Loja Geral.NET

Technologies

LAMP, PHP5, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Ajax, jQuery, AngularJS, JSON, XML, GIT, PHPUnit, jpGraph, Laravel, Internal Cache, Cookies, WebServices

Objective

Create an e-commerce website for a store that sells electronic components and related tools online, including also all administration and management interfaces.

Responsabilities

Analyse requirements, write use cases, test scenarios, design and fullstack development.

Core Features

• Customer Interface
  • Categories have suggested products. Screenshot
  • Shopping cart should be visible and updated as the customer adds items.
  • Allow customers to add items to the shopping card straight from the products list. Screenshot
  • Clicking a product on the list must provide additional informatiom about this specific item. Screenshot
  • Anytime a product is added to the shopping cart it should update the cart summary without reloading the page.
  • Shopping cart must be saved automatically, even if the customer has not logged in.
  • The search must include specific tags registered for each product.
  • Any extra fees, such as payment or shipping, must be calculated before placing an order. Screenshot
  • Payment feedback (approved, pending or declined) should be automatically updated according to external APIs.
  • E-mail the customer once his order is posted or the delivery status changes.
• Management Interface
  • Alerts, which can come from any unexpected behaviour from any module, API or order tracking.
  • Cashflow, including integration with banking reports.
  • Sales, including several types of reports.
  • Supplier and Purchases, from initial quoting until receival of the products.
  • Inventory, including tracking products in the warehouse.
  • Products, including different price tiers for bulk buying. Screenshot
  • Special Products, allowing to generate new products and specifications according to their technical properties.
• API Integration
  • With PayPal and MercadoPago payment gateways.
  • With Brazilian IRS system to issue legal invoices prior to shipping. Screenshot
  • With MercadoLivre (similar to eBay) to receive external orders.
  • With purchase in XML electronic invoices to automate purchases, pricing and stock management.
  • With Correios (Brazilian Post) to calculate fees, to generate labels for bulk-posting and to track packages until they are delivered.

Technology Usage

• Ajax to update the shopping cart without forcing a page reload.
• AngularJS to design pages with many repetitive elements.
• CSS3 to style the HTML pages.
• Cookies to store the shopping card when the customer is not logged in.
• GIT for version control and repository.
• HTML5 validated to ensure its quality.
• Internal Cache suggested products in categories, due to the complexity of the selection algorithm.
• JSON to communicate with RESTful services such as PayPal and MercadoLivre.
• JavaScript on client side programming.
• LAMP as in Linux, Apache, MariaDB and PHP.
• Laravel framework with Artisan, Composer, Eloquent and Symfony Components.
• PHP5 Object-Oriented programming is used on the server side.
• PHPUnit to elaborate test cases.
• WebServices to listen for external APIs for orders purchased at an external system or delayed payment approval.
• XML to generate, sign and authorize the invoices with the Brazilian IRS.
• jQuery mostly for Ajax requests and DOM manipulation.
• jpGraph library to create dynamic graphics in reports.

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