I need to build an order-entry and tracking system for a Food Co-op. I was excited about using Python/web2py, but I'm struggling with the fact that existing e-commerce systems seem to have about 70% of the functionality I need. I don't need stuff like shipping addresses, postal prices and online features like a payment gateway - at least initially. And I think I will need to do a lot of customization - complicated discounts for products and members, a store->producer order/tracking flow (in addition to customer->store), printing invoices with line-item UPCs that can be printed and brought to a register for payment, and so on. But all the rest of it is already there - product catalog, customer_to_order relations, order status/ tracking, (some) notifications, etc.
My concern is that the 30% customization on the existing system will be more of a headache than building a clean system from scratch with nothing I don't need. Or is it silly to build a system that is 70% wheel-reinventing? Should I try to work with an existing project like Django/Satchmo and save my web2py project for something more unique? Thanks in advance for any tips. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To post to this group, send email to web...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en.
