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Development of a large ecommerce system could cost millions of dollars.
An ecommerce system may consist of many individual applications. In responding
to the ever-changing nature of the marketplace, new functionality is continuously
added to the existing applications, and new applications are developed to meet
the needs of emerging opportunities. A sound Web application architecture is critical for web application design, consistent technical standards across applications, high level of code reusability, and
evolution of ecommerce systems and applications.
For 3 tier implementation of Web Application Architecture, JSP or ASP are commonly used for dynamic content, business logic tier is usually powered by a Java Application Server, and data tier is usually powered by a relational database server.
Criteria of Evaluating Architecture Options cost of initial development, complexity of development, performance and evolution of the applications 3 Tier Architecture presentation layer, business logical layer and persistence layer 3 Tiers of Business Applications end user, client admin and service admin 3 Options of Code Sharing enterprise option, network option and hybrid option Common Business Components benefits of component development, characterestics of business component and common business components
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