Enterprise Commerce

Abstract

1. Introduction

Enterprise Commerce by Blazity is a open source enterprise-grade template of a Next.js project using Shopify as the e-commerce platform (product data, categories) and Algolia as the middle layer (data fetching, searching, faceting and recommendations).

Building e-commerce platform is a tough topic. Creating one that has all the features that enterprise companies want is hard, way harder than implementing Headless CMS. There are bunch of templates out there that struggle with couple areas, while they may be a great choice for a small or medium-sized businesses, the huge needs for e.g. crawling budget optimization, SEO, excellent browsing journey, simplicity of the implementation are way more than can be expected from other projects.

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2. Objective

⚡ Next.js enterprise-grade storefront for high-performance e-commerce with Shopify backend and Algolia middle layer with excellent browsing journey

This project demonstrates how TypeScript, Next.js, React can be applied to a real-world Full Stack Web Development problem.

3. Key Features / Modules

• Shopify as e-commerce backend, Algolia as the data middle-layer
• Instant search, faceting and filtering experience through thousands (most likely will also work with millions) products with sophisticated filters, typo tolerance and word similarity
• Enterprise-grade redirects handling through tens of thousands redirects without latency overhead (implemented on Bloom Filters)
• Fast builds regardless of the e-commerce specific data volume
• Platform-agnostic hierarchical categories
• Analytics (Vercel Analytics / Google Analytics) with easy provider switch
• Uncomplicated A/B testing setup
• Perfect performance scores
• SEO optimized, with crawling budget concept in mind
• Crucial pages displaying critical contents and data without JavaScript execution needed

4. Technology Stack

5. System Requirements

General requirements for this technology stack — check the README for exact versions.

• Node.js (LTS) and npm / yarn / pnpm
• VS Code or any code editor
• Git (to clone the repository)

6. Installation & Setup

git clone https://github.com/Blazity/enterprise-commerce.git
cd enterprise-commerce

Full setup instructions are in the project README.

7. Future Enhancements

Suggested extensions you can add to make this your own project.

• Add role-based access control
• Deploy on a VPS or cPanel hosting with a custom domain
• Add automated tests and a CI pipeline

8. Viva / Review Questions

Common questions examiners ask for projects in this domain.

1. Explain the frontend, backend and database layers of this application.
2. How is user authentication and authorisation implemented?
3. Describe the main database tables / collections and their relationships.
4. Which REST APIs or routes are exposed and what do they return?
5. How would you deploy this application to production?

9. Source Code & License

This project is developed by Blazity and published on GitHub under the MIT License. Please follow the license terms and credit the original author when you use or modify this code.