🛍️ E-Commerce Website with AI Chatbot

This project is a full-stack E-Commerce Website built with React (TypeScript) for the frontend and .NET for the backend.
It also includes an AI-powered chatbot for customer support (Kundenberatung).

The application supports user authentication (login & registration) with JWT-based security, product management, and deployment on Render.
The database is PostgreSQL, hosted on Render as well.

🔗 Live Preview: E-Commerce Website on Render

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🚀 Features

• Frontend (React + TypeScript)

  • User registration & login (JWT authentication)
  • Product listing (clothes & fashion items)
  • Integration of AI chatbot for customer consultation
  • Responsive design

• Backend (.NET)

  • RESTful API for authentication and product management
  • JWT-based security
  • PostgreSQL database hosted on Render
  • Docker support for containerized deployment

• AI Chatbot

  • Provides interactive customer consultation (Kundenberatung)
  • Integrated into the frontend

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🛠️ Technologies Used

• Frontend: React, TypeScript
• Backend: .NET 6+, C#
• Database: PostgreSQL (Render)
• Authentication: JWT (password hashing to be added)
• Containerization: Docker
• Deployment: Render

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📦 Installation & Setup

1️⃣ Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/your-repo.git
cd your-repo

2️⃣ Backend Setup (.NET API)

cd backend
dotnet restore
dotnet run

The backend runs on: 👉 http://localhost:5045

3️⃣ Frontend Setup (React + TS)

cd frontend
npm install
npm start

The frontend runs on: 👉 http://localhost:3000

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🐳 Docker Deployment

You can build and run the project using Docker:

docker build -t ecommerce-app .
docker run -p 3000:3000 -p 5045:5045 ecommerce-app

Alternatively, the app is automatically deployed on Render via GitHub integration.

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🔒 Security

• User authentication with JWT
• Passwords currently stored in plain text (⚠️ hashing to be implemented)
• Planned improvement: use bcrypt for password hashing

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📚 Future Improvements

• ✅ Password hashing with bcrypt
• ✅ Product categories & filtering
• ✅ Shopping cart & checkout system
• ✅ Role-based access (Admin vs. User)
• ✅ Implementing unit and integration tests for different functionalities

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👨‍💻 Author

Developed by Mael Fosso Backend: .NET • Frontend: React + TS • Database: PostgreSQL

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