Re: Is Satchmo a good framework?

On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 7:56 AM, kenneth gonsalves
<lawgon@thenilgiris.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 2011-09-22 at 08:45 -0300, Renato Beserra wrote:
>> 1) Is satchmo a good choice for a simple project?
>
> it is good - but for a simple project you may may also look at
> satchless.
>>
>> 2) How different is it from a regular django app? I mean, will my
>> Django background - and code - be useful?  Do they build some kind of
>> abstraction layer on top of it?
>>
>
> it is a regular django project - so your django knowledge will come in
> handy.
> --
> regards
> Kenneth Gonsalves

I have to agree that it is good. It has been a while (in software development
terms) so things may have improved, but my nits were:

1. If the customer wants something unusual, such as a funky quantity discount
structure, the mods were tougher than I would have hoped (had to fight the
structure a little).

2. All of the payment methods offered involved handling credit card numbers on
site and passing them to a processer (Authorize.net, for example), rather than
using the scheme where at checkout you redirect to the processor, who, possibly
using your logo and colors, takes the card number while displaying an item list
and price summary, then contacts you on a back channel to say that the order
has been paid, and redirects the customer to your designated thank you page.
Keeping the credit card numbers off of the site makes PCI (payment
card industry)
compliance much simpler.

Bill

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