Online Auction

Note: All steps were performed using Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS.

Installation needed for running application

a) Install MySQL and setup using these commands, make sure the password you select is easy to remember

        $ sudo apt install mysql-server 
        $ sudo mysql_secure_installation

                or               

        $ sudo apt-get install mysql-server

for my case, I found the second one easy as while installation I get an interface in terminal asking for a password and could diminish some step for secure_installation which I feel a very annoying step Note: After this setup, you should be able to run MySQL using this command, if not then try some of these issue links

        $ mysql -u root -p

(In case you get the wrong password, do sudo su, then mysql create a new user with password and use that)
If you face error 1698https://stackoverflow.com/questions/39281594/error-1698-28000-access-denied-for-user-rootlocalhost
if you face error 1045https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21944936/error-1045-28000-access-denied-for-user-rootlocalhost-using-password-y

b) Installing RubyOnRails using rvm (ruby version manager) First, install curl and gnupg

        $ sudo apt install curl
        $ sudo apt install gnupg2

Now, run these commands to install rvm

        curl -sSL https://rvm.io/mpapis.asc | gpg2 --import -  
        \curl -sSL https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable

Important: For RVM to work properly, you have to check the 'Run command as login shell' checkbox on the Title and Command tab of the terminal's Edit ▸ Profile Preferences menu dialog, in case the menu is missing right-click the terminal app and navigate Profiles ▸ Profile

Now, we will be using rails 5.2.2 with ruby 2.6.1

        $ rvm install 2.6.1
        $ rvm use 2.6.1 --default
        $ gem install bundler
        $ gem install rails -v 5.2.2

Install mysql gem and the libmysql-dev library

        $ sudo apt install libmysqld-dev
        $ gem install mysql2

Note: For some of the js gems

        $ sudo apt install nodejs

DONE THE INSTALLATIONS

• Clone the Repo:

        $ git clone https://github.com/gaurav-chaurasia/Online-Auction 

• Change directory into the folder named Online-Auction
• Install all the gems

        $ bundle install

• Make migrations, Seed data into the database and Run the test server

        $ rake db:migrate
        $ rake db:seed
        $ rails server

• The above steps starts the development server on localhost:3000. Go to http://localhost:3000/ in your browser. It will automatically redirect you to the Home page and then ask for Signup or Login.

• bootstrap-sass 3 used for styling many parts of the app and after adding small changes final could build beautiful UI

       $ gem 'bootstrap-sass', '~> 3.4.1'

List of all implemented features,

• Image upload capability

• user can search the product with

  • keywords
  • minimum price
  • maximum price

• seperate dashboard for sold and claimed products

• "Active storage used for image storing feature"

• only owner can edit, delete and update their products

• show page for separate user and user can see their products USER DASHBOARD

• bid option for different user's products for own product view details option shown

• "all products are shown with created time and updated time also with user details(seller details)"

• description is for clarifying the product details

List of non-implemented/planned features,

• Categories can be added to the product and
• user can search for products based on their category
• more image can be added for the same product
• user can have their profile picture and some more details
• live chat functionality can be added so buyer and seller can discuss about the product any time

code optimization

• convention has not been followed well helper methods used instead of model method
• lots logic present in view and controller instead of model
• more model methods can be used

some links

https://guides.rubyonrails.org/
https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap-sass
https://github.com/heartcombo/devise
https://github.com/bokmann/font-awesome-rails

SOME SCREEN SHOTS OF COMPLEATE WORKING ONLINE AUCTION WEB APP

home-page

alerts-product-details-page

sold-product-page

cart

bidding

claimed-product-page

search-page-if-result-found

search-page-if-result-not-found