Blue Barracuda Boutique

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Links

• Deployed App (TBD)
• Frontend Repo

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Technology Used

• bcryptjs
• body-parser
• cloudinary
• cors
• dotenv
• express
• jsonwebtoken
• mongoose
• multer

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General Approach

Blue Barracudas Boutique was created with a a simple online store in mind for users to sell and buy products.

• Brainstormed user stories, wireframes, and routes to have an idea of how the app will be built.
• Created RESTful routes in the backend.
• Created components and connected them to the database models.
• Displayed user and product data from backend onto frontend.
• Styled using Materialize.

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Setup

• fork and clone repo
• npm i

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Routes

Auth

• Sign Up - POST
• Login - POST
• Delete User - DELETE
• Change Email - PUT
• Change Username - PUT
• Change Password - PUT
• Change About - PUT
• Get Profile - GET

Product

• Find All Products - GET
• Create Product - POST
• Delete Product - DELETE
• Edit Product - PUT

User

• Test All Access - GET
• Test User Access - GET
• Test Admin Access - GET

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Challenges & Stretch Goals

Challenges

• Ran into issues with implementing Cloudinary.
• Minor challenges with getting user data from backend that was not in local storage.

Stretch Goals

• Allow users to purchase by credit card.
• Function to direct message a seller through the website.
• Write and rate sellers after purchasing products.