DollarStore Customer Club

Customer Club for DollarStore is a personal online receipt management SaaS solution developed by KTH students as a practical part of the Project Course in Software Development (HI1039 VT24) at KTH, in collaboration with DollarStore as stakeholders.

Team: @gerlov, @CJPob, @elianrozgar, @juliazubko

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Our Product

DollarStore's Customer Club offers a set of functionalities for online receipt management, including account creation, receipt uploading/downloading, sorting and zoom capabilities, all through a user-friendly interface.

Future plans for the Customer Club include developing a CRM application and a parsing service to extract and save all products from receipts, providing further insights into customer purchasing behavior.

Tech Stack

• Database: PostgreSQL
• Backend: Java / Spring Boot
• Frontend: Angular
• Security: Client-side security via Angular Route Guards and backend protection through Spring Security
• Orchestration and Scaling: Docker and Kubernetes
• Hosting: Google Cloud via Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)

Structure

• Controller Layer: Manages HTTP requests, directing them to the correct services.
• Service Layer: Implements business logic and manages data operations.
• Repository Layer: Interfaces with PostgreSQL for data storage and retrieval.

API

Our APIs support comprehensive customer and receipt management functions, including user registration, login, and receipt handling, ensuring secure and efficient data interactions.

Hosting and Deployment

• Docker: Packages the application in lightweight containers, ensuring consistency across environments.
• Kubernetes: Automates deployment, manages container lifecycles, and supports scaling and load balancing.
• Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE): Manages the deployment and scaling of the application's containerized architecture.

Try Out the App

• Open your terminal or command prompt.
• Navigate to the root directory of the project.
• Run the command below to build and start all necessary containers (database, backend, and frontend):

docker-compose up --build -d

This process might take 2-3 minutes for the initial setup.

• Once the containers are up and running, open a web browser and navigate to:

http://localhost:4200

This will direct you to the frontend of the app.