KIRENGA-Remy/classy_kitchen_utensils

A bilingual (English / Kinyarwanda) online store for kitchen utensils, based in Kigali (City Plaza). Prices in RWF, mobile-first, with MTN MoMo and Airtel Money checkout, WhatsApp ordering, Google Maps, and social links. # Classy Kitchen Utensils — E-commerce Platform A bilingual (English / Kinyarwanda) online store for kitchen utensils, based in Kigali (City Plaza). Prices in **RWF**, mobile-first, with **MTN MoMo** and **Airtel Money** checkout, WhatsApp ordering, Google Maps, and social links. > **Stack:** Node.js + Express + TypeScript · Prisma + PostgreSQL · React + Vite + TypeScript + Tailwind CSS --- ## 1. Architecture ``` ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────┐ Mobile / Desktop │ FRONTEND (SPA) │ browser ─────► │ React + Vite + TypeScript + Tailwind │ │ • i18n (EN / RW) • RWF formatting │ │ • TanStack Query • react-router │ │ Hosted on Vercel │ └───────────────┬──────────────────────────────┘ │ HTTPS / JSON (?lang=en|rw) ▼ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ BACKEND (API) │ │ Express + TypeScript (layered) │ │ routes → controllers → services → Prisma │ │ helmet · CORS allowlist · rate-limit · Zod │ │ Hosted on Render / Railway / Fly.io │ └───────┬───────────────────────┬──────────────┘ │ │ Prisma ORM │ │ Payment adapters ▼ ▼ ┌───────────────────────┐ ┌─────────────────────────────┐ │ PostgreSQL │ │ MTN MoMo API · Airtel Money │ │ (Supabase / Neon) │ │ (server-to-server, webhooks)│ └───────────────────────┘ └─────────────────────────────┘ Product images → object storage / CDN (Cloudinary or S3-compatible) Google Maps embed → store location (City Plaza, Kigali) ``` **Why this shape** - **Separate frontend and backend.** The React app is just static files on a CDN (fast, cheap, scalable); the API is a stateless service that can scale independently. This is the standard, professional split and reads well on a CV. - **Layered backend** (routes → controllers → services → data) keeps HTTP concerns, busin …