🛒 Cartify — v1.0

Cartify is a complete e‑commerce prototype. The frontend, admin panel, and backend are finished and integrated for local development and deployment.

Key features:

• Product management (create, update, delete, list)
• Shopping cart with persisted sessions
• Secure checkout and order management
• User authentication (JWT)
• Cloud image uploads via Cloudinary
• Admin dashboard for store operations

See the sections below for setup, local run instructions, and deployment notes.

🚧 Tech Stack

• Frontend: React, Tailwind CSS
• Backend: Node.js, Express.js
• Database: MongoDB
• Authentication: JWT (JSON Web Token)
• Cloud uploads: Cloudinary
• Deployment: Vercel (configs included)

📁 Project Structure

Below is a high-level view of the repository layout and where to find main functionality.

Cartify/
├─ README.md                # Project overview (this file)
├─ admin/                   # Admin panel (React + Vite)
│  ├─ public/
│  └─ src/
│     ├─ components/
│     └─ pages/
├─ backend/                 # Node.js + Express API
│  ├─ config/               # DB and cloud configs
│  ├─ controllers/          # Route handlers
│  ├─ middleware/           # Auth, upload, etc.
│  ├─ models/               # Mongoose schemas
│  └─ routes/               # Express routes
├─ frontend/                # Shop frontend (React + Vite)
│  ├─ public/
│  └─ src/
│     ├─ components/
│     ├─ context/           # app state (shopContext)
│     └─ pages/
└─ package.json (root tooling or scripts)

For implementation details, see the src folders inside each major directory.