README

1. About
storefront - storefront is a generic e-commerce web application written in Java.  


2. Installation

pre-requisites:
Maven 3.0 (2.xx may work)
Apache Tomcat 7.0 (6.xx may work)
MySQL 5.1
Java - I used servlet spec 3.0 so JavaSE 1.6 at least is req'd



At the root of the project, run:
tomcat_directory/bin/startup.sh
mysql -u root_user -p < sql
mvn tomcat6:deploy
Then navigate to localhost:8081/storefront and the application should be running.

3. Credits
This project uses code from 

JavaScript and jQuery - The Missing Manual by David Sawyer McFarland
Murach's Servlet's and JSP 2nd edition by Joel Murach and Andrea Steelman
slides jquery plugin by nathan searles (apache license)
Designa Web Template by Sylvain Lafitte
Normalise.css (http://necolas.github.com/normalize.css/), 
css-tricks.com