Next Bookstore (Beta)

An e-commerce project for an online bookstore developed using NextJS 13 and its experimental appDir. Frontend UI is crafted with radix-ui and TailwindCSS. To manage server and client state, TanStack Query and Zustand are used respectively. StrapiCMS serves as the backend for this project.

I designed the entire UI/UX using Figma and created the database design myself. Additionally, I developed this web application from scratch, handling all aspects of the development process.

Features 🔥

Responsive Design
Search Functionality
Add To Cart
Add To Wishlist
SEO-friendly
Accessible

Features (Coming Soon 👀) 🚧

The following are the features and functionalities to be added in the future.

Order Processing
Filtering Items
Better Pagination
Better Error Handling
Better Loading UI with Next 13
Accessibility enhancements
Security improvements
PWA? 🤷🏻‍♂️
Testing? 🤷🏻‍♂️

Technologies Used 👨🏻‍💻

NextJS 13 with appDir - frontend development
TypeScript - type checking
Radix UI - accessible components
TailwindCSS - styling
Zustand - client state
Tanstack-Query & Axios - data fetching and server state
React-hook-form - form management
Eslint - linting
Figma - UI/UX
StrapiCMS - backend
Cloudinary - image hosting
Vercel & Railway - frontend & backend hosting

Installation 🔮

To run the project locally, follow these steps:

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/satnaing/next-bookstore.git

Install dependencies for frontend:

cd next-bookstore && npm install

Install dependencies for backend:

cd backend && npm install

Start the frontend: (at the root /)

npm run dev

Start the backend:

cd backend && npm run develop

Open your browser and go to http://localhost:3000

Important Note ⚠️

I have intentionally committed the backend/.tmp/data.db file to the GitHub repository. This is because I did not want to set up a separate database for the project and connect it to my free backend hosting. Please note that this approach is not recommended for production-level applications. In a real-world scenario, I would use a more robust DBMS like PostgreSQL, with proper hosting and security configurations.

Photo Credits 📸

Hero section image: Photo by Evgeny Tchebotarev from Pexels
About Page background: Photo by Min An from Pexels
About Page other image: Photo by Marta Dzedyshko from Pexels

Contributing ✨

Contributions are welcome! If you find a bug or want to suggest an improvement, please open an issue or submit a pull request.

License 📜

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

namycodes/next-bookstore