E-commerce Management System

Overview

This project is a basic e-commerce management system built with Laravel (backend) and Vue.js (frontend admin panel). It includes user management, product management, cart & checkout, order management, and content management (CMS).

Setup Instructions

1. Clone the repository.

2. Install dependencies:

composer install
npm install

3. Configure your .env file with database and other settings.

4. Run migrations:

php artisan migrate

5. Serve the application:

php artisan serve

6. Build frontend assets:

npm run dev

Running Tests

To run all tests (unit and feature):

php artisan test

or

vendor/bin/phpunit

API Documentation

A Postman collection is provided in the postman_collection.json file (or link to public collection).

Import it into Postman to test the API endpoints.

Features

• User registration, login, profile management with Laravel Sanctum authentication.
• Product management (admin only) with CRUD operations.
• Cart management: add/remove products, view cart.
• Order management: place orders, view order history, admin order status updates.
• CMS management: create/edit/archive content pages with banner images and links.
• Unit tests for Eloquent models.
• Feature tests for product creation and order checkout.

Notes

• Admin authorization is simplified; consider adding roles and permissions for production.
• Frontend Vue.js admin panel to be implemented separately.