JTech Marketplace

A prototype community marketplace for the JTech community (jtechforums.org) — the frum / kosher-tech crowd. Buy, sell, and give within the community: Judaica, seforim, filtered devices, simcha goods, household items, and more.

⚠️ Prototype — "Figma level". There is no real backend, no real payments, no shipping, and no real accounts. Everything runs in the browser; data is stored in IndexedDB and seeded with mock listings. Payment/shipping controls are intentional dummy switches marked "Coming soon".

🔗 Live demo

• Hosted (GitHub Pages): https://shalom-karr.github.io/JTech-Marketplace/ (published automatically on every push to main — see .github/workflows/deploy.yml).
• Local dev server: http://localhost:4200/

Try it

Open the demo and click “✨ Instant demo login” on the login page, or log in as any seed account (no password needed): you, rivka_g, shloimy_tech, dovid_seforim, miriam_b, chana_home, or jtech_admin (admin dashboard).

✨ Features

• Listings, categories & search — browse grid, category/condition/price filters, sorting, and a full product page with an image gallery.
• Sell & manage — post, edit, mark-sold, and delete your own listings.
• Accounts & profiles — dummy auth, editable user profiles, public seller pages.
• Favorites & cart — save listings; a cart with a dummy "Figma-level" checkout (fake order confirmation, no payment).
• Messaging — buyer–seller chat threads with unread indicators.
• Admin dashboard — listing moderation, user list, and non-functional feature flags.
• API docs — the planned REST contract for a future backend, in docs/API.md and in-app at /api-docs.

🛠 Tech stack

• Angular 19 — standalone components, signals, lazy-loaded routes.
• TypeScript — no backend.
• TailwindCSS v4 — JTech-branded theme (tekhelet blue + gold).
• Dexie / IndexedDB — in-browser persistence, seeded with mock data.

🚀 Local development

npm install
npm start          # → http://localhost:4200/

npm run build      # production build → dist/jtech-marketplace/browser

To reset the in-browser data, log in as jtech_admin and use Reset demo data in the admin dashboard, or clear the site's IndexedDB in your browser.

📁 Project structure

src/app/
  core/      models, IndexedDB (Dexie), store, auth, toast, seed data
  shared/    navbar, footer, product card, dummy switch, pipes
  pages/     home, browse, product detail, sell/edit, favorites, cart,
             messages, profile, seller profile, login, signup, admin, api-docs
docs/API.md  planned REST API contract

🗺 Roadmap

This prototype is a standalone app. A real version would add the backend described in docs/API.md (payments, shipping, authentication, notifications) and could later be packaged as a Discourse plugin for JTech.