react-complete-e-commerce

Repository for my react-complete-e-commerce project

Find out how to build a complete e-commerce platform. Author Melvin Kisten tackles CRUD functions and connects the system to a database of MongoDB (Document database). Created a full-stack platform using JavaScript. The frontend was created using React and the backend was created using NodeJS, Express, MongoDB. Then I used Axios and Redux to link my backend with my frontend. I also used Postman to test my end points.

1. Methodologies/Project Management:

   • Agile

2. Coding Practices:

   • OOP (Object Oriented Programming)
   • MVC (Model View Controller)

3. Programming Languages/Frameworks:

   • JavaScript
   • React
   • Redux
   • NodeJS
   • Express
   • MongoDB
   • Postman
   • Axios

Live Demo

• react-complete-e-commerce

Home Page

Search Page

Product Page

Cart Page

Place Order Page

Make Payment Page

My Order Page

Admin Users Page

Admin Products Page

Admin Orders Page

Instructions

1. Make sure you have these installed

   • NodeJS
     • I used node version 14.15.3 and npm version 6.14.9 at time of creation
   • MongoDB
     • I used mongo version 4.4.1 at time of creation
   • Postman
     • I used postman version 7.36.1 at time of creation

2. Clone this repository into your local machine using the terminal (mac) or Gitbash (PC)

   > git clone https://github.com/iammelvink/react-complete-e-commerce.git
   

3. backend setup (DO NOT cd to backend) (running on port you decide)

   > npm install
   

4. frontend setup (running on port 3000)

   > cd frontend
   

   > npm install
   

5. Insert data into the MongoDB database

   • Start MongoDB server

     > mongod
     

   • Enter mongo shell

     > mongo
     

   • Insert data into the MongoDB database

     > npm run data:import
     

6. Rename .env-example to .env and set these values

    NODE_ENV = development
    PORT = <>
    MONGO_URI = <>
    JWT_SECRET = <>
    PAYPAL_CLIENT_ID = <>
   
   

7. Runs both frontend and backend (cd to ROOT of project)

   > npm run dev
   

8. Enjoy!

Deploy for production

1. Make sure you have created accounts at

   • MongoDB Atlas
   • Heroku

2. Then follow ALL step by step

   MongoDB:

   Logging into remote MongoDB server (may need to change the url, as well as in backend/src/server.js)

   > mongo "mongodb+srv://<cluster_name>.mongodb.net/<dbname>" --username <username>
   

   Inserting data into remote MongoDB database

   > npm run data:import
   

   Heroku:

   Installing Heroku using npm globally

   > npm install -g heroku
   

   Logging into Heroku

   > heroku login
   

   Creating a heroku app

   > heroku create
   

   Create .gitignore file Add this

   ONLY in entire file

   ## Dependency directories
   node_modules/
   

   OR

   Remove 'dist' and 'build' from .gitignore file
   

   > git init
   

   > heroku git:remote -a <app name>
   

   > git add .
   

   > git commit -am "initial commit"
   

   > git push heroku master
   

   
   OR
   
   

   > git push --set-upstream heroku master
   

   
   OR
   
   

   > git push heroku
   

   Setting environment variables

   > heroku config:set NODE_ENV=production -a <app name>
   

   > heroku config:set PORT=<> -a <app name>
   

   > heroku config:set MONGO_URI='<entire_uri+password>' -a <app name>
   

   > heroku config:set JWT_SECRET='<secret>' -a <app name>
   

   > heroku config:set PAYPAL_CLIENT_ID='<id>' -a <app name>
   

   > heroku ps:scale web=1
   

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