README.md

Little Esty Shop - Final Solo Project

This is a collaborative Ruby on Rails project that allows users and admins to manage items, invoices, and discounts in a simplified e-commerce platform. The application demonstrates key Rails features such as MVC architecture, RESTful routing, Active Record, and thorough test coverage.

Features

User-Facing Features

Browse Items: Users can explore available items with details like price and stock.

Invoice Management: Users can view their invoices, with detailed information on purchased items, quantities, and discounts.

Discounts: Discounted prices are automatically applied based on item quantity thresholds.

Admin Features

Dashboard Overview: Admins can access a dashboard summarizing key business metrics.

Manage Items: Admins can create, update, and deactivate items in the store.

Invoice Management: Admins can view and update the status of invoices.

Discount Management: Admins can define quantity-based discounts for items.

Technology Stack

Backend: Ruby on Rails

Database: PostgreSQL

Testing: RSpec, Capybara

Other Tools: Active Record, Heroku (deployment)

ER Diagram

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Setup

• Fork this repository
• Clone your fork
• From the command line, install gems and set up your DB:
  • bundle
  • rails db:create
• Run the test suite with bundle exec rspec.
• Run your development server with rails s to see the app in action.

Phases

1. Database Setup
2. User Stories
3. Extensions
4. Evaluation

Testing

This project follows Test-Driven Development (TDD) principles, achieving 100% test coverage with over 125 tests. The test suite uses RSpec and Capybara to ensure reliability.

Run the test suite: rspec

Authors

• Chee Lee GitHub
• Clyde Autin GitHub
• James McHugh GitHub Bulk Discounts Project Eval