Laravel Ecomm

Abstract

1. Introduction

E-commerce website in laravel 12, modular patern development, docker setup

2. Objective

E-commerce website in laravel 12, modular patern development, docker setup

This project demonstrates how PHP, Docker, Laravel can be applied to a real-world Full Stack Web Development problem.

3. Key Features / Modules

• User Dashboard: Overview of orders, addresses, account info
• Profile Management: Update name, email, password, avatar
• Order Management: View orders, download invoices, track shipments
• Address Book: Multiple addresses, default shipping/billing
• Wishlist Management: Add/remove, move to cart
• Review Management: Edit/delete own reviews
• Comment Management: Manage blog comments
• Social Login: Login with Facebook, Google, Twitter, GitHub
• Dynamic Meta Tags: Auto-generated title, description per page
• Open Graph: Facebook sharing optimization

4. Technology Stack

• Email Campaigns: Create and send newsletter campaigns
• Email Templates: Customizable templates for all emails
• Newsletter Management: Subscribers, segments, send history
• Abandoned Cart Emails: 3-email sequence automation
• Email 1: 1 hour after abandonment
• Email 2: 24 hours after abandonment
• Email 3: 72 hours after abandonment
• Coupon Management:

5. System Requirements

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

• PHP 7.4+ with a web server (XAMPP / WAMP / LAMP)
• MySQL / MariaDB
• phpMyAdmin (optional)
• Git (to clone the repository)

6. Installation & Setup

git clone https://github.com/KalimeroMK/LaravelEcomm.git
cd LaravelEcomm

# Start all containers
docker-compose up -d

# Container access
docker exec -it e_comm_app sh      # App container
docker exec -it e_comm_mysql mysql -u homestead -p  # Database
docker exec -it e_comm_redis redis-cli               # Redis

# Useful commands
docker exec e_comm_app php artisan cache:clear
docker exec e_comm_app php artisan view:clear
docker exec e_comm_app php artisan migrate

# Container ports:
# - Web (FrankenPHP):  90 → 80
# - MySQL:            3311 → 3306
# - Redis:            6381 → 6379
# - Elasticsearch:    9200 → 9200

# Index products
docker-compose exec app php artisan product:index

# Rebuild from scratch
docker-compose exec app php artisan product:index --fresh

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 KalimeroMK 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.