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079 Slatwall ColdFusion eCommerce Unleashed (Beyond Shopping Carts) with Sumit Verma
Sumit Verma talks about “Slatwall ColdFusion eCommerce Unleashed (Beyond Shopping Carts)” in this episode of ColdFusion Alive podcast with host Michaela Light.
Show notes
What is Slatwall
Enterprise level eCommerce platform
More than just a shopping cart
A flexible way to build eCommerce websites that integrates easily with other software for payments, marketing, sales, shipping etc
Easy to customize for your individual business processes
In summary, you could create your own Amazon.com clone. But add on subscriptions, events, reviews.
“The headless commerce” - all the backend of eCommerce
Why use an eCommerce platform
Saves a lot time over custom coding
More flexible than a shopping cart
Security
PCI compliant
PA-DSS certified
GDPR
Reliability
SaaS, hosted on AWS
SLA and support
Auto-scaling
Monitoring
Investment
Free Open source for self-hosting
Full service SaaS ad$1500-5000/mo depending on level
Features
Total customization
MVC
Event-driven architecture
Integrations architecture
Collections - Custom data lists
Workflows
Templates (eg email)
Cart abandon email
Inventory notifications
Call any service methods
Automation
Events
Reports
REST API
Product catalog
Subscriptions
Tickets
Digital content
Product reviews
Taxes and shipping
Order management
Customer management
Inventory management
Promotions
Technology
CFML Server: Coldfusion 10+, Railo 4.0.1.003+, Lucee 4.5+
Database Engine: MySQL, Microsoft SQL or Oracle
Hibernate ORM
Operating System: Windows, Mac OSX, Linux
REST API
Integrations
Mura plugin, other CMSs
Payment processing - Stripe, Payflowpro, Authorize.net
Shipping - FedEx, UPS
ERP - SAP, Microsoft Dynamics, Netsuite, Micros (SaaS version)
Marketing - Marketo, Hubspot, Eloqua, Salesforce
New features available in Slatwall:
Collections
Pick, Pack, Ship
Accounting and Inventory Enhancements
QuickBooks Online
Other accounting interactions and exports
Point of Sale
Star Micronics m-pop with iPad
Sites using Slatwall
400+ developers using Slatwall
solve very complex eCommerce requirements while maintaining their legacy platforms.
CalPIA
TotalWine
Sotheby's
Inc Magazine
Scientific American
FastCompany magazine
Why are you proud to use CF?
RAD
Fast to get up to speed - cross training developers from other languages
Clean, concise code
WWIT to make CF more alive this year?
What are you looking forward to at MuraCon?
Mentioned in this episode
Slatwall
AWS
His MuraCon session Description:
Topic - Slatwall: eCommerce Unleashed
We take a closer look at some new Slatwall Projects that launched in 2017. Learn how these businesses leveraged the flexibility of the Slatwall platform to solve very complex eCommerce requirements while maintaining their legacy platforms.
CalPIA
TotalWine
Sotheby's
As we review these projects we will also highlight new features available in Slatwall:
Collections
Pick, Pack, Ship
Accounting and Inventory Enhancements
Point of Sale
Listen to the Audio
Bio
Sumit Verma
Sumit brings over 15 years of RIA, web development and technology management expertise to ten24. He is directly responsible for overseeing the development process for each project and managing ten24's technical infrastructure. Sumit has successfully implemented projects calling on his diverse skills that involve: E-Commerce Applications, ERP Applications, CRM Applications, Client/Server Solutions, System Analysis & Architecture, Database Designing and Administration, for clients such as Working Advantage, Pongo Resume, Stonyfield Farms and White’s Nursery.
Sumit also brings knowledge of core programming languages including: C, C++, COBOL, ColdFusion, Flex, PeopleSoft (Financials, HRMS), CRM (Siebel), Client / Server Solutions (Visual Basic) and Databases (Oracle, MS SQL Server, MySQL) using OOAD methodologies and modeling tools (Convoy DM, Rational).
Links
Slat Wall Commerce
LinkedIn
Twitter
Interview transcript
Michaela 0:01
Welcome back to the show. Today we're looking at snap wall cold fusion e commerce platform and how it unleashes you beyond the shopping cart and I'm here with summit Burma nearly made a mango of your name there. So it is.
