GrocerU 🛒

groceru aims to be a service that allows customers to select products from their local grocery stores, enabling scheduled delivery at a time that works best for you. Drawing inspiration from the InstaCart and DoorDash services, groceru is designed for an optimal user experience and simple reliability.

Technologies

Database: TBD
Back-End Server: Spring Boot
Front-End Web Application: ReactJS

Goals

Some specific accomplishments for groceru development are presented below.

Performance: lightweight page design & swift data transmission.
Simplicity: a clean user experience for shopping or browsing.
Testable: unit & integration tests to verify development functionality.

Hurdles

Some anticipated challenges for groceru development are denoted below.

Reliability: how to anticipate problems, fallback, and recover quickly?
Scalability: how to prepare for databases with thousands of entries?

Milestones

v0.1: Bare-bones back-end & front-end structure with basic API communication.
- databases
  - products database (MongoDB?)
    - plaintext & images
    - product name, appearance & details summary
    - product ingredients
    - product instructions
  - user database (SQL?)
    - plaintext
    - user details
      - name
      - age
      - address
    - order history
- back-end server
  - Java
  - Spring Boot
- front-end web application
  - JavaScript
  - ReactJS
  - additional frameworks?
    - NextJS
    - Gatsby
v0.2: User roles, permissions, authentication & application security.
- "Shopper", "Grocer" and "Admin" role hierarchy.
- Users must be logged in to progress past the landing page.
v0.3: Users can register accounts and login.
v0.4: Management dashboard.
- "Grocer" users can create, update & delete stock.
- "Admin" users can perform CRUD operations on stock & users.
v0.5: 📌 Users can make basic orders by selecting from available stock.
v0.6: Enhanced error handling.
- processing errors
- network communications
- If item not present while shopping...?
- If grocer unavailable...?
- If unexpected situation while delivering...?
v0.7: Browser notifications.
- order status notifications
- account status notifications
- error notifications
v0.8: Technical support communications between clients and admins.
- in-application
- via email
- via text message
v0.9: Any outstanding refactoring, technical debt cleanup and backlog reduction.
v1.0: The groceru service has all basic functionality implemented.

Extended Development