Project Overview
A complete e-commerce shopping cart application demonstrating production-ready Laravel e-commerce development. The site covers the full customer journey from browsing a product catalogue to completing a payment and receiving an order confirmation, as well as a full admin panel for managing products, inventory, and orders.
Key Features
- Product catalogue -- browseable product grid with category filtering, search, and individual product detail pages.
- Persistent cart -- cart state persisted via Laravel sessions, surviving page reloads and navigation.
- Multi-step checkout flow -- billing details, shipping address, order summary, and payment steps.
- Stripe payment integration -- secure card payment processing via Stripe Checkout with webhook handling for order confirmation.
- Order management -- customers receive order confirmation emails; admins can view, process, and update order status from the dashboard.
- Admin product management -- full CRUD for products including images, pricing, stock levels, and category assignment.
- Stock tracking -- inventory decremented on purchase, with out-of-stock handling in the cart and checkout.
Technical Highlights
Built on Laravel 11 with a MySQL backend. Cart logic is handled server-side with session-backed persistence rather than client-side JS, keeping state reliable across devices. Stripe integration uses the Stripe Checkout hosted page with webhook verification for secure payment confirmation. The admin panel uses Laravel policy-based access control and is separated from the customer-facing routes by middleware.