A full-stack e-commerce application built with the MERN stack (MongoDB, Express.js, React.js, and Node.js).

1. Features
2. Technology Stack
3. Prerequisites
4. Installation
5. Running the Application
6. Project Structure
7. API Endpoints
8. Contributing
9. License
10. Repository

• User authentication and authorization (login, register, role-based access)
• Product catalog with search, filter, and sorting functionality
• Shopping cart management
• Order processing and history
• Payment gateway integration
• User profile management
• Admin panel for product, order, and user management

• React.js
• Redux for state management
• React Router for navigation
• CSS/SCSS for styling

• Node.js
• Express.js
• MongoDB for database
• Mongoose for object modeling
• JWT for authentication

Before you begin, ensure you have the following installed:

• Node.js (v14.x or later)
• npm (v6.x or later)
• MongoDB (v4.x or later)

git clone <your-repository-url>
cd ecommerce-mern

npm install

cd client
npm install
cd ..

Create a .env file in the root directory and add the following:

NODE_ENV=development
PORT=5000
MONGO_URI=your_mongodb_uri
JWT_SECRET=your_jwt_secret_key
PAYPAL_CLIENT_ID=your_paypal_client_id_if_using_paypal

To run both the frontend and backend in development mode:

npm run dev

This will run the server on port 5000 and the client on port 3000.

To run only the server:

npm run server

To run only the client:

npm run client

To build the client for production:

cd client
npm run build
cd ..

To start the application in production mode:

npm start

ecommerce-mern/
  ├── package.json
  ├── client/                 # Frontend React application
  │   ├── package.json
  │   ├── public/
  │   └── src/
  │       ├── App.js
  │       ├── app/            # Redux store
  │       ├── components/     # UI components
  │       ├── features/       # Redux slices for features
  │       └── services/       # API services
  └── server/                 # Backend Node.js application
      ├── config/             # Configuration files
      ├── controllers/        # Route controllers
      ├── middleware/         # Custom middleware
      ├── models/             # MongoDB models
      ├── routes/             # API routes
      ├── utils/              # Utility functions
      └── server.js           # Server entry point

• POST /api/users/register - Register a new user
• POST /api/users/login - Login user

• GET /api/products - Get all products
• GET /api/products/:id - Get single product by ID
• POST /api/products - Create a new product (admin only)
• PUT /api/products/:id - Update a product (admin only)
• DELETE /api/products/:id - Delete a product (admin only)

• GET /api/cart - Get user cart
• POST /api/cart - Add item to cart
• PUT /api/cart/:itemId - Update cart item
• DELETE /api/cart/:itemId - Remove item from cart

• GET /api/orders - Get user orders
• GET /api/orders/:id - Get single order
• POST /api/orders - Create a new order
• PUT /api/orders/:id/pay - Update order to paid
• PUT /api/orders/:id/deliver - Update order to delivered (admin only)

• GET /api/users - Get all users
• GET /api/users/:id - Get user by ID
• PUT /api/users/:id - Update user
• DELETE /api/users/:id - Delete user

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some amazing feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

The source code for this project is available on GitHub: EZCommerce Repository