Introduction

It is prudent to note that, ecommerce, which is popularly known as electronic commerce or internet commerce, refer to conducting business transaction, selling and buying of goods and services through internet, money transfer and use of data to execute the prospective transactions. Ecommerce generally refer to online transaction of physical products. Advancement of technology has led to the development of new ways of business transaction. Online transaction is as result of technological advancement. Conduction business online has simplified the terms of business, it has also bridged the gap between the buyers and sellers. The journey of ecommerce began in 1994 with just a single online transaction. Ever since then, online transaction has emerged as one of the leading business transaction techniques in the world currently. The development of ecommerce has made easier to discover, sell and buy through online retailers and intermediaries.

For instance, ecommerce has led to development of independent freelancers, small and retail business as well as large corporative. These companies have benefited from the development of ecommerce, the transaction of goods and services has been simplified as well as exchange of currency among the concerned parties (Salam, Rao & Pegels, 2003). E commerce has enhanced the development of globalization and it has bridged the gap of sellers and buyers. People from different regions of the world can now communicate effectively using online communication and thus making the transaction of goods and services more effective and profitable.

Consequently, online transaction and ecommerce is fostered by developed and advanced usage of programming languages which helps in coding and transaction of business more effective. Indeed, programming language can be perceived as the formal language which consists of various and different set of instructions that produce different king of output according to the command of the programmer. In other words, programming languages are used by computer programmers to execute different outputs based on the formulated algorithm. Currently, there are different and various types of programming languages that helps to execute programs according to the specification of the programmers and the nature of the work to be executed.

There are several elements that must be included in ecommerce strategic plan for it to be successful. Among the elements, three of them are of great importance to the performance of business enterprise and thus they should be implemented. These three elements include; statement of corporate goal and objective, statement of information technology goals and objectives and statement of resource requirement. For instance, achieving corporate goal and objective is a major priority to the organization and thus it should be reflected in the priorities for the information technology development. Successive decisions should be made on the management of health cares as well as allocation of all necessary inputs and resources required. Statement of corporate goal should be included in management department in steering committee. The reason why it should be included is to enhance proper management of online and ecommerce transactions.

Indeed, since the development of plankalkul in early 1900s, a large number of programming languages have been modelled, developed and implemented. These programming languages have specific domains which solve different problems and which are made of set of design decisions and compromises (Alpert et al., 2013). Different languages serve different purposes. Programming languages are of different types which are either strongly typed or loosed typed. Some of the programming languages provide support for project orientation and abstraction of data types. Programming languages provide memory management such as garbage collection or allow the developer to take control over heap allocation and recycling. They also provide closure to allow functions to be passed around like variables.

In business fraternity, programming languages serves different purposes such as executions of program that should be followed during execution of duties by employees. In website development, programming language purpose to offer a basic platform for execution of codes that help in website development and implementation (Huang, Zeng & Chen, 2007). For instance, every business entity makes receipt for every transaction done. The preparation of receipts is developed and implemented by the help of programming languages. Programmers model codes and execute them to procedure receipts to keep the record of transaction for future retrieval of information.

Python programming in ecommerce

Perhaps, ecommerce websites are mostly developed using dozen of programming languages which comprise of different algorithms. Ecommerce websites are very famous in online marketing and transaction. Programmers in ecommerce does not need to compute very tiresome programming codes to execute output since they are made simple. In the technological advancement, python is considered as the most effective and significant programming language which serves different purposes of execution (Corbitt, Thanasankit & 2003). Python allows ecommerce programmers to express their ideas and execute codes which are essential for online business transaction with less code lines. Python also programs and codes to run on various systems.

It is worth noting that, python is a high level programming language which is easy to read, execute, compute and understand. Python is used in many business firms to carry out different programming tasks. Development of ecommerce websites require the knowledge of python the coding techniques to the effective website (Stolze & Ströbel, 2013). Preparation of business receipts which keep the transaction records is done by the use of the python programming language. Programmers design program that when entered into the systems pf the firm execute all the activities of the firms, duties and responsibilities of all employees as well as managers. Indeed, for the effective ecommerce business transaction, consider python programming language. Therefore, in business management fraternity, the best and appropriate programming language for the execution of duties and proper record of business activities is done by the aid of python language. Many business managers and programmers prefers the use of python since it’s easy to execute codes as well as easy to understand and implement.

