Overview of the Winestore Application
The winestore application was developed to meet the requirements outlined in Chapter 1. It has four separate modules that we discuss in this and the next three chapters:
- Customer management
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Becoming a member, amending membership details, logging in, and logging out. The scripts that implement this functionality are in this chapter. The web database application techniques illustrated include querying and writing data, sessions, post validation, batch error reporting, encryption of passwords, receipt pages to avoid the reload problem, and managing user authentication.
- Shopping cart
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Adding wines to a shopping cart, deleting items from the cart, adjusting quantities, and emptying the cart. The shopping cart is discussed in Chapter 11.
- Ordering and shipping
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Processing the cart so that it becomes an order, confirming shipping details by email, and confirming shipping details with an HTML receipt. These scripts are the subject of Chapter 12.
- Browsing and searching
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Searching and browsing the wines. The searching and browsing module is briefly outlined in Chapter 13, along with related topics.