https://github.com/fatima-sami55/game_store

A full-featured web app where users can buy and sell video games with ease. Includes game listings, user authentication, admin controls, and search/filter options. Designed to simulate a real-world e-commerce gaming experience.
https://github.com/fatima-sami55/game_store

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A full-featured web app where users can buy and sell video games with ease. Includes game listings, user authentication, admin controls, and search/filter options. Designed to simulate a real-world e-commerce gaming experience.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/fatima-sami55/game_store
• Owner: fatima-Sami55
• Created: 2025-04-22T13:12:08.000Z (about 1 year ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2025-05-06T22:45:40.000Z (about 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-05-06T23:23:35.801Z (about 1 year ago)
• Topics: bootstrap5, express-js, javascript, node-js, sql-server-database
• Language: CSS
• Homepage:
• Size: 27 MB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: Readme.md

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# 🎮 Game Store - Database Systems Project    ![MIT License](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-green.svg)

A database-driven e-commerce web application for buying and selling games online. Built as part of the Database Systems course at FAST NUCES.

## 👥 Team Members

- **Wajahat Ali**

- **Zaid Haris**

- **Fatima**

## 📌 Project Objective

The goal is to develop a Game Store platform with features like:

- User Authentication & Authorization

- Game Browsing and Filtering

- Shopping Cart & Order Placement

- Admin Dashboard for Inventory Management

- Secure Payment Processing

- Responsive UI with front-end and back-end integration

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## 📦 Project Details

### ✅ Database Design & Setup

- Schema Design (Users, Games, Orders, Payments, Cart)

- Relationships and normalization up to 3NF

- SQL Queries for Table Creation

- Views, Indexes, Joins, and Triggers

### ✅ Basic UI Design

- Home, Product, Cart, and Checkout Pages

- Login/Register Forms with Input Validation

- Fully Responsive Layout

### ✅ User Authentication & Role-Based Access

- Signup & Login Functionality

- Role-based access (Customer vs Admin)

- Password Hashing & Security

- Backend Integration with Stored Procedures

### ✅ Core E-commerce Functionalities

- Dynamic Shopping Cart

- Order Placement and Inventory Update

- Simulated Payment System

### ✅ Final Application Integration & Testing

- Refined UI/UX

- Admin Inventory Management Panel

- Customer Order Tracking

- Testing and Debugging for Performance and Load

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## 🛠️ Tech Stack

- **Front-end:** HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, JavaScript, EJS

- **Back-end:** Node.js, Express.js

- **Database:** SQL Server

- **Version Control:** Git & GitHub

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## 🚀 Deployment

The application was successfully deployed on **Azure App Service** with a cloud-hosted **Azure SQL Database**.

### 🧩 Key Deployment Configurations:

- **Hosting Platform:** Microsoft Azure (App Service)

- **Database:** Azure SQL with firewall rules configured for remote access

- **Environment Variables:** Stored securely in Azure App Settings

- **Logging:** Enabled via Azure Log Stream for real-time debugging

- **Media Uploads:** Handled via `multer` for local image uploads; can be extended to Azure Blob Storage

> ⚠️ Note: Azure App Service does not support the `USE` SQL command for switching databases. A fresh DB connection must be made if accessing another DB.

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## 🧾 License

This project is licensed under the [MIT License](./LICENSE) — feel free to use, modify, and distribute it.