And he, he's talking at Mira con in a few weeks. And we will look at what slap wall is, and why you want to use an e commerce platform. And we'll look at some of the amazing features inside that wall, including total order, customer management, inventory management, promotions, automation workflows, customer data lists, or a lot of integrations with other software for marketing, shipping
charging, the credit card mirror, of course, integrates with and we'll hear about some of the new features in slab wall. So welcome summit.
Sumit Verma 1:00
Thanks, Michael, for having me on the show. Glad to be here.
Read more
And to continue learning how to make your ColdFusion apps more modern and alive, I encourage you to download our free ColdFusion Alive Best Practices Checklist.Because… perhaps you are responsible for a mission-critical or revenue-generating CF application that you don’t trust 100%, where implementing new features is a painful ad-hoc process with slow turnaround even for simple requests.What if you have no contingency plan for a sudden developer departure or a server outage? Perhaps every time a new freelancer works on your site, something breaks. Or your application availability, security, and reliability are poor.And if you are depending on ColdFusion for your job, then you can’t afford to let your CF development methods die on the vine.You’re making a high-stakes bet that everything is going to be OK using the same old app creation ways in that one language — forever.All it would take is for your fellow CF developer to quit or for your CIO to decide to leave the (falsely) perceived sinking ship of CFML and you could lose everything—your project, your hard-won CF skills, and possibly even your job.Luckily, there are a number of simple, logical steps you can take now to protect yourself from these obvious risks.No Brainer ColdFusion Best Practices to Ensure You Thrive No Matter What Happens NextColdFusion Alive Best Practices ChecklistModern ColdFusion development best practices that reduce stress, inefficiency, project lifecycle costs while simultaneously increasing project velocity and innovation.√ Easily create a consistent server architecture across development, testing, and production√ A modern test environment to prevent bugs from spreading√ Automated continuous integration tools that work well with CF√ A portable development environment baked into your codebase… for free! Learn about these and many more strategies in our free ColdFusion Alive Best Practices Checklist.
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Sumit Verma talks about “Slatwall ColdFusion eCommerce Unleashed (Beyond Shopping Carts)” in this episode of ColdFusion Alive podcast with host Michaela Light.
Show notes
What is Slatwall
Enterprise level eCommerce platform
More than just a shopping cart
A flexible way to build eCommerce websites that integrates easily with other software for payments, marketing, sales, shipping etc
Easy to customize for your individual business processes
In summary, you could create your own Amazon.com clone. But add on subscriptions, events, reviews.
“The headless commerce” - all the backend of eCommerce
Why use an eCommerce platform
Saves a lot time over custom coding
More flexible than a shopping cart
Security
PCI compliant
PA-DSS certified
GDPR
Reliability
SaaS, hosted on AWS
SLA and support
Auto-scaling
Monitoring
Investment
Free Open source for self-hosting
Full service SaaS ad$1500-5000/mo depending on level
Features
Total customization
MVC
Event-driven architecture
Integrations architecture
Collections - Custom data lists
Workflows
Templates (eg email)
Cart abandon email
Inventory notifications
Call any service methods
Automation
Events
Reports
REST API
Product catalog
Subscriptions
Tickets
Digital content
Product reviews
Taxes and shipping
Order management
Customer management
Inventory management
Promotions
Technology
CFML Server: Coldfusion 10+, Railo 4.0.1.003+, Lucee 4.5+
Database Engine: MySQL, Microsoft SQL or Oracle
Hibernate ORM
Operating System: Windows, Mac OSX, Linux
REST API
Integrations
Mura plugin, other CMSs
Payment processing - Stripe, Payflowpro, Authorize.net
Shipping - FedEx, UPS
ERP - SAP, Microsoft Dynamics, Netsuite, Micros (SaaS version)
Marketing - Marketo, Hubspot, Eloqua, Salesforce
New features available in Slatwall:
Collections
Pick, Pack, Ship
Accounting and Inventory Enhancements
QuickBooks Online
Other accounting interactions and exports
Point of Sale
Star Micronics m-pop with iPad
Sites using Slatwall
400+ developers using Slatwall
solve very complex eCommerce requirements while maintaining their legacy platforms.
