Learn to Build a Shopping Cart using NodeJS

Build a simple bookstore e-commerce site with a basic shopping cart and dynamic paypal button using node.js and express, with cracking and dust templating, and foundation for the frontend.

Learn to build a shopping cart with NodeJS by creating routes and views, including a four-column book grid index and a details page rendered via a books controller.

Create a localization file for the view and load a layout to build details page. Implement a manage module with routes, controllers, and templates for books and categories in NodeJS.

Demonstrate creating a MongoDB database with mongoose for a Node.js app, setting up books and categories collections, inserting sample data, and wiring a db connector to open the connection.

Create and connect book and category models with mongoose in nodejs, defining a book schema with title, category, description, author, publisher, price, and cover.

Build an admin CRUD for books and categories in a NodeJS shopping cart app, including listing and adding, with future editing and deleting.

Learn to implement admin CRUD for books and categories, adding edit and delete routes, forms, and templates to manage data via post requests.

Finish building the shopping cart in nodejs, enable paypal checkout, add an about page via a pages controller, and render the cart with session-based items and a computed total.

Add items to the cart by posting to /cart, update quantities, and store it in session. Show the grand total with dust.js helpers and a PayPal button for checkout.