Learn how to build winning e-business/e-commerce solutions, start to finish! In this 1000-page book, the best-selling authors of the how to program series apply their proven methodology and signature "Live code" approach to teaching web-based e-business/e-commerce development! You'll find nearly 100 case studies and real-life examples from the world's leading e-business sites, plus hundreds of demonstrations and simulations covering every key component, from shopping carts to intelligent agents. Hundreds of expert tips offer invaluable insight into good programming practices, avoiding errors, maximizing performance, testing, and debugging. Whether you're building from scratch or choosing a turnkey solution, this book covers every key element: architecture, hardware, software, tools, networking, consulting -- even legal, social, and marketing issues. The accompanying cd-rom contains all source code from the book, software from multiple vendors, plus links to hundreds of web-based demos and developer's resources.