CalPIA
TotalWine
Sotheby's
Inc Magazine
Scientific American
FastCompany magazine
Why are you proud to use CF?
RAD
Fast to get up to speed - cross training developers from other languages
Clean, concise code
WWIT to make CF more alive this year?
What are you looking forward to at MuraCon?
Mentioned in this episode
Slatwall
AWS
His MuraCon session Description:
Topic - Slatwall: eCommerce Unleashed
We take a closer look at some new Slatwall Projects that launched in 2017. Learn how these businesses leveraged the flexibility of the Slatwall platform to solve very complex eCommerce requirements while maintaining their legacy platforms.
CalPIA
TotalWine
Sotheby's
As we review these projects we will also highlight new features available in Slatwall:
Collections
Pick, Pack, Ship
Accounting and Inventory Enhancements
Point of Sale
Listen to the Audio
Bio
Sumit Verma
Sumit brings over 15 years of RIA, web development and technology management expertise to ten24. He is directly responsible for overseeing the development process for each project and managing ten24's technical infrastructure. Sumit has successfully implemented projects calling on his diverse skills that involve: E-Commerce Applications, ERP Applications, CRM Applications, Client/Server Solutions, System Analysis & Architecture, Database Designing and Administration, for clients such as Working Advantage, Pongo Resume, Stonyfield Farms and White’s Nursery.
Sumit also brings knowledge of core programming languages including: C, C++, COBOL, ColdFusion, Flex, PeopleSoft (Financials, HRMS), CRM (Siebel), Client / Server Solutions (Visual Basic) and Databases (Oracle, MS SQL Server, MySQL) using OOAD methodologies and modeling tools (Convoy DM, Rational).
Links
Slat Wall Commerce
LinkedIn
Twitter
Interview transcript
Michaela 0:01
Welcome back to the show. Today we're looking at snap wall cold fusion e commerce platform and how it unleashes you beyond the shopping cart and I'm here with summit Burma nearly made a mango of your name there. So it is.
And he, he's talking at Mira con in a few weeks. And we will look at what slap wall is, and why you want to use an e commerce platform. And we'll look at some of the amazing features inside that wall, including total order, customer management, inventory management, promotions, automation workflows, customer data lists, or a lot of integrations with other software for marketing, shipping
charging, the credit card mirror, of course, integrates with and we'll hear about some of the new features in slab wall. So welcome summit.
Sumit Verma 1:00
Thanks, Michael, for having me on the show. Glad to be here.
Read more
And to continue learning how to make your ColdFusion apps more modern and alive, I encourage you to download our free ColdFusion Alive Best Practices Checklist.Because… perhaps you are responsible for a mission-critical or revenue-generating CF application that you don’t trust 100%, where implementing new features is a painful ad-hoc process with slow turnaround even for simple requests.What if you have no contingency plan for a sudden developer departure or a server outage? Perhaps every time a new freelancer works on your site, something breaks. Or your application availability, security, and reliability are poor.And if you are depending on ColdFusion for your job, then you can’t afford to let your CF development methods die on the vine.You’re making a high-stakes bet that everything is going to be OK using the same old app creation ways in that one language — forever.All it would take is for your fellow CF developer to quit or for your CIO to decide to leave the (falsely) perceived sinking ship of CFML and you could lose everything—your project, your hard-won CF skills, and possibly even your job.Luckily, there are a number of simple, logical steps you can take now to protect yourself from these obvious risks.No Brainer ColdFusion Best Practices to Ensure You Thrive No Matter What Happens NextColdFusion Alive Best Practices ChecklistModern ColdFusion development best practices that reduce stress, inefficiency, project lifecycle costs while simultaneously increasing project velocity and innovation.√ Easily create a consistent server architecture across development, testing, and production√ A modern test environment to prevent bugs from spreading√ Automated continuous integration tools that work well with CF√ A portable development environment baked into your codebase… for free! Learn about these and many more strategies in our free ColdFusion Alive Best Practices Checklist.