GameHaven – Video Games Marketplace 🎮

Welcome to GameHaven, a full-stack web application that allows users to buy, sell, and trade video games securely. Built with Symfony (backend) and React 18 (frontend), GameHaven provides a dynamic user experience with features like secure authentication, game listings, wishlist management, and integrated payment processing using Stripe.

📌 Key Features

• User Authentication: JWT-based authentication with role-based access.
• Game Listings: Create, update, search, and manage game listings.
• Wishlist Management: Keep track of your favorite games.
• Secure Payments: Integrated with Stripe for payment processing.
• Robust Backend: RESTful API built with Symfony and Doctrine ORM.
• Optimized Data Management: Powered by PostgreSQL.
• Responsive Frontend: Modern React 18 UI with dynamic navigation.

🚀 Tech Stack

• Backend: [], Doctrine ORM, LexikJWT, NelmioCorsBundle
• Frontend: [ React 18], React Router, Axios
• Database: [ PostgreSQL]
• APIs & Tools: [ Postman], Stripe API

📁 Project Hierarchy

GameHaven/
├── backend/
│   ├── config/
│   ├── src/
│   ├── public/
│   └── ...
├── frontend/
│   ├── public/
│   ├── src/
│   │   ├── components/
│   │   ├── utils/
│   │   └── ...
│   └── package.json
└── README.md

⚙️ Setup & Installation

Backend (Symfony)

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/yourusername/GameHaven.git
   cd GameHaven/backend

2. Install dependencies:

   composer install

3. Create and configure the .env file:

   cp .env.example .env

   Update the following fields in .env:

   • DATABASE_URL
   • JWT_SECRET_KEY, JWT_PUBLIC_KEY, JWT_PASSPHRASE
   • CORS_ALLOW_ORIGIN
   • STRIPE_SECRET_KEY, STRIPE_PUBLIC_KEY

4. Generate JWT keys:

   mkdir -p config/jwt
   openssl genpkey -algorithm RSA -out config/jwt/private.pem -aes256 -pass pass:your_passphrase
   openssl rsa -pubout -in config/jwt/private.pem -out config/jwt/public.pem -passin pass:your_passphrase

5. Database Setup:

   php bin/console doctrine:database:create
   php bin/console doctrine:migrations:migrate

6. Run Symfony server:

   symfony server:start

Frontend (React)

1. Navigate to frontend directory:

   cd ../frontend

2. Install dependencies:

   npm install

3. Configure environment variables:

   • Copy .env.example to .env and update:
     • REACT_APP_API_URL (Backend API URL)
     • REACT_APP_STRIPE_PUBLIC_KEY

4. Start the development server:

   npm start

   The app should run at http://localhost:3000.

🛠️ Running & Testing the Application

• Use Postman for API testing.
• Browser-based testing for the frontend.
• Monitor logs for backend Symfony server and React development server for debugging.

🎯 Final Thoughts

GameHaven is designed to deliver a seamless gaming marketplace experience. Contributions, feedback, or issues are welcome—feel free to open an issue or a pull request.

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Happy coding! 🚀🎮

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