Meltin' Moments - E-commerce React App
A front-end only e-commerce learning project built with React, featuring authentication, wishlist, cart management, advanced filtering, and responsive design. Created while learning React, JavaScript, and modern web development practices.
Video Preview
Meltin’ Moments E-commerce Demo
About
Meltin’ Moments is a front-end only e-commerce learning project built while exploring React and modern web development. This project was created as part of my journey learning React, JavaScript, and building complex user interfaces. The application simulates a complete shopping experience for a bakery business, featuring user authentication, product browsing, wishlist management, cart functionality, and advanced search capabilities.
As a learning project, this application helped me understand React fundamentals, component architecture, state management patterns, and how to build responsive, user-friendly interfaces. It demonstrates my ability to work with React hooks, manage complex application state, and integrate with external APIs and services.
Tech Stack
Frontend
- React: Component-based UI library for building interactive user interfaces
- JavaScript (ES6+): Modern JavaScript features including hooks, async/await, and destructuring
- CSS: Custom styling with responsive design principles and CSS Grid/Flexbox
Services
- Cloudinary: Cloud-based image and file storage service for product images
Key Features Implemented
- Authentication System: Login with “Remember Me” functionality, signup with input validation, logout, and password recovery
- State Management: Complex state handling for cart, wishlist, and user sessions
- Product Management: Advanced filtering (by stock, featured status, categories, subcategories, price range, rating) and sorting capabilities
- Shopping Features: Add/remove from cart and wishlist, quantity management, move items between cart and wishlist
- Search: Advanced search functionality with multiple filter options
- Responsive Design: Fully responsive layout that works across all device sizes
Learning & Insights
This project was instrumental in my React learning journey. As a front-end only application, it provided hands-on experience with core React concepts and modern JavaScript practices.
React Fundamentals
Building this application from scratch helped me understand React’s component-based architecture, JSX syntax, and the component lifecycle. I learned to break down complex UIs into reusable, composable components and understand the unidirectional data flow in React applications.
State Management Patterns
Managing cart state, wishlist state, and user authentication state taught me the importance of thoughtful state management. I learned to use React hooks (useState, useEffect, useContext) effectively and understand when to lift state up versus keeping it local. This project helped me grasp the concept of prop drilling and how to use React Context to share state across components.
User Experience Design
Creating an intuitive e-commerce interface required understanding user workflows and expectations. I focused on making common actions (adding to cart, viewing products, managing wishlist) as frictionless as possible. The filtering and sorting system helped me learn about creating user-friendly interfaces that guide users to their goals.
API Integration
Working with external APIs taught me how to structure API calls, handle loading states, error states, and manage asynchronous operations using async/await and promises. I learned to create reusable API utility functions and handle edge cases like network failures and invalid responses.
Form Validation
Implementing form validation for signup and login forms was a valuable learning experience. I learned to provide real-time feedback to users, validate inputs on the client side, and create user-friendly error messages. This helped me understand controlled components and form handling in React.
Responsive Design Principles
Building a fully responsive e-commerce site taught me to think mobile-first and ensure all interactions work seamlessly across devices. I learned about CSS Grid, Flexbox, and media queries to create layouts that adapt to different screen sizes.
JavaScript ES6+ Features
This project gave me practical experience with modern JavaScript features including destructuring, arrow functions, template literals, and array methods like map, filter, and reduce. Working with React helped solidify my understanding of these concepts in a real-world context.
This learning project was a significant milestone in my React journey, providing practical experience with building complex, interactive user interfaces and understanding the patterns and practices used in modern React development.