Overview: Developing an simple e-commerce application that provides an immersive shopping experience. Our goal is to create a feature-rich platform with cart management capabilities, leveraging the latest technologies and best practices in web development.
Key Features:
Context API Integration for Shopping Cart Functionalities
In our ambitious e-commerce application, we recognize the need for an efficient and scalable way to manage the shopping cart functionality. To achieve this, we have opted to implement the Context API, a powerful state management tool provided by React. This strategic choice will enable us to create a seamless and responsive shopping cart experience for our users.
1. Context API:
We will harness the Context API, a core feature of React, to manage the global state of our application. This context will encapsulate the shopping cart data and functions, making them accessible to all components that need them.
2. Shopping Cart State:
The Context API will centralize the state of the shopping cart. It will include information such as the items in the cart, their quantities, and any related data.
3. Cart Actions:
We will define a set of cart actions within the context, such as adding items to the cart, removing items, and updating quantities. These actions will be easily accessible to any component connected to the context, ensuring consistent behavior across the application.
4. Provider Component:
To make the shopping cart context available throughout the app, we will wrap our entire application with a <CartProvider> component. This provider will supply the context to all child components, allowing them to interact with the cart's state and actions.
5. Consumer Components:
Various components across the application, such as product listings, cart summaries, and checkout pages, will be able to consume the shopping cart context. This means they can access and modify cart data without the need for complex prop drilling.
Next.js 13: We will harness the power of Next.js 13, the latest version of this powerful framework, to build a robust and highly performant web application. The Next.js 13 App Router will enable efficient navigation and routing.
Toaster for Notifications: We understand the importance of user feedback and will integrate a toaster component to gracefully render notifications. This will keep users informed about their actions, order status, and more.
Framer Motion Animations: To provide a visually stunning and production-ready user interface, we'll utilize the Framer Motion animation library. Declarative animations will enhance the user experience, making interactions feel smooth and intuitive.
React Icons Integration: We will simplify the process of incorporating popular icons into our React components by leveraging the react-icons library. This ensures consistent and attractive iconography throughout the application.
Deployment on Vercel: Our final product will be deployed on Vercel, a leading platform for hosting web applications. This ensures high availability, scalability, and a seamless deployment process.
Project Goals:
Develop a responsive and user-friendly e-commerce website.
Implement a secure and efficient cart management system.
Enhance the user experience with smooth animations and visual feedback.
Utilize the latest version of Next.js and its advanced routing capabilities.
Seamlessly integrate notifications using the toaster component.
Ensure easy icon integration with react-icons.
Deploy the application on Vercel for global accessibility and scalability.
Creating a Next.js App
Read more about Next.js Execute the following command to run the Next.JS App.
> npm run dev
Libraries:
>npm install react-icons framer-motion react-hot-toast
Project Deployment on Vercel i.) Ignore .env file in ".gitignore" file ii.) Create a new git repository and push your project code
iii.) Login to Vercel with Github account & create a new project -> Import your Git Repo -> deploy
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