Full stack learning project · Online bookstore

Navabe

My first complete web application: an online bookstore I built early in university to learn about APIs and web development from start to finish.

Context

Early in university, I wanted to understand what an API was and how it worked. I built Navabe to learn by developing a complete web application from start to finish. I wanted to see how the interface, API, and database communicate with each other, then take the application all the way to deployment.

My role

I designed and developed the React frontend, the REST API with Flask-RESTX, the MySQL data model, PayPal API integration, and the administration screens. The project also served as a concrete introduction to Docker and full stack application organization.

Features

Book catalog and search
Cart and orders
Customer account management
Inventory control
Payment through the PayPal API
Admin portal
Documented REST API

Technologies

React
TypeScript
Flask-RESTX
MySQL
Tailwind CSS
Docker
PayPal API