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View the live website [here](https://course-cascade.vercel.app/).\n\n## Features\n\n- 🔐 Secure authentication with Clerk\n- 📚 Course creation and management\n- 📝 Interactive lesson content\n- 📊 Student progress tracking\n- 🎥 Video content streaming\n- 💾 File storage and management\n- 📱 Responsive design for all devices\n\n## Payment Processing\n\nFor demonstration purposes, all Stripe payments are currently processed through a single platform account, meaning course payments go directly to the platform owner.\n\nIn a real-world marketplace scenario, the payment system would be implemented using Stripe Connect to facilitate revenue sharing between the platform and instructors. Here's how it would work:\n\n1. Instructors would onboard through Stripe Connect to create connected accounts\n2. When a student purchases a course for $100:\n   - Platform automatically keeps its fee (e.g., 20% = $20)\n   - Instructor automatically receives their share (e.g., 80% = $80)\n3. Payouts would be handled automatically to instructors' bank accounts\n\nThis marketplace payment setup is intentionally omitted from the demo but represents the proper approach for a production course marketplace platform.\n\n## Tech Stack\n\n### Frontend\n\n- Next.js 14 (App Router)\n- TypeScript\n- Tailwind CSS\n- Shadcn UI\n- Clerk Authentication\n\n### Backend \u0026 Infrastructure\n\n- AWS Lambda (Serverless Functions)\n- Amazon API Gateway\n- Amazon DynamoDB\n- Amazon S3 (File Storage)\n- Amazon CloudFront (CDN)\n- Amazon ECR (Container Registry)\n\n## Getting Started\n\n### Prerequisites\n\n- Node.js 18.0 or later\n- AWS Account\n- Clerk Account\n- npm or pnpm\n\n### Installation\n\n1. Clone the repository:\n\n```bash\ngit clone https://github.com/yourusername/course-cascade.git\ncd course-cascade\n```\n\n2. Install dependencies:\n\n```bash\nnpm install\n# or\npnpm install\n```\n\n3. Set up environment variables:\n\n```bash\ncp .env.example .env.local\n```\n\nFill in your environment variables:\n\n```\nNEXT_PUBLIC_CLERK_PUBLISHABLE_KEY=\nCLERK_SECRET_KEY=\nAWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=\nAWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=\nAWS_REGION=\n# ... other environment variables\n```\n\n4. Run the development server:\n\n```bash\nnpm run dev\n# or\npnpm dev\n```\n\nOpen [http://localhost:3000](http://localhost:3000) to view the application.\n\n## Deployment\n\n### Vercel Deployment\n\n1. Push your code to GitHub\n2. Import your repository to Vercel\n3. Configure environment variables\n4. Deploy\n\n### AWS Infrastructure Setup\n\n1. Configure AWS CLI\n2. Deploy AWS resources using Infrastructure as Code (IaC)\n3. Set up CI/CD pipeline\n\nDetailed deployment instructions can be found in the [deployment documentation](docs/deployment.md).\n\n## Architecture\n\n```\n┌─────────────────┐\n│   Next.js App   │\n└─────────────────┘\n         │\n         ├────────────────────────────┐\n         ▼                            ▼\n┌─────────────────┐           ┌──────────────┐\n│    Clerk Auth   │           │  CloudFront  │\n└─────────────────┘           └──────────────┘\n         │                            │\n         ▼                            ▼\n┌─────────────────┐           ┌──────────────┐\n│     Vercel      │           │     S3       │\n└─────────────────┘           └──────────────┘\n         │\n         ▼\n┌─────────────────┐\n│   API Gateway   │\n└─────────────────┘\n         │\n         ▼\n┌─────────────────┐     ┌──────────────┐\n│   AWS Lambda    │◀────│     ECR      │\n└─────────────────┘     └──────────────┘\n         │\n         ├────────────────────────────┐\n         ▼                            ▼\n┌─────────────────┐           ┌──────────────┐\n│    DynamoDB     │           │     S3       │\n└─────────────────┘           └──────────────┘\n```\n\n## Contributing\n\n1. Fork the repository\n2. Create your feature branch (`git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature`)\n3. Commit your changes (`git commit -m 'Add some amazing feature'`)\n4. Push to the branch (`git push origin feature/amazing-feature`)\n5. Open a Pull Request\n\n## License\n\nThis project is licensed under the MIT License - see the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for details.\n\n## Acknowledgments\n- EdRoh for the project inspiration\n- Next.js team for the amazing framework\n- Vercel for hosting and deployment\n- AWS for cloud infrastructure\n- Clerk for authentication services\n\n---\n\nBuilt with ❤️ using [Next.js](https://nextjs.org/)\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fsamyakpiya%2Fcourse-cascade","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fsamyakpiya%2Fcourse-cascade","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fsamyakpiya%2Fcourse-cascade/lists"}