Commerce Server Blog

Commerce server Foundation is newly introduced in CS2009. I got excited after seeing the advantages we get with CS foundation (Sep or Oct 2008). The only option I got is to go through MSDN and it is so vast and there is no structure, how & where to start? I tried to learn by going through topics sequentially but lost in many places (especially in relations and relationships).

After couple of weeks, what I found is that I am trying to swim the ocean without swimming in the pond. I don’t know .NET Entity framework and Commerce server foundation is an entity framework. I decided to learn .NET entity framework before learning CS foundation. I had gone through couple of ebooks (in books24×7 – only basics – first few chapters), like “Entity Framework Tutorial – Joydip Kanjilal” and able to understand the concepts of the framework. It became too easy for me when I tried to map the concepts back to CS foundation and I felt Microsoft has provided vast information on CS 2009 features in MSDN .

My Point of view: Learn the concepts and try to map them back to new features in CS foundation and definitely you can able to understand the things mentioned in MSDN. I also feel, Microsoft should have given such references to learn before jumping into CS foundation.