StyleSwap

StyleSwap is a e-commerce app built with Node.js, Express,Redis and MongoDB. It allows users to browse and purchase products online.

Frameworks and libraries used

Node.js Express - used to build the entire backend Redis - used to cache the data for better performace(build on top of mongodb) Mongodb - MongoDB native driver is used as the database Handlebars - is used as the template engine jQuery - is used to build few parts of the front end & making api calls via ajax Chart.js - for drawing charts and graphs Font awesome & Line awesome - for icons

Third pary modules & api's used

Cloudinary - for storing images in the cloud Razorpay - payment gateway Paypal - payment gateway Redis - is a no sql database, that can be used to cache the data to improve the perfomance of the applications(it is built on top of mongoDB) Multer - for sending multiple images to the server Twilio - for managing messages(otp ) Cron - is a npm package that can be used to run query on a particular time

You can check the package.json to get more details about the packages used with version

Installation

To run this app locally, follow these steps:

Clone the repository: git clone https://github.com/abinth11/Ecommerce-app Install Node.js and MongoDB if you haven't already. Install dependencies: npm install Create a .env file in the root directory and set the following environment variables: MONGODB_URI - the URI for your MongoDB database SECRET_KEY - a secret key for encrypting session data Start the server: npm start