🛒 Sarcastic Shopping

Sarcastic Shopping is a full-stack fictional eCommerce application built with a humorous twist, featuring React on the frontend and Python (Flask) on the backend. This app sells products that no one really needs, complete with absurd descriptions, nonsensical categories, and sarcastic interactions throughout the shopping experience.

✨ Features

• Hilarious Product Listings: Explore items with comically pointless names, descriptions, and prices.
• Category Filtering: Filter items by absurd categories, such as:
  • All Absurdities
  • Luxuriously Useless
  • Nostalgic Nonsense
  • Quirkily Comforting
• User Authentication:
  • Sign up, sign in, and sign out securely, with form validation and error handling. Cart Management:
  • Add products to your cart with preview.
  • Custom messages on the cart icon for empty, single-item, or multiple-item states.
• Protected Checkout:
  • Only accessible by logged-in users. Unauthorized users receive a notification.
  • Features Stripe integration for payment processing:
• Customizable Checkout Options:
  • Shipping Options: Choose from over-the-top delivery methods with unique fees.
  • Gift Wrap Choices: Add whimsical wrapping options for an extra laugh.
  • Warranty Options: Pick a humorous, often useless warranty plan for your item.
• Sarcastic Chatbot: A bot that responds to user queries with random, witty remarks.

🛠️ Tech Stack

Backend

• Python and Flask for server-side logic
• flask_restful for API development
• flask_cors for handling CORS policies
• flask_bcrypt for password hashing
• PostgreSQL database with:
  • SQLAlchemy ORM for database interactions
  • psycopg2 as Python-PostgreSQL Database Adapter
• flask_jwt_extended for JWT-based authentication
• dotenv for environment variables management
• gunicorn as Python WSGI HTTP Server for UNIX

Frontend

• React with Vite for a fast and modern frontend
• TailwindCSS for utility-first styling
• MUI (Joy and Material UI) for UI components
• Formik and Yup for form validation
• React Router for routing
• React Icons for iconography

⚙️ Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/dnmore/sarcastic-shopping.git

2. Backend Setup:
   • Navigate to the backend directory:

     cd backend

   • Install required Python packages:

     pip install -r requirements.txt

   • Set up environment variables in a .env file.
   • Start the Flask server:

     flask run

3. Frontend Setup:
   • Navigate to the frontend directory:

     cd frontend

   • Install frontend dependencies:

    npm install

   • Start the development server:

    npm run dev

🚀 Contributing

Want to add some more absurd product ideas or a new sarcastic comment? Pull requests are welcome! Make sure your additions match the tone and style of the project.

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. Have fun, but don't blame if someone actually tries to buy one of these ridiculous items.

Happy Shopping, Sarcastically! 😜