🎂 Cake Website

A modern cake ordering website with authentication, cart, checkout, and Stripe payment integration.

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✨ Features

• 👤 User authentication (JWT-based)
• 🍰 Browse cakes and add to cart
• 🛒 Cart & checkout system
• 💳 Payment integration with Stripe

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🛠️ Tech Stack

Layer	Technology
Frontend	React
Backend	Node.js + Express
Database	MongoDB
Auth	JWT (JSON Web Tokens)
Payments	Stripe (test mode)

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🚀 Installation & Setup

1. Clone repository

git clone https://github.com/NguyenSwan/cake-website.git
cd cake-website

2. Install dependencies

Backend

cd backend
npm install

Frontend

cd frontend
npm install

Admin

cd admin
npm install

3. Environment variables

Create a .env file in /backend and add:

JWT_SECRET="random#secret"
STRIPE_SECRET_KEY="..."

⚠️ Note: The STRIPE_SECRET_KEY above is a test key.

👉 Users should replace it with their own Stripe test/live key.

🚫 Never commit your real keys to GitHub.

4. Run backend server

npm run server

5. Run frontend app

npm run dev

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📁 Project Structure

cake-website/
├── backend/
│   ├── controllers/
│   ├── models/
│   ├── routes/
│   ├── middleware/
│   └── server.js
├── frontend/
│   ├── public/
│   ├── src/
│   │   ├── components/
│   │   ├── pages/
│   │   └── ...
└── README.md

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🔐 Environment Variables

Variable	Description
JWT_SECRET	Secret key for signing JWT tokens
STRIPE_SECRET_KEY	Stripe API secret key (test/live)

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🧪 Testing

• Use Postman or Thunder Client to test API endpoints.

• Use Stripe test cards for checkout (e.g. 4242 4242 4242 4242).

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📄 License

MIT License © 2025 Nguyen Thien Nga