DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AN ONLINE SUPERMARKET SHOPPING SYSTEM, A CASE STUDY OF BEVERLY HILLS SUPERMARKET IKOT EKPENE

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

1.0 Introduction

This chapter presents the introduction to the research study under the following headings:

-         Theoretical Background

-         Statement of the problem

-         Aim and objectives of the study

-         Significance of the study

-         Scope of the study

-         Organization of Research

-         Definition of Terms

1.1 Theoretical Background

The technologies adopted to implement the system are pHp (Hypertext preprocessor) programming language and MySql database. These technologies were choosen because they are well suited for web-based applications. For instance, the source code segment shows how customers table records is created.