Coder’s Eye

My premiere e-commerce client, Oohgabooga Island Traders launched yesterday. After doing a little dance of happiness, I sat down to think through all that went into it.

I used the Satchmo e-commerce framework for Django to build it. Of course I did, because I am a core developer on Satchmo, and a peripheral contributor to Django. They’re my absolute favorite frameworks for actually getting web apps done without going crazy.

To get Oohgabooga done, I had to add tons to Satchmo. I added an entire settings management system, a modular payment system, newsletter management, and a custom-order workflow/product-type. The great thing about doing all that was that the framework let me. It didn’t force me to do it “their way” or no way at all like some systems (CubeCart). And it didn’t make me hate having to work with ugly ugly hacks (ZenCart). Best of all, it isn’t PHP.

At the moment I’ve got three more Satchmo clients. It is rapidly becoming the core of my consultancy, which is no surprise for me. The world needed a strong framework for people who need a beautiful, fast, customizable, extensible cart.

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