E-commerce-BackEnd

by Latravia Gordon

Description

Internet retail, also known as e-commerce, is the largest sector of the electronics industry, having generated an estimated US$29 trillion in 2017 (Source: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development). E-commerce platforms like Shopify and WooCommerce provide a suite of services to businesses of all sizes. Due to the prevalence of these platforms, developers should understand the fundamental architecture of e-commerce sites.
Your challenge is to build the back end for an e-commerce site. You’ll take a working Express.js API and configure it to use Sequelize to interact with a MySQL database.

Table of Contents

• Requirements
• Installation
• Usage
  • Screenshot
• Tests
• Questions
• License

Requirements

User Story:
AS A manager at an internet retail company I WANT a back end for my e-commerce website that uses the latest technologies SO THAT my company can compete with other e-commerce companies

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Acceptance Criteria:
GIVEN a functional Express.js API WHEN I add my database name, MySQL username, and MySQL password to an environment variable file THEN I am able to connect to a database using Sequelize WHEN I enter schema and seed commands THEN a development database is created and is seeded with test data WHEN I enter the command to invoke the application THEN my server is started and the Sequelize models are synced to the MySQL database WHEN I open API GET routes in Insomnia for categories, products, or tags THEN the data for each of these routes is displayed in a formatted JSON WHEN I test API POST, PUT, and DELETE routes in Insomnia THEN I am able to successfully create, update, and delete data in my database

Installation

• To install, clone this repository then make sure to have Node.js,Express,.js, and Sequelize installed.
  MySQL is the database used with this project and because it is password protected, make sure to create a .env file and install the dotenv dependency.
  Use npm run seed to seed the database, then connect to the server by running npm start or node server.

Usage

Walkthrough

Walkthrough video can be found via YouTube.

Screenshot

Tests

• There are no test for this application.

Questions

For any questions about the project, please contact me by either of the following links:

• Email = gordonlc18@gmail.com or visit my GitHub profile:
• GitHub - gordonlc18

License

This project is licensed under the MIT license.