Some eCommerce platform comparison
June 8th, 2010
As a PHP developer, I always need to pick up a weapon to complete a certain task. And recently I have met a potential client who wants to develop an eCommerce site. So the first things comes to my mind is to do a research on popular eCommerce platform. I google around and find four popular open source eCommerce platforms on the web. And they are magento, oscommerce, opencart and prestaShop.
And below are some factors I found useful to myself.
| Magento | Oscommerce | Opencart | PrestaShop | |
| Default Template | elegant | simple | elegant | normal |
| Code Design Pattern | MVC | unknown | MVC | MVC |
| Template engine | Zend Framework template system | unknown | simple template | smarty template engine |
| Extensibility | excellent | poor | medium | medium |
| Url | link | link | link | link |
| Remarks | Developed by Zend Framework | It has been market for long, and it is considered as a old solution |
I hope you find my simple research useful for you too.
