Online Storefront for Eco-Friendly Product Retail

Added Jun 2025 3 design docs

Shoppers increasingly want to buy sustainably but have no easy way to find vetted eco-friendly products in one storefront, and small green retailers rarely have the engineering resources for a proper online shop. This project builds that shop end to end, from product catalog to simulated checkout. The intern implements the store on an Express and Node.js backend with MongoDB, covering the complete e-commerce core: a browsable product catalog with image uploads, a persistent shopping cart, a checkout flow with secure payment simulation, and user accounts protected by authentication. An admin dashboard lets store operators manage inventory, add products, and review orders. The customer-facing frontend is built with Next.js, React, and TypeScript, styled with Tailwind CSS, and designed to be fast and responsive on any device. The project walks through every layer commerce platforms are made of, including cart state, order persistence, role-separated admin tooling, and safe media handling. Completing it demonstrates the intern can build a transactional web application where data integrity and user trust matter, which is a directly marketable fullstack skill set.

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