dStore webservice_SmartGate
Goals
Enable access to dStore data returned in XML via RESTful HTTP
Benefits
- Reducing database load
- Simplification of data retrieval for frontend web development
- Standardization of data access
- Removal of a required legacy data access library
- Enabling full text search on product data
Functions
- Technical lead
- Development of prototype
- Converting prototype to operational backend
- Introducing an intermediate layer for data retrieval cached with Spymemcached
to reduce database load
- Integration of Saxon as replacement for standard JAXP implementation to
support newer XSLT version
- Integration of Lucene to
- Integrate full text search and
- have secondary data store to further reduce database load
- Conversion from ant to maven multi module build
- Integration of Artifactory as Maven repository for hosting of corporate artifacts
- Introducing Jenkins as CI server to standardize build process
- Introducing Mockito to reduce test dependencies
- Integration of online help system for use by frontend developers with
Velocity and XML
- Accompanying bringing the system into production
- Third level support
Technologies
Java, Restlet, JAXP, Saxon, Memcached, Lucene, Velocity, Sybase ASE, Ant/Maven, SVN/Git
Customer project Selenium Webtests (2011)
Goals
Create a project for testing crucial website functionality
Benefits
- Securing crucial order process functionality
- Automation of manual test execution
- Automation of browser specific testing
Functions
- Initial project setup with Ant and TestNG
- Creation of parameterized basic test structure to build upon
- Conversion to maven
Technologies
Java, Selenium, TestNG, Ant/Maven, Jenkins
dStore admin_SmartGate
Goals
Replace PHP based administration backend
Benefits
- Standardization of administration interface
- Conceptional simplification for end users
- Simultaneous display of all data required for several use cases
- Simplification of end user workflow by providing standardized desktops
- Simplification of customer support
Functions
- Technical lead
- Evaluation of RMI as architecture base
- Prototyping
- System development
- Introduction of Scrum to stabilize development process
- Introduction of quality metrics and automated tests for quality assurance
- Implementing an own CI server based on Ant and shell scripts
- Implementing the concept of desktops
- Creation of installers
- Implementing automatic update process, later replaced by Java Web Start
- Integration of a plugin concept to integrate customer specific modules
- Migrating project from Ant to Maven
- first and second level support
Technologies
Java, JDBC, RMI, Infonode Docking Windows, Swing, SwingX, JasperReports, Java Webstart, CVS,
SVN, Git, Ant, Maven
Goals
Integrate Creditreform/Boniversum CEG into order process
Benefits
automated determination of granted payment methods during order taking
Functions
- Implementation with PHP
- Integration into order taking
Technologies
PHP, CURL
Customer project “Optimization of article data retrieval for online shops” (2006)
Goals
Optimize retrieval of required article data for frontend display
Benefits
- Simplification of article data retrieval by web frontend programmers
- Load reduction on database by using Memcached als intermediate layer
Technologies
PHP, Memcached
Customer project “Custom Order-Management” (2005)
Goals
Develop an order management system from customer requirements based on dStore platform and
admin_SmartGate (see above)
Benefits
- Mapping of business processes
- Optimization of order taking
Functions
- Initial development and project setup
- Integration of JasperReports for order printing
- Enable creation of custom reports (customer can select printed columns via GUI)
- UI development
Technologies
Java, JDBC, JasperReports, Swing
Customer project “Online-Shop relaunch” (2004)
Goals
Relaunch customer web shop
Benefits
- New design
- Integration of new functionality
Functions
- Implementation of community module based on PHP
- New search functionality
Technologies
PHP, HTML, CSS, Sybase ASE
