Getting Started Building Your Commerce Server Web Application
For the latest version of Commerce Server 2007 Help, see the Microsoft Web site.
When you are ready to begin to develop your Commerce Server Web application, you have four choices:
You can download the Commerce Server Starter Site, which provides a generic starting point from which to customize your own Commerce Server Web application. The Commerce Server Starter Site has been designed for real-world performance requirements, and is intended to give you with a production-ready starting point. To download the Commerce Server Starter Site that includes its own stand-alone documentation, see https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=8291.
You can use the Commerce Server Project Wizard within Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 or Visual Studio 2008 to add Commerce Server functionality to an existing Web application. For step-by-step instructions, see How to Create a Commerce Server Application in Visual Studio. Make sure that, in step 5, you provide the URL of your existing Visual Basic or C# Web application.
You can unpack the CSharp site package that is included with Commerce Server and use it as a starting point for your Web application development. For step-by-step instructions, see How to Unpack a Site on the Business Management Server.
You can use the Commerce Server Project Wizard within Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 or Visual Studio 2008 to create a new Commerce Server Web application that uses either Visual Basic or C#. For step-by-step instructions, see How to Create a Commerce Server Application in Visual Studio.