upsurge0 / krypto-ecommerce

Introduction

Frameworks and Technologies used: React, NodeJS, TypeScript, Vite, Redux Toolkit and React Router Dom

Section: Running the Application | Website Functionally and Features | Other FAQs/Points

Running the application Locally

Clone the repo and run the following commands.

npm i
npm run server

Open another terminal while keeping the earlier one running in background. Run the following command:

npm run dev

The application will begin to run at the localhost. The link will also appear in the terminal.

Website Functionally and Features

The website is responsive in nature in all the above mentioned pages.

The Home / Product Page is the landing page. It's accessible without login as well. The favourites feature isn't available to the user unless they are signed in. If you click favourite without login - it will prompt you to login.

• A grid of all the various products with their key features in it.
• Each product can further be opened for more details

Responsive Website Mobile Version:

Upon clicking login button:

• Create Account - Ensure the password is strong in nature
• Login

Favourties Tab:

• This feature can only be utilised if logged in.
• Add remove items from Favourite Tab.

Product Item:

• Has the detailed description of the product
• Direct Buy Now which takes the person to the cart. Second, Add to cart, it only adds the item to the cart.

Cart:

• Auto Calculation of total amount.
• Add, update and remove items

• When the cart has no items in the bag.

Other FAQs/Points

Are there any improvements you could make to your submission?

Concept Improvements:

• Add discount code functionality at checkout.
• Add option for users to write reviews after login.
• Categories within the application for different types of products.

Technology Improvements:

• Using an alternative to JSON Server for scalability such as ExpressJS
• Adding SEO to the website by using framework such as NextJS
• Add stay logged in feature.

What would you do differently if you were allocated more time?

• Adding a cache layer to reduce the load time.
• Store and select from various address saved for a user profile.
• Different lists within favourites.
• Automatic redirects back to the original page login instead of the default homepage.