Toro

How would I go about making a shopping cart and a update manager? I have no ASP or PHP knowlegde what so ever? Will this take long to gain? I have this client requiring a program that he can have that will be able to update his shopping cart. How exactly can I do this and what language would be the easiest to do it in. I am willing to take any language on that will accomplish this. I have more Java skills than any other language. Can I do this easily with Java?

DaWei

You're going to need some server-side expertise, even if you do part of it on the client. I presume you're not going to use some cart software the client's host makes available? The total amount of work you're going to have to do will depend on how much you're doing in terms of inventory control. Maybe you're just subtracting the cart contents from inventory, maybe you're just counting it all up and billing it, to hell with inventory, and maybe you're doing a complete package including determining whether inventory quantities have fallen below a trigger point for ordering, and placing an order, if required. I can't imagine I would use Java. Personally, I would use PHP and a DB like mySQL. I might use Python if I had more expertise, but I'm a rank beginner with it. Your use of the term, 'update', throws me a little, unless you are talking some amount of inventory management.

If you know Java, you shouldn't have much difficulty picking up PHP. If you know C/C++, it should be a snap. I would say you need to formulate precisely what you are going to be required to do in your mind. A complete and thorough system will require more than programming knowledge. If your client knows all that stuff and has produced a detailed specification, then your work boils down to how to "solve the formula", so to speak. If you have to learn about inventory management and all its adjuncts, including purchasing, shipping, receiving, and all that hooraw, you're probably going to need to hit some books.

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Toro

Thanks for the reply DaWei. This is what the client wants. He wants a application and a website where he would use a shopping cart and he, himself, would load up his products that he wants to sell and have people have a register and keep track of item that they would like to purchase.]

EDIT: This is what he said