Building an E-commerce Platform from the Ground Up

Overview:
As a new graduate experienced in web development, I’m anxious about setting up secure payment processing. Am I overreaching, or can established tools simplify safe integration?

Hey Grace, I’m with you on the security worries – setting up safe payment processing feels like walking a tightrope sometimes. Though I haven’t built a full e-commerce platform from scratch yet, I’ve read quite a bit about how tools like Stripe and PayPal help ease that burden by handling a lot of the security and compliance stuff for you. It makes the process feel more approachable if you’re leaning on their established expertise rather than trying to reinvent the wheel. Have you come across any particular frameworks or libraries that seem promising? I’m curious if others have insights on balancing customization with these ready-made solutions. What’s been the most appealing part of your project so far?