E-Commerce architects have a rather extensive set of tools at their disposal. This course explains the tools from which e-Commerce architectures can be built.

All of the elements of an e-Commerce solution are all equally important. In other words, web page authoring tools, browsers, server hardware, networks, web-based services, and databases are critical to the success of an e-Commerce architecture. All these elements have their place in an overall solution.
Each of these elements is best at providing a certain function for a given solution. For instance, the web page authoring tool allows the designer to create the Web site, the server hardware enables the created site to be broadcast over the Internet, and the database allows each transaction to be recorded.
Each of these elements needs to:

Since all of these elements are part of the e-Commerce universal solution set, in a sense these elements are all tools for the e-Commerce architect.
The following table provides an overview for each of the e-Commerce categories we will be discussing in this course.