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Designing Systems for Internet Commerce (2nd Edition)
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by G. Winfield Treese and Lawrence C. Stewart
Sales Rank: 213411
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List Price: $49.99
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Paperback: 496 pages
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional; 2 edition October 12, 2002
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0201760355
ISBN-13: 978-0201760354
Product Dimensions:
9.1 x 7.3 x 1.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
Product Review
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Designing Systems for Internet Commerce is the first book I've seen that goes in the opposite direction, relying almost exclusively on bulleted lists to walk the reader through the elements of designing and implementing an electronic commerce system. I have mixed feelings about this approach. On the one hand, if the reader is using the book as a reference and doesn't care about its cover-to-cover readability, Designing Systems for Internet Commerce is packed with useful information in a compact, easily digested format. For the reader in search of a book with something akin to a traditional narrative structure, however, the constant flow of high-density information can be a real turn-off. I brought the latter viewpoint to my examination and came away flat, which is reflected in the below average "readability" score at the end of this review. -- Curtis D. Frye, Dr. Dobb's Journal -- Dr. Dobb's Journal
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Product Description
A guide to the business and technical considerations of building systems for pursuing commerce on the Internet. Discusses such aspects as consumer retail, business to business, and information commerce business models, privacy versus merchandising. Softcover. Previous edition c1998.
Customer Reviews & Comments
This review is from: Designing Systems for Internet Commerce (Paperback)
This book feels to me like the authors came from a teaching background, had a few original ideas about how to cover certain broad topics in their own personal way, and then went overboard saying the same things over and over again as if paid by the word. I had to buy this book because it was required for a class at Regis University Online. I would have preferred to choose my own book. I started reading diligently and eventually came to the conclusion that the book was a waste of time. Even if the blithering was taken out and the useful information condensed, the book still wouldn't be saying very much. Here's an example from chapter 5, "Conflicting Goals and Requirements." The reader expects to learn how to balance the two. Instead, we get this (this is the chapter summary): "Whenever different participants in a system have different goals and requirements, there is a potential for conflict. This is particularly true in a new industry like Internet commerce, where there are few established standards. Our advice is to build a list of the participants in your system, and to be very clear about their goals, interests, and agendas. Understanding the participants, their goals, and their interests is very important in framing both the business problem and the technical challenges to be overcome." ...huh? No answers, just laborious advice telling you to be aware of the problem. I would expect this sort of thing from a nerdy friend that thinks he knows what he's talking about and just likes to hear himself talk. Or from a business meeting where people like to make lists but don't have a clue about what to do about the issues at hand. If you really, truly don't have a clue about Internet commerce, and want to read 350 pages of monotony and still not have a clue, this book may be of interest to you. But if you're intelligent enough to be reading reviews first, you know enough to look elsewhere.
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Designing Systems for Internet Commerce (2nd Edition)
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