BARTERS

BARTERS is a web application that aims to create a community where people can exchange goods and services without using money.

THE Goal is to foster a culture of sharing and reduce waste by allowing people to trade items they no longer need for items they do need.

The vision of BARTERS is to create a sustainable economy that values community and collaboration over competition and individualism.

Authors

• Berta
• Elizabete
• Konstantin
• Ralfs

Tech Stack and Required Environment

Client: Node.js 18.14.2, React js 18, MUI 5, css

Server: Java 17, Gradle 7.6.1, Spring Boot 3.0.5, JUnit 5, Mockito 4.0.0, Swagger 3.0.0, Amazon S3

Database: MySQL 8, Amazon RDS

API Reference

API Documentation

Environment Variables

To run this project, you will need to add environment variables to your resources/.env.properties file. Please contact the team to get it.

RUN THE APPLICATION

1. Install Node.js 18.14.2 on your machine.
2. Install React.js 18 and Material-UI (MUI) 5 by running the following command in your terminal: npm install react@18 @mui/material @emotion/react @emotion/styled
3. Install Java 17 and Gradle 7.6.1 on your machine.
4. Clone the repository containing the Spring Boot server code.
5. Set up your MySQL 8 database and Amazon RDS instance.
6. Add the necessary configuration to your Spring Boot application.properties file to connect to your MySQL database and Amazon S3 storage.
7. Build the Spring Boot server code using Gradle by running the following command in your terminal: gradle build.
8. Run/Start the project.

Features

• Item CRUD
• Trade CRUD
• Review CRUD
• User auth
• Mobile-First UI approach

Contributing

Contributions are always welcome!