst [at] lists/msg08108.html. I am
> still hoping to glean some wisdom from more seasoned catalyst users on this
> list! It would be wonderful to get some ideas/guidance on
> e-commerce+catalyst.
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> On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 5:11 PM, Pavel O. Korovkin <pavel [at] yepcorp>wrote:
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>> Hello,
>>
>> After looking around I've found Handel and built on top of it Mango.
>> Is there any other e-commerce modules/solutions/etc based on Catalyst?
>> Who uses Mango&Handel in their own project - can comment anything?
>> Both projects seems to be non actively developed. Is it means dead-end
>> or perfect solution? =) Well, anything on e-commerce and catalyst is
>> very appreciated!
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>> Pavel
>>
>>
I've never used Handel, or really looked into it (nor Mango). I can tell
you that most people will just roll their own ecommerce implementation, and
there are plenty of CPAN modules to make it very easy to do so.
I think the general philosophy here, or at least one that I hold, is that it
is just as easy to build your own ecommerce site with the available tools
than it would be to customize a framework-based system. If you don't need
customization there are also plenty of tools out there to build up a
store-front.
If you do opt to go the DIY route, here are some tips for building it:
* Use Catalyst::Action::REST for CRUD, simplifying your code by delegating
to _POST actions
* DBIx::Class for the ORM
* DBIx::Class::EncodedColumn for encrypting your credit card fields
Myself and gphat are working on Business::Payment, a Moose-y role based
implementation for processing credit cards. I've written an Authorize.NET
handler that works quite well. You can snag this from github at:
http://github.com/gphat/Business-Payment/
http://github.com/jshirley/Business-Payment-AuthorizeNet
-J
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