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The Mobile Hour Web Application

The Mobile Hour is a server-side web application designed to provide a seamless experience for customers to browse and purchase top-brand mobile phones, and for staff members to manage the platform's data via a dedicated staff portal. Below, you will find an overview of the project, its purpose and the technologies used.

Project Overview and Purpose

The aim of The Mobile Hour is to offer a modern, secure and user-friendly platform for the online sale of top-brand mobile phones. The application ensures an appealing, highly functional and responsive interface that meets the needs of customers and staff members using the site.

Architecture

The application follows the MVC (Model-View-Controller) architectural pattern, ensuring a clear separation of concerns:

Model: Manages the application's data and logic.

View: Represents the UI of the application, rendered dynamically using EJS templates.

Controller: Handles the user input, interacts with the model, and renders the appropriate view.

Technologies Used

In this project, there are many technologies and libraries used.

Backend

  • EJS: EJS (Embedded JavaScript) is a simple templating language that enables dynamic HTML page generation.

  • express: Express is a fast and minimalist web framework for Node.js, used for handling routing, middleware, and HTTP request/response management.

  • express-session: Express-session is a middleware for handling session state in Express applications.

  • bcryptjs: Bcryptjs is a library for securely hashing passwords.

  • mysql2: Mysql2 is a Node.js-based MySQL client library that facilitates interaction with MySQL databases.

  • validator: Validator is a Node.js-based module for string validation and sanitisation.

Database

  • MySQL: A robust relational database management system used for storing and managing application data.

Getting Started

To get started with The Mobile Hour Web Application, follow the steps outlined below:

  1. Clone the repository or download a ZIP file to your local machine.

  2. Install dependencies:

    npm install

  3. Set up your database (there is a sample DB in mysql-dump/the-mobile-hour.sql) and configure the connection in the database.js file located in the root directory.

  4. Start the backend localhost server:

    npm run start