BookTown - Resell & Explore

A complete e-commerce app built on the MERN stack that sells developer books.

Project Setup

1. Clone the repo
2. cd BookTown
3. npm install
4. make a .env file with the following keys: DATABASE, JWT_SECRET, BRAINTREE_MERCHANT_ID, BRAINTREE_PUBLIC_KEY, BRAINTREE_PRIVATE_KEY, EMAILID, EMAILPASSWORD, NAME
5. cd client
6. npm install
7. cd ..
5. npm run dev
6. Open the project on 127.0.0.1:3000

Features

• User signup/signin with welcome email
• Create Category and Product by Admin
• CRUD operations on products
• Payment gateway (Braintree and Paypal)
• View Product and Add to cart for a user
• Update Profile for user
• Checkout using credit card and paypal (using Braintree as the payment gateway)
• Advanced search filters based on category and price range
• Books also categorized upon arrival date and bestsellers
• Order confirmation through email
• The admin can change the order status

Technology Stack

MERN stack

• MongoDB
• Express.js
• React.js
• Node.js

Check out the deployed application at:

https://murmuring-hamlet-71750.herokuapp.com/

Contributiong

Feel free to fork this repo and raise an issue or submit a PR in case of any bugs.

Resources:

1. https://developers.braintreepayments.com/