E-commerce Web Application

This project is a Spring Boot-based e-commerce web application designed to streamline business operations for an online store. The application handles product management, customer orders, and payment processing, aiming to improve efficiency and scalability for e-commerce businesses.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Features
• Installation
• Usage
• Technical Requirements
• Docker Setup

Introduction

As a business owner in the e-commerce sector, managing various products and customer interactions manually can be time-consuming and prone to errors. This application was developed to automate these processes, allowing for smoother operations and improved customer satisfaction.

Features

• Product Management: Manage a variety of products, each identified by a unique code and accompanied by a detailed description.
• Customer Management: Store customer information including first name, last name, email, and address.
• Order Processing: Customers can place orders from the product list.
• Payment Handling: Process customer payments with multiple payment methods.
• Email Notifications: Automatically send email notifications to customers regarding payment status (success or failure).

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/your-repo/ecommerce-app.git
   cd ecommerce-app
   ./mvnw clean install
   ./mvnw spring-boot:run
   

Usage

Once the application is up and running, you can:

• Add, update, or delete products.
• Manage customer information.
• Process orders and handle payments.

Technical Requirements

• Java 17: The application is built using Java 17, which is required for running the application.
• Maven 3.6+: Used for project management and build automation.
• Spring Boot 3.1.x: The framework used to build the application.
• Docker: For containerization and simplified deployment.
• Docker Compose: To manage multi-container Docker applications.

Docker Setup

Run the application using docker-compose:

docker-compose up -d