🍽️ Food Delivery App

This is a full-stack MERN (MongoDB, Express, React, Node.js) food delivery application. It allows users to browse restaurants and their menus, add items to a cart, and place orders. The app features user authentication, restaurant management, and secure payment integration via Stripe.

Check out the live version: Food Delivery App

🚀 Features

• User authentication (Login/Signup)
• Search restaurnats and cuisines
• Place orders and process payments
• User profile for managing orders, Profile and Address
• Responsive design for all devices
• Switch between light and dark theme
• Add your restaurant and become admin to manage your restaurant
• Admin dashboard to manage restaurants, menus, and orders

💻 Tech Stack

• Frontend: React, TailwindCSS, Shadcn UI
• Backend: Node.js, Express.js
• Database: MongoDB (Mongoose)
• Authentication: JWT (JSON Web Token)
• Payment Gateway: Stripe API
• Images: Cloudinary

📦 Dependencies

Backend:

• Express - Fast, unopinionated, minimalist web framework for Node.js
• Mongoose - Elegant MongoDB object modeling for Node.js
• jsonwebtoken - Used for authenticating users with JWT
• bcryptjs - For hashing passwords
• Stripe - Payment gateway integration
• cors - Middleware to enable Cross-Origin Resource Sharing
• dotenv - To manage environment variables
• cloudinary - Cloud image storage
• cookie-parser - For parsing cookies
• nodemailer - For sending emails
• nodemon - For automatically restarting the server when code changes

Frontend:

• React - Frontend JavaScript library
• TailwindCSS - Utility-first CSS framework for styling
• Shadcn UI - UI primitives for building high-quality user interfaces
• React Router - Declarative routing for React
• Axios - Promise-based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js
• React-Stripe - For integrating Stripe in React
• Lucide-Icons - For Icons

🛠️ Installation and Setup

Prerequisites:

• Node.js (v20 or later)
• MongoDB
• Stripe API Key

Steps:

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/Abhishek-Devanda/Food-Order-App.git
   cd Food-Order-App

2. Install backend dependencies:

   npm install

3. Set up environment variables: Create a .env file in the backend folder and add the following:

   PORT=5000
   BRAND_NAME=TomatoEats
   CLIENT_URL=Yours_Client_URL
   NODE_ENV=development
   
   #TOKENS
   OTP_EXPIRES_IN=2 * 60 * 60 * 1000
   PASSWORD_RESET_LINK_EXPIRES_IN=10 * 60 * 1000
   TOKEN_SECRET=Your_Token_Secret
   REFRESH_TOKEN_EXPIRS_IN=7d
   ACCESS_TOKEN_EXPIRS_IN=15m
   REFRESH_TOKEN_COOKIE_MAXAGE=7 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000
   ACCESS_TOKEN_COOKIE_MAXAGE=15 * 60 * 1000
   
   #MONGODB
   MONGO_URI=Your_MONGO_URI
   
   #CLOUDINARY
   CLOUDINARY_CLOUD_NAME =Your_CLOUDINARY_CLOUD_NAME
   CLOUDINARY_API_KEY =Your_CLOUDINARY_API_KEY
   CLOUDINARY_API_SECRET =Your_CLOUDINARY_API_SECRET
   
   #STRIPE
   STRIPE_PUBLISHABLE_KEY =Your_STRIPE_PUBLISHABLE_KEY
   STRIPE_SECRET_KEY =Your_STRIPE_SECRET_KEY
   
   #EMAIL
   SMTP_HOST =smtp.google.com
   SMTP_PASSWORD =Your_SMTP_PASSWORD
   SMTP_EMAIL =Your_SMTP_EMAIL

4. Start the backend server:

   npm run dev

5. Install frontend dependencies:

   cd frontend
   npm install

6. Start the frontend server:

   npm run dev

👏 Contributions

Contributions are welcome! Feel free to open an issue or submit a pull request.