Ask HN: Reasonable scope for a beginner web dev?

Re:Ask HN: Reasonable scope for a beginner web dev? by aosaigh on Friday June 17, 2022 @04:46AM (#31775635)

If you go ahead with this, you’re not building a website, you’re building an app - essentially a micro e-commerce platform.

I’ve built out a custom e-commerce app with Django for a client. Very similar to your requirements - product options, cart, orders etc.. There is a lot more than you think.

We actually championed using Shopify in the beginning but the client needed custom functionality and integration with a legacy system so we had to go with Django.

I would strongly suggest using something off-the-shelf if you can. There is a lot of work and maintenance in even a "small" app like this.

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Re:Ask HN: Reasonable scope for a beginner web dev? by tannershmoog on Friday June 17, 2022 @06:55PM (#31785516)

I can use shopify, is that what you would recommend? The goal is just to get something that looks nice and works for minimal cost for the client, and to learn some professionally applicable skills for me.

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