Use of Cybersecurity in e-commerce using python.

One of the most important cloud service every business firm should embrace is the use of cyber security. Security innovations through biometrics and encryption in the cloud service should be kept updated for the better performance of ecommerce and online transactions. Cyber security is the art of safeguarding computer systems, network services and different programs from any necessary digital attacks (Singer & Friedman 2014). They articulated these attacks are aimed at having an access of information and completely destroy or alter the sensitive information of firms. However, implementation of cyber security has become a great challenge among many ecommerce business firms since the number of devices is increasing as compared to people and different innovations about information attacks is done on daily basis.

For instance, cyber security has become a big challenge in ecommerce business firms so far regarding the installation and maintenance of computer systems, network systems and information transmission within and outside the firm. There has been a number of cases that important information has lost in the staff offices which are as a result of information attacks. There has been also cases of computers being attacked by virus and this hinders research about new ventures since when a computer is invaded by the virus any information researched get disappeared and this has slowed down the performance of ecommerce firms since the computers are not reliable for storage and protection of information. Therefore the firms such as independent freelancing should fight against the cyber-attacks and viruses by protecting the information systems from these attacks. This can be achieved through installation of antivirus in the firms computers and educating those employees who develop virus software and install them in computers the importance of protecting the business properties.

Features of E-commerce

Ecommerce encompasses a number of areas including aspects of business finance and evaluation of monetary values of the business as well as customer relations in the business. It is worth to note that aspects of ecommerce systems in terms of a number of features.

Performance of the business

The development of business is measured in terms of the profit margin from the sales. The cost of production, advertising and any other expenses associated with business operation. For instance, conducting business online is one of the features that measure the performance of the business. Ecommerce is therefore a best measurement of the performance of the business in terms of the profitability and the returns of the business.

Use and precision of data types and structures

Ecommerce use programming languages to develop programs used for modelling of activities of the business. For instance, python which is widely used programming language in ecommerce which comprise of different data types used for the execution of activities of the business (Pavlou & El Sawy, 2002). Data types are used for the implementation of codes of the program which are significance for the advertisement of business products.

Maintenance of code

The use of programming language in ecommerce is intensified by the use of modelling of different languages and the process of execution of activities of the business. Maintenance of codes of programming languages in e-commerce is used to implement the purpose and objective of the business. Ecommerce programmers ensure that the codes are maintained and well developed. Therefore, one of the most significant features of the ecommerce transaction is the maintenance of different codes.

Flexibility of design and implementation of critical domain

The programming languages and codes used for execution of programs should be flexible enough to change with the programming concepts. The context of the business as well as objective of the business determines how to implement the codes according to specifications of the business. (Frieden & Roche, 2016). The implementation of the critical domain should be done in prompt way to ensure all the codes of the language used serves the indented purpose.

Therefore, even though security aspects are worth to be considered in the online transaction through ecommerce, the above features of the ecommerce and the programming language associated with it are the primary concern of the online transaction. However, the actual implementation of the language in ecommerce is a significant insight for the development of the business. Use of pre-processors and micros to selectively expand or substitute the source codes used in ecommerce. Therefore, python programming is a sound and effective language for the implementation of the business evaluation and activities.

Features of python programming language

Python programming language provide a diverse and different features that aids in execution of codes. Activities of the business need to be programmed by the help of python programming language. The following the features of python programming language that are essential for the development of ecommerce and online transaction

Python is an interpreted language. The interpreter and programmers interpret and execute line by line of code and thus making debugging more simple and effective. Ecommerce is a sensitive business that its codes should be bias free as well. There should be minimal errors associated with the codes of the language (Phillips, 2010). Therefore, programmers have the opportunity to execute accurate codes and language that is free from bias. Python is a cross- platform language that can be implemented and run with equal basis. Python allows equality of programs on different platforms and thus the users of different computers such as window, Linux and mac can get the information at equal basis.

