InstaShop

Django E-Commerce Project

InstaShop is a full-featured e-commerce platform built with Django, designed for scalability and ease of use. With a modern aesthetic provided by Bootstrap and dynamic interactivity facilitated through AJAX, this robust system provides a streamlined shopping experience.

Basic Features

• Registration using email address
• Custom Admin dashboard
• Search Functionality
• dynamic Shopping Cart
• Order Filtering

Technical Stack

• Backend: Django handles backend operations.
• Frontend: Bootstrap for styling, AJAX for dynamic content loading.
• Dependency Management: Poetry for simpler package management and reproducible builds.

Quick Start Guide

To get InstaShop running on your local machine, follow these steps:

1. clone Repository

git clone https://github.com/PyMustafa/InstaShop.git
cd instashop

rename the .env.example file found in the root directory of the project to .env and update the environment variables accordingly.

2. Setup Virtual Environment

• using poetry

  install poetry & Create virtual environment

  pip install poetry
  poetry init
  poetry install

  Activate Your Virtual Environment

  poetry shell

• using virtualenv

  virtualenv venv

  In Linux or Mac, activate the new python environment

  source venv/bin/activate

  Or in Windows

  .\venv\Scripts\activate

  Confirm that the env is successfully selected

  which python

  install the requierments

  pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Migrate & Start Server

migrate

python manage.py makemigrations
python manage.py migrate

Create superuser

python manage.py createsuperuser

Start Server

python manage.py runserver

Navigate to http://localhost:8000/admin/ and start adding categories and some products

🔗 Links

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License

InstaShop is licensed under MIT License