Broadleaf Commerce (http://www.broadleafcommerce.org/) is an open source E-Commerce framework that originated in Dallas, TX. In this presentation, we'll cover some of the technologies used to develop the Broadleaf Commerce framework and challenges we have faced.

Specifically,
 - Leveraging Spring Security for common web security needs
 - Using JPA to define an extensible domain
 - Creating extensible Spring Services
 - Using MVEL to implement rules

The talk will weave in other findings related to starting or contributing to an open source project