HarBest: An e-Commerce Agricultural Product Delivery Service Analyzed and Designed Using Progressive UI Framework and MySQL

Abstract

This study was conducted with the aim of analyzing and designing an e-commerce platform for agricultural products delivery service. The proponents named this system application as “HarBest” which means best harvest. This application is designed to be accessible to its target clienteles anytime provided that internet connectivity is available. The researchers used progressive UI framework as the front-end while for the back-end, MySQL application was utilized. Progressive UI framework, as used in this study, includes a server-side scripting language called PHP version 5 as the front-end; CSS3 and Bootstrap 4 for styling purposes; and HTML5 for forms creation. PHP 5 was used since it is compatible to most of the servers available in the web. HarBest is consists of modules which are designed to improve the marketing strategy of the farmers which in turn will result to customers’ satisfaction. It also provides a security module which has five access levels. These access levels are for the system administrator, farmers, customers, drivers and guests.