Tutorial: Building a Large-Scale E-commerce site with Apache and mod_perl

[regic]

Description

mod_perl's speed and Perl's flexibility make them very attractive for large-scale sites. Through careful planning from the start, powerful application servers can be created for sites requiring excellent response times for dynamic content, such as eToys.com, all by using mod_perl.

Common Myths

When it comes to building a large e-commerce web site, everyone is full of advice. Developers will tell you that only a site built in C++ or Java (depending on which they prefer) can scale up to handle heavy traffic. Application server vendors will insist that you need a packaged all-in-one solution for the software. Hardware vendors will tell you that you need the top-of-the-line mega-machines to run a large site. This is a story about how we built a large e-commerce site using mainly open source software and commodity hardware. We did it, and you can do it too.

full tutorial: http://perl.apache.org/docs/tutorials/ap...etoys.html

If you don't want to build your own mod_perl shopping cart from scratch you can always download the free Interchange shopping cart at http://www.icdevgroup.org/i/dev

Backcountry.com uses Interchange http://www.backcountry.com/
Other sites using Interchange http://www.icdevgroup.org/i/dev/hall?id=oIpvBrxn&mv_pc=32

related topic: Using Apache's mod_perl and mod_deflate to scale dynamic websites

[bargainbloodhound]

IMDB.com Wired, del.icio.us, Forbes, and Slashdot are probably the largest sites running mod_perl...and uh, craigslist.