Brazil starter store

The Brazil starter store demonstrates best practices in store development with WebSphere Commerce, and can act as a base for implementing Brazilian storefronts. It uses Rich Internet Application (RIA) technologies such as Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (Ajax) and Dojo widgets to provide customers with an interactive and rich shopping experience. It addresses many common web customization issues, by using CSS and DIV tags for page layout, design, and styling, rather than overusing table elements throughout the page. The store can be used as a stand-alone store by using the consumer direct business model or as an asset store in the Extended Sites business model.

The Brazil starter store delivers feature-rich and interactive web applications that are compatible across platforms and browsers by taking advantage of Ajax and Dojo widget technologies. Ajax technologies enable web applications to retrieve data from the server asynchronously, while the browsing session remains intact. That is, refresh areas are present in pages for areas where content can be changed on the page, such as a shopping cart. Dojo widgets enable the store users to dynamically interact with the pages, such as adding the ability to quickly view product information, rather than navigating to the specific individual product pages.

WebSphere Commerce services are used in the Brazil starter store for all marketing, member, and order component interactions. Product attributes are retrieved using catalog services. However, the store uses data beans and commands when required, as all runtime functionality is not available by using services alone.