SOURCE CODE SETUP

Starting Construction
Construction guides for building a coding infrastructure.
Elastic Path Commerce for AWS Setup
Setup instructions for Elastic Path Instances on AWS.

DEVELOPER ENVIRONMENT

Developer Environment Setup
Guide for setting up an individual developer environment.

DEVELOPER DOCUMENTATION

Core Commerce Architecture
Core Commerce logical architecture diagram.
Core Commerce Developer Documentation
Core Commerce Java developer documentation.
Cortex API Architecture
Cortex conceptual architecture.
Cortex API Developer Documentation
Cortex Java developer documentation.

TOOLS & EXAMPLES

Tutorials & Code Examples
Tutorials and example code for Core Commerce and the Cortex API.
Elastic Path Production Tools
Documentation on various production tools

RELEASE NOTES

Core Commerce Release Notes
What's New for Elastic Path Commerce.

CORTEX API

Cortex API Front-End Documentation
Cortex client application developer documentation.
Resource Reference Guide
Cortex API Resource documentation.
Resource Relationship Map
A mind map showing relationships between Cortex API Resources and their fields.

EP FOR ADOBE MARKETING CLOUD

EP for Adobe Marketing Cloud Architecture
Elastic Path for Adobe Marketing Cloud conceptual architecture.
EP for AMC Developer Documentation
Elastic Path for Adobe Marketing Cloud Java developer documentation.
EP for AMC Release Notes
What's New for EP for Adobe Marketing Cloud

CORE COMMERCE DEPLOYMENT

Deployment Guide
Deployment guide for Elastic Path Commerce.

ELASTIC PATH CLOUDOPS FOR AWS

Elastic Path CloudOps for AWS Overview
Provides an overview about Elastic Path CloudOps for AWS.
Elastic Path CloudOps for AWS Deployment
Deploying Elastic Path Commerce using AWS.

ELASTIC PATH CLOUDOPS FOR AZURE

Elastic Path CloudOps for Azure Overview
Provides an overview about Elastic Path CloudOps for Azure.

DEVELOPER TOOLS

Cortex Studio
A REST client web application for trying out and testing Cortex resources.

Reference Experience

React Reference Storefront Developer Guide
Provides detailed instructions to install and customize the storefront.
Reference Chatbot
Add a conversational interface to the Elastic Path platform by implementing this reference experience of an Amazon Lex chatbot. Learn how to integrate the Reference Chatbot with the React PWA Reference Storefront.
Reference Alexa Skill
Add voice communication between Amazon Alexa and the Elastic Path platform by implementing this reference experience of an Alexa skill.

Commerce Management

Account Management Guide
Set up organization accounts with authorized buyers by using Account Management. Learn how to create accounts, add sub-accounts, and assign associates to accounts with a selected role.

Setup

Back-End

Front-End

Deployment

Reference

Commerce Management

Community

This version of Elastic Path Commerce is no longer supported or maintained. To upgrade to the latest version, contact your Elastic Path representative.

Setting up your Developer Environment

Welcome to Elastic Path 6.13.0, a flexible e-commerce framework with reusable services and rich out-of-the-box features.

Following the instructions in this guide, you will set up a standard Elastic Path developer environment with the following:

MySQL 5.6 Database
Java 7 JDK 1.7 (64 bit)
Apache Maven 3.0.5

After completing the setup instructions, you can:

Build and run Elastic Path Web Applications from the command line.
Import the projects into an IDE of your choice for development.

Note: Eclipse IDE

Eclipse is required to develop and debug the Commerce Manager Client. For Eclipse setup instructions, see 1. Eclipse RCP 4.3.1 Kepler.

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Setting up your Developer Environment

Setting up your Developer Environment