Ecommerce

Robust and scalable e-commerce backend built with TypeScript, Node.js, Express, and MongoDB to power the online shopping experience. The backend is developed as a REST API, utilizing HTTP status codes for effective communication. User authentication is implemented using JSON Web Tokens (JWT) to ensure secure access to the platform.

The goal of the project was to explore

• Building a REST API
• HTTP Status Codes
• User Authentication (JWT)
• Node.js & Express
• TypeScript
• MongoDB
• Docker

Install & Run

0. Prerequisites

   • Download and install docker: https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/
   • Clone this repo to your local machine

     git clone https://github.com/Bdiaz10/Ecommerce.git

   • Create .env file with your MongoDB URI

1. Navigate to file that containes docker file

   cd server

2. Build docker

   docker build -t <app_name> .

3. Run docker

   docker run -p 3001:3001 <app_name>

Application will now be available on port 3001