abdulaibahh/farmer_marketplace

A mobile commerce workspace for Sierra Leone with listing management, order tracking, secure payments, and admin moderation. # Farmer Marketplace Farmer Marketplace is a production-focused mobile commerce system for direct farmer-to-buyer trade. It includes: - Expo mobile app with a polished responsive interface - PostgreSQL backend with JWT auth, role-based access, and persistence - Product listings, orders, reviews, moderation, and analytics - Live Stripe checkout for secure payments - Free web deployment path with Netlify + Render + Neon ## Free deployment stack This repo is ready for a free-hosted web release using: - Netlify for the Expo web frontend - Render free web service for the API - Neon free PostgreSQL for the database Official pricing pages: - Netlify pricing - Render pricing - Neon pricing ## Project layout - `App.js` — Expo app shell and role-based navigation - `src/` — screens, shared UI, context, API client, and token storage - `backend/` — Express API for PostgreSQL, auth, checkout, and marketplace logic - `database/schema.sql` — PostgreSQL schema for pgAdmin4 - `database/initial-admin.sql` — bootstrap script for your first admin account - `docs/system-architecture.md` — architecture summary for the submission - `docs/api-reference.md` — endpoint reference for the backend - `docs/presentation-outline.md` — slide outline for the presentation deliverable - `assets/` — app icon, splash screen, adaptive icon, and web favicon - `eas.json` — Expo Application Services build profiles - `netlify.toml` — Netlify static web configuration - `render.yaml` — Render web service blueprint ## Setup ### 1) PostgreSQL in pgAdmin4 or Neon 1. Create a database named `farmer_marketplace` in pgAdmin4, or create a free Neon project. 2. Open the Query Tool in pgAdmin4, or use your Neon SQL editor if you prefer. 3. Run `database/schema.sql` 4. Run `database/initial-admin.sql` and replace the placeholder email/password with your own secure admin credentials The sign-in screen includes a protected **Administrator** option. Public registration remains limited to buyers and farmers; adm …