Python is a free and open source for business transaction for both physical and online business. Indeed, python codes are freely available in all web sources and thus it is easy for the programmers and web developers to gather enough information for coding (Sanner, 2009). The source code for the python programming language is readily available in the web pages and google sentiments. Therefore, for the development of ecommerce is significantly determined by the availability of the programming language. Therefore, python programming language is an open source that all round available. Consequently, python supports object oriented programming language and concept of different classes and objects. It ensures that all the features of the python come into real existence.

Consequently, python is an advanced and extensive programming language as compared to other languages such as C, C++ and java. Other languages can be used to compile the codes and thus it can combine all the features of other languages (Delone & Mclean, 2014). Ecommerce programmers prefer use of python since it has many features that are not included on other languages. Python also has large standard library with a large storage capacity of all codes and executions of the business. Perhaps, python has a large and wide library which comprise of different modules and functions for rapid application of web page development (Sukumaran & Holder, 2010). Therefore, python is the most significant and recommended programming language to develop advertisement tools and objects. Python also allows the use of graphical user interface which is a vital aspect for the development of graphics. Graphics are visual impression tools that help to capture the attention of prospective customers and stakeholders. For an effective online advertisement, graphics are the significant aspect of ecommerce and online trading that business firms should consider when setting business strategies.

Application domains for python in ecommerce

Python have a diversified number and dimension of domains that helps to execute different programs within the source code. Python is used across many different application ad web page domains. Programming domains define a concrete and specific number of use of programming languages. For instance, python package index host a different and numerous models for the development of web pages, google sentiments, and twitter analysis. The following are some of the applications of python programming language domain in ecommerce.

Web and internet development

The development of web pages as well as internet sources of information requires a strong foundation of programming skills and knowledge. In ecommerce, python offers a wide range of varieties for web development such as writing basic and fundamental scripts for online transaction and issuing of receipts (Rossum & Boer, 2011). Python also offer a platform of advanced content management systems which are used to design different logos and graphics for advertisement and branding of the business firm. For custom web solutions and evaluation of the progress of business, internet based applications use a wide variety of python codes and programs to execute the activities of the business.

Database Access

Domain-Specific Languages are languages made specifically for use in a particular domain. They provide abstractions that are natural to domain experts and hide all the irrelevant details. In comparison to general-Purpose Languages are constrained and cannot be used outside of the domain they have been made for. It was shown in previous studies that DSLs are easier to learn and comprehend than .If the language is aligned with the domain, domain experts can understand, validate and modify DSL programs. But, despite superiority, their widespread adoption has not happened yet. One common reason often stated is the cost of their development which was prohibitive in the past. In the last decade a new breed of tools emerged that aim to remove this obstacle on the way to DSLs adoption. Those tools enable efficient and cheap building and evolution of DSLs. (Oliphant, 2017). They are generally known by the name of Language Workbenches. Although they offer a great support for semi-automatic building of complete tool-chains for the given language, their use usually requires complex integrated development environments, tooling and processes. In this paper we describe text X, a lightweight tool for DSL development implemented in the Python programming language. The main goal of text X is to be simple to use, with a readable grammar, and a simple workflow.

Conclusion

Ecommerce generally refer to online transaction of physical products. Advancement of technology has led to the development of new ways of business transaction. Online transaction is as result of technological advancement. Conduction business online has simplified the terms of business, it has also bridged the gap between the buyers and sellers. Consequently, online transaction and ecommerce is fostered by developed and advanced usage of programming languages which helps in coding and transaction of business more effective. Indeed, programming language can be perceived as the formal language which consists of various and different set of instructions that produce different king of output according to the command of the programmer. In other words, programming languages are used by computer programmers to execute different outputs based on the formulated algorithm. Currently, there are different and various types of programming languages that helps to execute programs according to the specification of the programmers and the nature of the work to be executed. Therefore, the development of ecommerce business transaction is necessitated by the use and adoption of programming language which helps as a marketing tool.

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