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User Guide
The information contained in this section applies to IBM WebSphere Commerce Version 7.0.0.9 and Feautre Pack 8. The documentation also applies to all subsequent releases and modifications until otherwise indicated in new editions.
Developing
The topics in the Developing section describe tasks performed by an application developer.
Presentation layer
WebSphere Commerce uses Java Server Pages (JSP) to implement the view layer of the Model-View-Controller (MVC) design pattern. The view layer is in charge of retrieving data from the database through the use of data beans and formatting it to meet the display requirements. The view layers determines whether the request is sent to a browser or streamed out as XML. JSP files present a clean separation between data content and presentation.
Customizing WebSphere Commerce Accelerator, Organization Administration Console, or Administration Console
The WebSphere Commerce browser-based tools (WebSphere Commerce Accelerator, Organization Administration Console, Administration Console) can be extended or changed. In addition to customizing the tools you can also create a new browser-based tool that uses the same underlying framework. A new tool based on the tools framework is referred to as a WebSphere Commerce tools user interface center.
Tools framework
The tools framework defines user interface elements and functionality used to control and manipulate these elements.
Wizards
A wizard consists of a series of panels in which users can enter and manipulate data. The panels are presented in a specific sequence defined when you create the wizard.

Wizards

A wizard consists of a series of panels in which users can enter and manipulate data. The panels are presented in a specific sequence defined when you create the wizard. This sequence displays in a table of contents frame. The user navigates using only the Previous and Next buttons and cannot select elements in the table of contents to move to a specific panel. Wizards are useful when you want the user to view and enter data into every panel. You can specify default data for the panels so that default values are pre-populated for the user. For example, you can pre-populate the year field with the current year. A Finish button may be placed on a panel before the last panel in the sequence. Once a user completes a wizard and if it is no longer necessary to follow the panels in the specific sequence then information entered using that wizard can be modified using notebooks or dialogs.

An image of a wizard follows:

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