Tutorial: Rapid store development and deployment
This tutorial shows you how to execute a rapid store development process. Rapid store development is a proven systematic procedure provided by IBM Software Services. Many successful projects have followed this concept, which encompass a wide portfolio of broad skills and integrations that lie well beyond the scope of this tutorial. However, the concept of reusing the WebSphere Commerce starter stores remains the same as a guide for accommodating a wide array of business requirements.
Learning objectives
After completing this tutorial, you should be able to do the following tasks:
- Edit the env.bat file to match the configuration
- Use the WebSphere Commerce utilities to reuse starter store assets
Time required
Expect this tutorial to take 2 hours to complete.
Audience
This tutorial is aimed at those people who would be developing stores using WebSphere Commerce and who would like to improve efficiency by reusing the assets of existing starter stores.
Prerequisites
To complete this tutorial you should be familiar with the following terms and concepts:
- massextract utility
- txttransfrom utility
- xmltransfrom utility
- idresgen utility
- massload utility
- Publish a store archive
Before you begin the tutorial, ensure you have completed the following prerequisites:
- Install WebSphere Commerce development environment.
- Publish the consumer direct sample store.
- Extract the included ZIP file to a temporary directory.
- Download the ZIP file containing all the code relating to this tutorial.
Lessons in this tutorial
- Background information
The WebSphere Commerce Rapid Solution Services Offering helps you quickly implement the commerce solution to take advantage of the rich default product features and thereby accelerate the time-to-value. By using this method, you should be able to understand, plan and execute the requirements in order to prepare a store for launch quickly and reliably.
- Update the env batch file
This section explains how to update env batch file.
- Run WebSphere Commerce utilities
This step explains the loading of the necessary assets into the store and also summarizes the tutorial.