ProductionBackendNovember 2023

E-Commerce Backend

A complete e-commerce backend API handling product management, order processing, inventory tracking, and analytics. Uses Prisma ORM for type-safe database access and Cloudinary for media storage and optimization.

Overview

A complete e-commerce backend API handling product management, order processing, inventory tracking, and analytics. Uses Prisma ORM for type-safe database access and Cloudinary for media storage and optimization.

Architecture

RESTful API with controller-service-repository pattern. Prisma handles database migrations and queries. Cloudinary manages image uploads with automatic optimization. Redis caches product listings.

Key Features

What makes this project stand out.

Product CRUD with image upload via Cloudinary
Order processing with transaction support
Inventory management with stock tracking
Analytics endpoints for sales data
JWT-based seller authentication

Tech Stack

Technologies used to build this project.

Express.jsPrismaPostgreSQLCloudinaryRedisJWT

Lessons Learned

Key takeaways from building this project.

1Transactions are essential for e-commerce data integrity
2Image optimization at upload time saves bandwidth
3Repository pattern simplifies testing
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