JQuery JSON Shopping Cart – Store – Shop

Introduction

In this tutorial, we will be exploring the JQuery JSON Shopping Cart, a powerful and versatile tool for creating a shopping cart system for your online store. The JQuery JSON Shopping Cart is a popular open-source library that allows you to easily add, remove, and manage products in a shopping cart, all while maintaining a seamless user experience.

With this tutorial, you will learn how to set up and use the JQuery JSON Shopping Cart in your own project, including how to:

• Initialize the shopping cart
• Add and remove products from the cart
• Update the cart total and item count
• Handle checkout and payment processing
• Customize the cart's appearance and behavior

By the end of this tutorial, you will have a solid understanding of how to use the JQuery JSON Shopping Cart to create a robust and functional shopping cart system for your online store.

Step 1: Setting up the Shopping Cart

To get started, you will need to include the JQuery JSON Shopping Cart library in your HTML file. You can do this by adding the following script tag to the head of your HTML file:

<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/jquery-json-shopping-cart@1.3.0/dist/jquery.json-shopping-cart.min.js"></script>

Next, you will need to initialize the shopping cart by calling the $.jsonShoppingCart() function and passing in an options object. The options object should include the following properties:

• cartId: a unique identifier for the shopping cart
• currency: the currency symbol to use for pricing
• decimalPlaces: the number of decimal places to display for prices

Here is an example of how to initialize the shopping cart:

$(document).ready(function() {
  $.jsonShoppingCart({
    cartId: 'my-cart',
    currency: '$',
    decimalPlaces: 2
  });
});

Step 2: Adding Products to the Cart

To add a product to the cart, you will need to use the $.jsonShoppingCart('add', product) method, where product is an object containing the product's details. The product object should include the following properties:

• id: a unique identifier for the product
• name: the product's name
• price: the product's price
• quantity: the initial quantity of the product to add to the cart

Here is an example of how to add a product to the cart:

$(document).ready(function() {
  $.jsonShoppingCart('add', {
    id: 'product-1',
    name: 'Product 1',
    price: 9.99,
    quantity: 1
  });
});

Step 3: Removing Products from the Cart

To remove a product from the cart, you will need to use the $.jsonShoppingCart('remove', productId) method, where productId is the unique identifier of the product to remove.

Here is an example of how to remove a product from the cart:

$(document).ready(function() {
  $.jsonShoppingCart('remove', 'product-1');
});

Step 4: Updating the Cart Total and Item Count

To update the cart total and item count, you will need to use the $.jsonShoppingCart('update') method. This method will recalculate the cart total and item count based on the current products in the cart.

Here is an example of how to update the cart total and item count:

$(document).ready(function() {
  $.jsonShoppingCart('update');
});

Step 5: Handling Checkout and Payment Processing

To handle checkout and payment processing, you will need to use the $.jsonShoppingCart('checkout') method. This method will send the cart contents to your server for processing.

Here is an example of how to handle checkout and payment processing:

$(document).ready(function() {
  $.jsonShoppingCart('checkout', function(data) {
    // Send the cart contents to your server for processing
    $.ajax({
      type: 'POST',
      url: '/checkout',
      data: data,
      success: function(response) {
        // Handle the response from the server
      }
    });
  });
});

Step 6: Customizing the Cart's Appearance and Behavior

To customize the cart's appearance and behavior, you can use the various options and methods provided by the JQuery JSON Shopping Cart library. For example, you can use the $.jsonShoppingCart('option', 'cartId', 'my-cart') method to set the cart ID, or the $.jsonShoppingCart('option', 'currency', '$') method to set the currency symbol.

Here is an example of how to customize the cart's appearance and behavior:

$(document).ready(function() {
  $.jsonShoppingCart('option', 'cartId', 'my-cart');
  $.jsonShoppingCart('option', 'currency', '$');
});

By following these steps, you should now have a fully functional shopping cart system using the JQuery JSON Shopping Cart library.