Campus-Plug

The ultimate plug for student deals

Features Breakdown

Buying Features:

• Browsing & Searching for Products:

  • Categories (e.g., electronics, textbooks, clothing)
  • Keyword-based search
  • Advanced filters (price range, condition, seller rating, location)

• Viewing Product Details:

  • Product descriptions
  • Pricing details
  • Seller contact information
  • Product condition (new, like new, used)
  • Multiple images

• Contacting Seller:

  • Seller's contact details (email/phone)
  • Direct communication without in-app chat

• Reviews & Ratings:

  • 5-star rating system
  • Review text for seller feedback

Selling Features:

• Add/Edit Product Listings:

  • Dashboard for sellers to add, edit, and delete listings
  • Upload images, set prices, and update availability

• Sales Tracking:

  • Dashboard for sales tracking (total sales, revenue)

• Track Order History & Customer Info:

  • Access to records of transactions, order details, and customer contact info

Authentication & Security:

• Sign up and Sign in with UCalgary Email:
  • Email-based authentication (using @ucalgary.ca) with OPT

Recommendation System:

• Product Recommendations:
  • Suggest products based on user browsing and buying history

some ground rules

1. Add both node_modules from client and server to your gitignore file
2. Do not use .ENV variables
3. For any functionality make a brach with the prefix of your name Name-<some branch name> use this namign convention
4. For all method added a comment as to what it does

Client

• Use React Js
• Use vite as the node manger

Server

1. Install the needed lib with the command bellow

    npm install express mysql2 dotenv cors

2. make sure in the package.json file type is set to module, if it not there add it.

    {
        ...,
        "type": "module"
    }

3. To start the server, cd into server dir and then type command npm run start

Database

• Use only SQL database
• Loading of initian database will be done