🍔 EngineerFoodies

Full-Stack Food Delivery Platform

A scalable full-stack food delivery platform that connects customers with restaurants through a modern web application. The platform enables secure authentication, menu management, online ordering, real-time order tracking, and role-based dashboards.

🚀 Overview

EngineerFoodies is a cloud-enabled food delivery application developed using the MERN stack. It provides customers with a seamless ordering experience while allowing restaurants to efficiently manage menus and customer orders through dedicated dashboards.

The application follows RESTful API architecture and integrates MongoDB Atlas for cloud-based data storage, ensuring scalability and reliability.

✨ Features

🔐 Authentication	🍽 User Features	👨‍💼 Admin Features
✅ User Registration & Login	✅ Browse Food Menu	✅ Admin Dashboard
✅ JWT Authentication	✅ Search & Filter Food	✅ Category Management
✅ Role-Based Access Control	✅ View Food Details	✅ Food Item Management
✅ Protected Routes	✅ Add to Cart	✅ User Management
	✅ Update Cart Quantity	✅ Order Management
	✅ Remove Cart Items	✅ View All Orders
	✅ Place Orders	✅ Update Order Status
	✅ Address Management
	✅ Order History

🗄 Database Features	☁️ Cloud Features
✅ MongoDB Atlas	✅ AWS EC2 Deployment
✅ Users Collection	✅ Amazon S3 Storage
✅ Categories Collection	✅ REST API Communication
✅ Food Items Collection
✅ Cart Collection
✅ Orders Collection
✅ Address Collection

🛠 Tech Stack

Category	Technologies
Frontend
Backend
Database
Authentication
Cloud
Development Tools
Version Control

🏗 System Architecture

📁 Project Structure

EngineerFoodies/

├── fdp-frontend-react/
│   ├── src/
│   ├── public/
│   └── package.json
│
├── fdp-backend-node/
│   ├── controllers/
│   ├── middleware/
│   ├── models/
│   ├── routes/
│   ├── config/
│   ├── uploads/
│   ├── server.js
│   └── package.json
│
├── Images/
├── README.md
└── .env

⚙ Installation

Clone Repository

git clone https://github.com/jyoti1900/Food-Delivery-Website.git

cd Food-Delivery-Website

Install Backend

cd fdp-backend-node

npm install

Install Frontend

cd ../fdp-frontend-react

npm install

🔑 Environment Variables

Create a .env file inside the backend directory.

PORT=3000

MONGO_URI=your_mongodb_connection_string

JWT_SECRET=your_secret_key

AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=your_access_key

AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=your_secret_key

AWS_REGION=your_region

AWS_BUCKET_NAME=your_bucket_name

▶ Running Locally

Backend

cd fdp-backend-node

npm start

Frontend

cd fdp-frontend-react

npm start

Application runs at:

http://localhost:3000

📦 API Modules

Module	Description
Authentication	User registration, login, and JWT authentication
Users	User profile and account management
Restaurants	Restaurant management and information
Categories	Food category management
Food Items	Food item creation, updates, and retrieval
Cart	Shopping cart operations
Orders	Order placement and order tracking
Address	User address management
Dashboard	Administrative dashboard and analytics

🔒 Security

Security Feature	Description
JWT Authentication	Secure user authentication using JSON Web Tokens
Password Hashing	Encrypts user passwords before storing them
Protected Routes	Restricts access to authorized users only
Environment Variables	Protects sensitive application credentials
Input Validation	Validates incoming request data
REST API Security	Secures API endpoints against unauthorized access
MongoDB Injection Protection	Prevents NoSQL injection attacks

⚡ Performance Optimizations

Optimization	Description
Modular MVC Architecture	Improves code organization and maintainability
RESTful API Design	Enables efficient and standardized API communication
MongoDB Indexing	Speeds up database query execution
Optimized Database Queries	Reduces response time and improves performance
Efficient State Management	Optimizes frontend data handling
Cloud Database Integration	Provides scalable and reliable data storage
Scalable Backend Structure	Supports high traffic and future growth

📸 Screenshots

👤 User Module

Home Page

Login

Signup

Add to Cart

Address Details

Order Dashboard

My Orders

👨‍💼 Admin Module

Dashboard

Category Add

Category List

Item Add

Item List

🚀 Future Improvements

Feature	Description
Online Payments (Stripe/Razorpay)	Enable secure online payment processing
Live Order Tracking	Track orders in real time from preparation to delivery
Google Maps Integration	Provide accurate location and delivery tracking
Push Notifications	Notify users about order updates and offers
AI Food Recommendation	Suggest personalized food items based on user preferences
Restaurant Reviews & Ratings	Allow customers to rate and review restaurants
Coupon & Discount System	Support promotional offers and discount coupons
Progressive Web App (PWA)	Deliver an app-like experience on web browsers
Docker Deployment	Simplify application deployment using containers
CI/CD Pipeline	Automate build, testing, and deployment processes

🤝 Contributing

This project was developed as a college minor project through collaborative teamwork. Team members contributed to project planning, backend development, frontend implementation, testing, debugging, documentation, and version control using GitHub.

Contributions are welcome!

Fork the repository
Create a new feature branch

git checkout -b feature/new-feature

Commit your changes

git commit -m "Add new feature"

Push to your branch

git push origin feature/new-feature

Open a Pull Request

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

👨‍💻 Developed By

Team Member	Contribution
Tonusree Mondal	UI/UX Design
Jyotipriya Das	Project Lead & Backend Development
Debarshi Paul	Frontend Development (All Sections), Testing & Debugging

⭐ If you found this project helpful, consider giving it a Star on GitHub!

Name		Name	Last commit message	Last commit date
EngineerFoodies-backend		EngineerFoodies-backend
EngineerFoodies-frontend		EngineerFoodies-frontend
Images		Images
LICENSE		LICENSE
README.md		README.md

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