GadgetPlus

GadgetPlus is an e-commerce application. It allows users to browse and purchase gadgets online.

Technologies Used

• Node.js
• Express.js
• MongoDB
• EJS, HTML5, CSS3

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Node version: Welcome to Node.js v18.15.0

User-Facing Features

• User Authentication: Create user accounts, log in, and manage personal information securely.
• Product Search: Utilize the search functionality to quickly locate specific products by name, keywords, or attributes.
• Product Filters: Narrow down product results using filters such as product category, price range.
• Product List: Explore a vast catalog of products, making it easy to find desired items.
• Product Zoom: Utilize the magic zoom function to get a closer look at product images.
• Shopping Cart: Add products to the shopping cart for easy management and seamless checkout.
• Wishlist: Save desired products to a wishlist for future reference or purchase.
• Mobile OTP Login: Verify user mobile numbers using OTP to login.
• Payment Methods: Choose from various payment methods, including Razor Pay,wallet and cash on delivery.
• Return and Cancel: Easily initiate returns or cancel orders as per the return policy.
• Coupon Code: Apply coupon codes for discounts during checkout.
• Address Management: Add, edit, and delete user addresses for accurate and convenient delivery.
• Profile Management: Edit merchant profile information and upload profile images.
• Order Management: View and manage orders, including different order statuses such as pending, processing, shipped, outForDelivery,delivered, candelPending, canceled, etc.
• Invoice download: Generate invoid for delivered products and can download them in PDF format.

Admin-Facing Features

• Admin Authentication: To Authenticate admins for added security. Admin login and logout.
• User Management: Handle user accounts, including blocking, unblocking, and managing user data.
• Product Management: Handle Products, including adding, editing, blocking, and managing product data.
• Coupon Management: Add, edit, delete, and update coupon codes for discounts.
• Category Management: Manage categories such as for each products, including adding, editing, and deleting categories.
• Sales Reports: Generate sales reports for order on a daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly basis and download them in CSV or PDF format.
• Dashboard: Display statistics of sales such as profit, products etc., with graphs for monthly, daily insights.

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Prerequisites

Make sure you have the following installed on your system:

• Node.js: Download and install Node.js

Setup

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/iam-abin/GadgetPlus.git

2. Navigate to the project directory

   cd GadgetPlus
   

3. Install the dependencies

   npm install 
   

4. Configure the environment variables. Rename the .env.example file to .env and update the necessary variables with your specific configurations.

5. Start the application

npm start

6. Open your browser and navigate to http://localhost:3000 to access gadgetPlus.

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Docker commands

• build an image

docker build -t image-name .

• List all local Docker images

docker images

• To run a docker image to crate a container

docker run image_name

• To run a docker image to crate a container in detached mode (in the background).

docker run -d image_name

• To do port mapping and runnig container (To access application running inside container port 8080 from our local machine port 5000. By default app inside container cannot talk with outside world)

docker run -p 5000:8080 image-name

or

docker run -p 5000:8080 -d image-name

• Stop a running container

docker stop container_name

• List all running containers

docker ps

• To see all the containers(even the stopped containers)

docker ps -a