atharvkhardekar / book-store

The MERN Stack Book Store project is a web application allowing users to browse, search, and purchase books online. Built using MongoDB, Express.js, React.js, and Node.js, it offers a user-friendly interface for exploring book collections, viewing descriptions, and managing inventory. Admin features include adding, editing, and deleting books.

Book Store Project using MERN Stack

This is a full-stack web application for a book store built using the MERN stack (MongoDB, Express.js, React.js, Node.js). Users can browse through a collection of books, search for specific titles, view details of each book, add them to their cart for purchase, create new books, edit existing books, and delete books.

Features

1. Show Books: Browse through a collection of books using cards and tables.
2. Create New Books: Add new books to the collection.
3. Edit Existing Books: Modify details of existing books.
4. Delete Books: Remove books from the collection.
5. Show Description: View detailed description of each book.

Installation

1. Clone the repository to your local machine:

   git clone https://github.com/yourusername/book-store.git
   

2. Navigate to the project directory:

   cd book-store
   

3. Install dependencies for both frontend and backend:

   npm install
   cd ./frontend
   npm install
   

4. Create a .env file in the root directory of the project:

   PORT=3000
   mongoDBURL=your_mongodb_url
   

   Replace your_mongodb_url with the URL of your MongoDB database.

5. Change the axios url in frontend/src/pages

   https://book-store-b8k4.onrender.com replace this with http://localhost:3000 in all files in frontend/src/pages

6. Start the server:

   npm run dev
   

7. Start the client:

   cd frontend
   npm run dev
   

8. Open your browser and navigate to http://localhost:5173 to view the application.

Usage

• As a user, you can browse through the collection of books using cards and tables, view detailed descriptions of each book, and add them to your cart for purchase.
• If you are an admin, you can access the admin panel by logging in with your credentials. From there, you can manage books by creating new ones, editing existing ones, or deleting books.

Technologies Used

• MongoDB
• Express.js
• React.js
• Node.js

Contributors

• atharvkhardekar

License

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