Milestone 4 | Geezer.com

Geezer.com Concept

I had the idea for Geezer.com when I thought of someone who is in their 30's who shops on their computer for hobby buys.

What does it do and what does it need to fulfill?

This Milestone Project serves as the completion of the Full Stack Web Developer Course offered by Code Institute. It implements HTML5, CSS3, Javascript, and Python. This application allows a shopper to search for products related to comic books and sports collectible items in an e-commerce store. The site also allows an administrator to edit and delete shopping items.

Practicality of Project:

The application uses Django 3, encouraging rapid development in a model-template-view architecture pattern. The project utilizes SQLite3 database dependency and is managed via Git and Github. It is deployed to Heroku.

The Stripe online payment system

was used for this e-commerce website. Sample/Test credit card numbers can be used when utilizing this site.

User Stories

_Generic (unregistered site user) User: As a generic user... I want to be able to view a list of products for sale so that I can select some for purchase. I want to be able to view a category of products for sale so that I can find what i'm looking for. I want to be able to view individual product details. I want to identify any deals that may be available so that I can save money on my purchases. I want to sort the available products so that I can Identify the best product for me. _Registered User: I want to easily register for membership to the site so that I can check past purchases. I want to be able to save my payment method I want to be able to view items in my shopping bag. I want to be able to adjust quantitites of items in my bag. I want to feel my personal payment information is secure. I want to be able to recover my password easily. _Admin & Store Management (Superuser):
I want to add a product so I can add new items in my store. I want to edit/update/delete products as they become available or go out of stock so that I can manage my site correctly for shoppers. I want to be able to edit images, product prices, descriptions and other product criteria.

Design

The site is simple and has a straight-forward splash page that gets a visitor "up and going" in regards to shopping the site. The navigation is also a "no frills" and simplistic way of getting around the site.

Font

Roboto was used as a font and sans-serif was used as a backup.

Wireframing and Entity Relationship Diagrams

Both are available in the main files as: _Milestone_4_ERMD.pdf and _Milestone-4-Wireframes.pdf

Languages, Frameworks, Editors & Version Control:

• HTML, CSS, JS & Python ~ core languages used to create this multi-page CRUD application.
• Django ~ Used as the architectural engine following the model-template-view approach.
• Bootstrap Framework ~ Used as the core structuring layout for the application, ensuring mobile-first design and screen size fluidity.
• Bootstrap's Imported Javascript & JQuery ~ For the Modal and Responsive Navbar expand & collapse functionality.
• Git ~ Installed on local device and integrated to PyCharm as a Plugin to enable version controlling.
• Heroku ~ A cloud platform as a service enabling deployment for this CRUD application.

Acknowledgements:

The Boutique Ado example application was used very closely in the development of this application. I want to thank my Mentor Ignatius Ukwuoma for his help with this project and all of my other projects. Also, I'd like to thank Tutor help for helping me troubleshoot my projects. The CSS and javascript used in the project were taken from the Full Stack Mini Project Boutique Ado.

Features left to implement (Bugs):

I still have a problem with getting the 'remove from bag' function to work. I have worked endlessly on it but it doesn't seem that I have figured out the answer to make it work. Removing an item from the bag only works if you click 'remove' then browse to a different page. Then, only then, does it remove the item from the cart.