This document provides an overview of Sitecore Experience Commerce. It begins with definitions of e-commerce and how e-commerce is changing with a shift to more flexible architectures. It then introduces Sitecore Experience Commerce as an integrated platform that provides features like catalogs, inventory, pricing, and promotions to enable personalized omnichannel experiences. It highlights the extensibility, accelerated development, and integration capabilities of Sitecore Experience Commerce. The document concludes with demonstrations of the platform's capabilities.
9. “Gartner is seeing a shift in architecture from historical
"monolithic" digital commerce platforms with integrated UI
and product catalog functionality to a more flexible,
componentized architecture.”
Gartner
29. “The… plugin architecture pattern… consists of two types of
architecture components: a core system and plug-in modules.
Application logic is divided between independent plug-in modules
and the basic core system, providing extensibility, flexibility, and
isolation of application features and custom processing logic. ”
(Software architecture patterns by Mark Richards - OReilly).
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