E-Commerce Technologies and Infrastructures (HTML Format)

• Application architectures
• Architectural Dimensions
• Basic Design Principles
• A: System Structures
• Centralized Repository
• Data-Flow
• Object-Oriented
• Layered
• Hierarchies
• Control Models
• Event-Driven Systems
• System Manager
• State Transition
• B: Element Packaging Approaches
• Module
• Namespace
• Object
• Generic Implementation
• Abstract Data Type
• Library
• Component
• Process
• Data Repository
• C: Architectural Reuse
• Framework
• Code Wizard
• Design Patterns
• Domain-Specific and Reference Architectures
• D: Web Services Architecture
• Web Service Technologies
• WSA Models
• Message Oriented Model
• Service Oriented Model
• Resource Oriented Model
• Policy Model
• Management Model
• Bibliography
• Database systems
• Advantages
• Problems and Limitations
• Levels of Abstraction
• Data Independence
• Database Design
• Entities and Attributes
• The Entity Relationship Model
• The Relational Model
• Redundancy
• The Structured Query Language
• SQL Table Definition and Data Manipulation
• SQL Queries
• Query By Example
• Additional SQL Query Constructs
• Views
• Indexes
• Security Issues
• Transaction Management
• Crash Recovery
• The Database Administrator
• User Profiles
• RAID Storage
• XML Concepts
• XML Syntax
• Document Type Definitions
• Bibliography
• System administration
• Client Workstations
• Servers
• Services
• Debugging Techniques
• The Fix-Once Principle
• Namespaces
• Disaster Planning and Recovery
• Change Management
• Upgrades
• Centralising and Decentralising
• The Helpdesk Service
• Customer Support
• Organising the Data Centre
• Network Management
• Email Services
• Backups
• References
• Discussion Topics
• Software development
• The Software Development Process
• Process Maturity
• Software Process Models
• Requirement Types
• Requirement Drivers
• Elicitation Techniques
• Non-functional Requirements
• Non-functional Requirement Metrics
• Requirement Management
• Advantages of Prototype Development
• Prototype Development Techniques
• Implementation Guidelines
• Development Tools
• Domain-specific Languages
• Reuse Methods
• Reuse: the Pros and Cons
• Optimisation
• Database Optimisation Techniques
• Portability
• Internationalisation and Localisation
• Principles of Testing
• Maintenance Types and Strategies
• Configuration Management
• Project Management Pitfalls
• Project Management
• Project Staffing Case Study
• Cost Models
• 10 Productivity Aphorisms
• Agile Development
• eXtreme Programming
• Bibliography