Magento is an open source ecommerce software that uses the Zend Framework. It is very effective in delivering a shopping cart development solution. There are many ways to build an ecommerce website. For example it is possible to do so using a framework of your own like CodeIgniter or Cakephp. There are also several other open source softwares available like Zen Cart and osCommerce which have been around for a lot longer than Magento. However highlights about Magento are as below: Magento includes many features to start with. Many other shopping carts require additional modules to be installed. It is not so in Magento. Magento has several of the main modules pre-installed with feature to install more. Features of Magento : It gives complete flexible functionality over look, online store and content. Remarkable benefits of Magento : You have no need to check your stock manually, we w