Using the Developer Portal

The Developer Portal is suite of Commerce Server tools integrated with Visual Studio .NET, the Developer Portal includes a project creation wizard that enables developers to create Commerce Server projects from the Visual Studio .NET environment, and schema designers to create profiling and product catalog systems that are hosted in the Visual Studio .NET environment.

Using the Developer Portal you can access the following:

• DataBinding Expression Builder
• Commerce Server Resources
• Commerce Server Manager
• Pipeline Editor
• Business Desk application
• Catalog Definition Designer
• Profile Definition Designer

Note

• The Developer Portal tools are only available in Commerce Projects. For more information about creating a Commerce Project or adding Commerce Server to your existing Projects, see Creating a Commerce Project and Enabling Commerce Server in an Existing Web Project.

This section contains:

• Binding Commerce Data to a Web Form
• Adding and Modifying Application Resources
• Accessing Commerce Server Manager
• Accessing the Pipeline Editor
• Accessing Business Desk
• Accessing the Catalog Definition Designer
• Accessing the Profile Definition Designer

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