Introduction

Peluche is an e-commerce platform built with React.js and Redux for the frontend and Django for the backend.

Functionality

• Users can list products to sell and buy from other sellers.
• Sellers can track inventories, add, update, and delete product listings.
• Buyers can browse products, add products to cart, check out, and view order history.
• Buyers can chat with sellers in real time.

Installation

The directory will look like this from root view:

├── StockPhotos
├── backend
│   ├── backend
│   ├── marketplace
│   └── templates
├── env
│   ├── bin
│   ├── include
│   └── lib
└── front-end
    ├── Images
    ├── node_modules
    ├── public
    └── src

1. Install venv in the root directory where requirements.txt is : python3 -m venv ./env
2. Activate virtual environment: source env/bin/activate
3. Install requirements: pip3 install -r requirements.txt
4. Make migration to the database: cd backend && python3 manage.py makemigrations && python3 manage.py migrate
5. Start backend: python3 manage.py runserver
6. Install yarn/ npm (if needed): brew install node (to install node), brew install yarn (to install yarn)
7. In a new terminal, install front-end dependencies in the front-end folder: cd front-end && npm install
8. Start front-end in the front-end folder: yarn start
9. Start redis server in a different terminal: redis-server
10. Install openssl if necessary: brew install openssl
11. Install redis if neccessary: brew install redis

Note 1: Venv can be terminated by the command deactivate

Note 2: There is a StockPhotos folder which contains all the stock photo to test the sell item feature.