Design and implementation of an online shopping system (e-commerce)

Description

Abstract The project design and implementation of online shopping system (eCommerce) is an attempt towards computerizing the operations (transactions) taking place in the store. The rapid pace of technological changes in business and high demand for goods motivated the researcher to develop an application that improves manual operations of the transactions which are naturally prone to errors and time wastage. The on-line shopping system will enable customers to request, pay and get products through the internet. The researcher conducted the research and captured the data through primary and secondary sources. The data obtained were then used for the analysis of the previous method of operation and transaction on one hand and then for designing an online method of purchase on the other hand. Recommendations are provided as it affects the work done and also areas of possible future research. The new system was designed using PHP programming language and MySQL database. This language was chosen because of its wealth of class libraries and features for developing online-based applications. .