GymStore Project

This project is a web application for managing an online store for gym equipment developed with Laravel.

Prerequisites

• PHP 8.1 or higher
• Composer
• MySQL 8.0 or higher
• Node.js and npm

Setup

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/jmonto98/gymstore.git
   cd gymstore

2. Install PHP dependencies:

   composer install

3. Install JavaScript dependencies:

   npm install

4. Copy the environment configuration file:

   cp .env.example .env

5. Generate the application key:

   php artisan key:generate

6. Configure the database in the .env file:

   DB_CONNECTION=mysql
   DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
   DB_PORT=3306
   DB_DATABASE=gymstoredb
   DB_USERNAME=your_username
   DB_PASSWORD=your_password

7. Create the gymstoredb database in MySQL:

   mysql -u root -p
   CREATE DATABASE gymstoredb;
   EXIT;

8. Run migrations:

   php artisan migrate

9. To populate the database with initial data, connect to MySQL and run the script:

   mysql -u your_username -p gymstoredb 
   source scripts/populate_models.sql

Running the Application

1. Start the Laravel development server:

   php artisan serve

2. Open a web browser and visit http://localhost:8000 to access the application.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file