e-CommerceDrupal Camp Sydney - 18 Oct 2008

Who am I

A long time member of the Drupal community. About 7 yrs

Full time Drupal consultant

Lead maintainer of the e-Commerce system

e-Commerce v4.xDrupal 6 only

Less is more!

The new e-Commerce

Smaller foot print, in both modules and memory required.

Standardized naming conventions.

Core will only have the following modules:- ec_common, ec_customer, ec_anon, ec_address, ec_product, ec_available, ec_cart, ec_buynow, ec_checkout, ec_charge, ec_store, ec_receipt, ec_paypal

Schema API Integration

All tables are updated with drupal_write_record()

Most places will user SELECT * FROM... to load rows

Entire record stored so it can be reused.

Tables can be easily extended with no changes to the core system.

Less Code!

Use of Drupal 6.x Themeing

Use of templates where possible.

Make more localized by using template name conventions to have different templates for different areas.

Much easier for shop owners to brand their shop.

Actions and Rules integration

Transaction workflows are 100% customizable.

Allows e-Commerce to have more workflow statuses.

Time base events can help keep system workload cleaners

NO MORE ec mail!

Views integration

Using views on all reports

Allows shop owners to changes reports to meet their needs

Adding new reports are easy and will require no changes

No developer required!

Major time saving.

Use of “Views Bulk Operations”

Views can be build to execute actions on transactions.

http://drupal.org/project/views_bulk_operations

Significant Dates

6.x-4.0-Beta1 - 31 Oct 2008

6.x-4.0-Beta2

6.x-4.0-Beta3

6.x-4.0-RC1 - ~1 Jan 2009

6.x-4.0 - 1 Feb 2009

Questions