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http://ec2-3-101-37-166.us-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com/

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From the root directory

• npm install

From the client directory

• npm install

• Create a config folder in the root directory
• Add a default.json file in config folder
• Create a free MongoDb atlas account and get aDbUrl
• Add {"mongoURI": {{mongoDbURI}}}indefault.jsonfile.
• e.g{"mongoURI": "mongdb+srv://some-url-from-mongo-site"}

From the root directory

• npm run dev

So much more I wanted to add as this was super fun!

Some minor notes:

• I decided to incorporate Redux for state management. This is prob overkill for an app this size however, I felt it would give large performance gains and would make things easier to scale if more items/products need to be added.

• I used MongoDb instead of Postgres. My reasoning was ease of use and MongoDb Atlas' free tier cloud option. If I had more time I would have preferred to use Postgres as it commands much faster performance.

• Things I wanted to add but could not for the sake of time

  • Full sign in/register functionality
  • Refactor of UI with a library like Material UI or Bootstrap
  • Explore using Shopify as a backend instead of Node/express
    • Analyze cost of service vs developer time ratio
  • Explore refactoring to PWA or using React Native for a rich mobile experience.

Some minor bugs: If you refresh the cart on the deployed app it will throw an error however, the cart data does persist via js-cookie. When the app is running on a local machine it works correctly.

Google Page Speeds for Desktop: 99 Google Page Speeds for Mobile: 83