Picklify - E-commerce Platform

Welcome to Picklify, an advanced e-commerce platform built using the Django framework. This project is designed to provide users with a seamless online shopping experience with features like user registration, email verification, load testing, and payment gateway integration.

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🔥 Features :

✅ User Authentication

• Register: Users can sign up with a valid email address and password.
• Login: Secure login functionality with session management.
• Email Verification: Users must verify their email to activate their account.

📦 Product Management

• Product Catalog: View a list of available products with detailed descriptions.
• Search and Filter: Users can search for products by name and filter by category.
• Add to Cart: Users can add products to their shopping cart.
• Checkout: Users can review their cart items before proceeding to payment.

Invoice Generation

• Smooth Checkouts: xhtml2pdf module used for generation of pdfs.
• Invoive Attachments: Receive an invoice of the order placed on the provided email address for successful placement of orders.

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🚀 Tech Stack

• Frontend: HTML, CSS, JavaScript
• Backend: Django
• Database: SQLite

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📚 Prerequisites

• Python 3.8+
• Django 4.0+
• Virtualenv

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⚙️ Installation Guide

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/rahull0328/Picklify.git
   

2. Creating Virtual Environment:

   python venv env
   

3. Activating the virtual environment:

   cd env/scripts/activate
   

4. Install dependencies:

   pip install -r requirements.txt
   

5. Starting the Development Server:

   cd picklify
   python manage.py runserver
   

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