THE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AN E-COMMERCE
SITE FOR ONLINE BOOK SALES
By
tefera awetahegn
Project Report Submitted to the faculty of the
University Graduate School in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree
Master of Science in the
Department of Computer and Information Sciences mekelle university
May 2007
Committee Members:

Abstract
The business-to-consumer aspect of electronic commerce (e-commerce) is the most visible business use of the World Wide Web. The primary goal of an e-commerce site is to sell goods and services online.
This project deals with developing an e-commerce website for Online Book Sale.
It provides the user with a catalog of different books available for purchase in the store.
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8.6. CHECK OUT ........................................................................................................... 54
8.7. PURCHASE HISTORY.............................................................................................. 56
8.8. TRANSACTIONS IN THE APPLICATION................................................................... 61
9. LIMITATIONS AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT................................................ 65
10. CONCLUSION ......................................................................................................... 65
11. BIBLIOGRAPHY..................................................................................................... 67 vii LIST OF FIGURES
FIGURE 1 ENTITY RELATIONSHIP DIAGRAM (ERD) ............................................................. 4
FIGURE 2 FUNCTIONAL DECOMPOSITION DIAGRAM........................................................... 11
FIGURE 3 CUSTOMER - BROWSE CONTEXT DFD................................................................ 13
FIGURE 4 CUSTOMER - BROWSE DETAILED DFD............................................................... 13
FIGURE 5 CUSTOMER – SHOPPING CART CONTEXT DFD................................................... 14
FIGURE 6 CUSTOMER - SHOPPING CART DETAILED DFD................................................... 14
FIGURE 7 CUSTOMER - SHOPPING CART DETAILED