Prolist – React Ecommerce Shopping Cart Script

Introduction

Prolist is a popular open-source React ecommerce shopping cart script that allows you to quickly and easily build an ecommerce website with a flexible and customizable shopping cart feature. With Prolist, you can create a robust and scalable ecommerce application that meets the needs of your customers and business requirements.

In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to use Prolist to create a responsive and user-friendly ecommerce shopping cart for your website or application. We will cover the installation, configuration, and customization of Prolist, as well as how to integrate it with your existing React application or start a new project with Prolist.

Requirements

Before we begin, make sure you have the following:

• Node.js (14.17.0 or higher) installed on your machine
• Create-react-app (6.0.0 or higher) installed on your machine
• A code editor or IDE (such as Visual Studio Code, IntelliJ, or Sublime Text)

Step 1: Installation

To install Prolist, run the following command in your terminal:

npx create-react-app my-shopping-cart --template cra-template-typescript

This will create a new React project with TypeScript installed. Next, navigate into the project directory:

cd my-shopping-cart

Then, install Prolist as a dependency:

npm install prolist react

Step 2: Configuration

After installing Prolist, you need to configure it to work with your React application. Create a new file called prowrapper.js in the root of your project directory:

import { Prolist } from 'prolist';
import { ReactContext } from 'react';
import { App } from './App';

const products = [
  { id: 1, name: 'Product 1', price: 19.99 },
  { id: 2, name: 'Product 2', price: 9.99 },
  { id: 3, name: 'Product 3', price: 29.99 },
];

const prolistOptions = {
  // configure Prolist options here
  // for example:
  cartType: 'modal',
  maxQuantity: 10,
  showQuantity: true,
};

const AppProvider = ReactContext.create('AppProvider', {
  products,
  prolistOptions,
});

const app = (
  <AppProvider>
    <App />
  </AppProvider>
);

export default app;

In this configuration file, we define a list of products, set some Prolist options, and create a Provider component that wraps our App component.

Step 3: Customize the UI

Prolist provides a set of pre-built UI components for your shopping cart. To customize the UI, open the App.js file and replace the content with the following code:

import { ReactComponent } from '@prolist/react';
import { AppProvider } from './prowrapper';
import { ProductList, ProductCard, CartPanel } from '@prolist/react';

const App = () => {
  const { products, prolistOptions } = ReactContext.useContext(AppProvider);
  const [cart, setCart] = useState({});

  const handleAddProduct = (product) => {
    setCart({
     ...cart,
      [product.id]: (cart[product.id] || 0) + 1,
    });
  };

  const handleRemoveProduct = (product) => {
    setCart({
     ...cart,
      [product.id]: cart[product.id] - 1,
    });
  };

  const handleUpdateQuantity = (product, quantity) => {
    setCart({...cart, [product.id]: quantity });
  };

  return (
    <AppProvider>
      <ProductList>
        {products.map((product) => (
          <ProductCard
            key={product.id}
            product={product}
            onAdd={handleAddProduct}
            onRemove={handleRemoveProduct}
          />
        ))}
      </ProductList>
      <CartPanel cart={cart} prolistOptions={prolistOptions} onUpdateQuantity={handleUpdateQuantity} />
    </AppProvider>
  );
};

export default App;

In this example, we use the pre-built UI components from @prolist/react to render a product list, product cards, and a cart panel. We also define some event handlers for adding, removing, and updating product quantities.

Step 4: Render the App

Finally, render the App component in your index.js file:

import React from 'react';
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import App from './App';
import { BrowserRouter } from 'react-router-dom';

ReactDOM.render(
  <BrowserRouter>
    <App />
  </BrowserRouter>,
  document.getElementById('root')
);

Now, run your application with npm start or yarn start. You should see a simple ecommerce shopping cart application up and running!

That's it!

With this tutorial, you've successfully installed, configured, and customized Prolist for your React ecommerce application. You can now proceed to add more features and functionality to your application.

Please note that this tutorial is just a starting point, and you may need to customize Prolist further to fit your specific requirements. For more advanced features and customization options, refer to the Prolist documentation and community forums.