Development Question

[amandamcdonald]

We have an application in South Africa requiring an eCommerce application.

We have been looking at PrestaShop ( have built a sample site, etc ), but I

have some questions:

 

We will most definately need to make changes to Prestashop & most

probably some "core changes" - especially with respect to the manner in

which stock is treated ( which will also involve DB changes ). Initial

plan was to hire some PHP / MySQL developers in India & to do this

development using Virtuemart ... so Im very much in 2 minds as to the best

route to go.

 

Some companies more involved with Prestashop might be a better choice - NOW:

How is this sort of thing dealt with ?

 

I understand that if one makes "core changes" you taking "the risk" of

future "compatibility" on yourself, etc, etc ( Im an electronic engineer,

although not a web developer per say, I understand all the basic's pro's con's

etc. )

 

From a licensing perspective - can one use PrestaSop & make changes in the

core "as required" ?

 

The application is a national distribution of kiosks using this site for "rental

application". There would be NO online transaction in Project Phase 1 ( although we

would like to explore possibility in future ) - it is important that the site must be

mobile friendly & it is important that "stock" from ALL kiosks must be "updated"

in a live manner - ie the web user must be able to see almost "immediate"

availability of stock OR NOT & order ( as COD ) - so there will be some interaction

via secure protocol with a desktop application in the kiosk.

 

Can you suggest any recommended path for the development ?