Packt Publishing has recently asked me to review the “Getting Started with nopCommerce” book. I have just finished reading it and I found the book to be a good introduction to any new starters who want to build a website using nopCommerce. The book does not focus on the programming, coding or extension of nopCommerce online shop but it rather focuses on the functionality. The book is more of a practical guide on how to install, setup and configure your Ecommerce store and Online shop based on nopCommerce. It does not include .NET code samples or guides on how to programmatically extend nopCommerce.
The book seems to be trying to show non-developers how to setup and configure nopCommerce with plenty of step by step guides supported with Screen shots of nopCommerce. It is about 125 pages, so not a massive or large book to read but rather an introduction guide if you want to quickly get started with the core functionality of nopCommerce.
I found the book to be fairly useful for nopCommerce starters and I recommend to site owners or starters who want to learn how to deploy and configure their nopCommerce Online store.
In case you don’t know what nopCommerce is, or do, here is what it is:
nopCommerce is an open source e-commerce solution and online shop that contains both a catalog frontend and an administration tool backend. nopCommerce is a fully customizable shopping cart. It’s stable and highly usable. From downloads to documentation, nopCommerce.com offers a comprehensive base of information, resources, and support to the nopCommerce community.
nopCommerce is a fully customizable shopping cart. It’s stable and highly usable. nopCommerce is an open source e-commerce solution that is ASP.NET 4.5 (MVC 4) based with a MS SQL 2005 (or higher) backend database. Our easy-to-use shopping cart solution is uniquely suited for merchants that have outgrown existing systems, and may be hosted with your current web host or our hosting partners. It has everything you need to get started in selling physical and digital goods over the internet. nopCommerce offers unprecedented flexibility and control.
Since it is open-source, nopCommerce’s source code is available free for download.
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