E-Commerce Site

A refactor of an existing e-commerce site, 12.08.2017

By Margaret Berry

Description and Project Goals

The lead developer of this e-commerce site quit abruptly and moved to Bali. The goal of this project was to add AJAX to the site and refactor it.

Refactoring

• Add and delete items from cart using AJAX.
• Show and hide product details with AJAX.
• Add a validation for quantity in order_item.rb
• Add product validations.
• Add image property to products.
• Add flash messages for signing in and out.
• Add stripe so users can pay with a credit card.
• Add ability to create, update, and destroy products for admins.
• Add flash messages for creating, updating, and destroying products.
• Allow products to be created with non-whole dollar amounts.

Other Changes Made

• Remove turbolinks.
• Add testing, stripe, bootstrap, and admin gems.
• Add unit testing.
• Add interface for admins to manage data.

Setup/Installation Requirements

Uses bcrypt and materialize. Run the following commands in Terminal:

1. $ git clone this repository
2. $ cd bali_refactor
3. $ bundle
4. $ rails:db:create
5. $ rails:db:migrate
6. $ rails:db:test:prepare
7. $ rails:db:seed
8. $ rails s
9. Navigate to localhost:3000

To use Stripe for credit card payment:

1. Visit Stripe
2. Login or create an account to get your API keys.
3. Paste the following text in the .env file and add your own API keys: PUBLISHABLE_KEY=your key here SECRET_KEY=your key here

Known Bugs

• The product update and delete functionality has not been tested.

Support and contact details

If you have questions, comments, or concerns, please contact Margaret. Feel free to make a contribution to the code.

Technologies Used

• Ruby-on-Rails
• ActiveRecord
• AJAX

License

This software is licensed under the MIT license.

Copyright (c) 2017 Margaret Berry