SelBuy 🛒

SelBuy is a dynamic online marketplace inspired by platforms like Avito.ma and Facebook Marketplace. It allows users (sellers) to post announcements containing the products they want to sell, and other users (sellers/buyers) can contact them using email, phone, or chat inside the app.

Features ✨

• 📢 Announcement Posting: Sellers can create detailed announcements for the products they wish to sell.
• 📬 Contact Options: Buyers and sellers can communicate via email, phone, or an integrated chat system.
• 💻 User Interface: Modern and responsive design with interactive elements.
• 📊 Data Visualization: Utilize charts for data representation.

Technologies Used 💻

• HTML, CSS: Structure and styling of web pages.
• JavaScript: Dynamic and interactive web pages.
• jQuery: Simplified DOM manipulation and animations.
  • jQuery UI: Interactive widgets for user interfaces.
  • Easing JS: Smooth animations for visual effects.
  • jQuery Migrate JS: Compatibility with older versions of jQuery.
  • ScrollUp JS: Scroll-to-top functionality.
  • jQuery Nav JS: Interactive and responsive navigation.
• Tailwind CSS: Utility-first CSS framework for rapid and responsive design.
• DataTable: Interactive and dynamic tables.
• Alpine JS: Reactive and lightweight components for the frontend.
• FontAwesome: Vector icons for an enriched user interface.
• Animate.css: CSS animations library for visual effects.
• FlowBite: UI components integrated with Tailwind CSS.
• SweetAlert2: Stylish alerts for better user interaction.
• UI Avatar: Dynamic user avatar generation.
• Laravel Charts: Data visualization with charts.
• Laravel (PHP): Web framework for a robust MVC structure and advanced features.
• Vite JS: Fast compilation and development tool for modern applications.

Getting Started 🚀

Prerequisites

Before you begin, ensure you have met the following requirements:

• You have installed Composer
• You have installed Node.js and npm
• You have a working PHP environment

Installation 🛠

Follow these steps to set up the project locally:

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/YoussefSelk/SB-SelBuy.git
   cd SB-SelBuy

2. Install Composer dependencies:

   composer install

3. Install npm dependencies:

   npm install

4. Set up the environment variables: Copy the .env.example file to .env and update the configuration as needed.

   cp .env.example .env
   php artisan key:generate

5. Run the database migrations:

   php artisan migrate

6. Seed the database :

   php artisan db:seed

Running the Project 🏃‍♂️

1. Start the PHP development server:

   php artisan serve

2. Compile the frontend assets:

   npm run dev

Your application should now be running at http://localhost:8000.

Contributing 🤝

To contribute to SelBuy, follow these steps:

1. Fork this repository.
2. Create a branch: git checkout -b feature/your-feature.
3. Make your changes and commit them: git commit -m 'Add some feature'.
4. Push to the original branch: git push origin feature/your-feature.
5. Create the pull request.

License 📜

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

Contact 📧

If you want to contact me, you can reach me at [email protected].