Algonquin Pet Store

Welcome to the Algonquin Pet Store application.

The Algonquin Pet Store is a full-stack web application. It consists of a Vue.js store-front, Node.js order-service, Rust-based product-service, and RabbitMQ for message brokering. These components work together to create a microservices architecture.

Table of Contents

1. Architecture Overview
2. Setup
   • RabbitMQ
   • Order Service
   • Product Service
   • Store-Front
3. Running the Full Application

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Architecture Overview

This Algonquin Pet Store application is built using a microservices architecture with the following components:

• Store Front (Vue.js): A front-end application where customers can browse and order products.
• Order Service (Node.js): Manages customer orders and interacts with RabbitMQ for message queuing.
• Product Service (Rust): Handles product listings. Manages product details and inventory.
• RabbitMQ: Message broker for communication between services. Used to queue orders for processing.

Setup

RabbitMQ

Follow the instructions in the RabbitMQ README to get RabbitMQ running locally.

Order-Service

Navigate to the order-service folder and follow the instructions in its Order-Service README.

Product-Service

Navigate to the product-service folder and follow the instructions in its Product-Service README.

Store-Front

Navigate to the store-front folder and follow the instructions in its Store-Front README.

Running the Full Application

Once you have all the services running:

• Visit the store-front on http://localhost:8080
• The store-front communicates with the product-service and order-service
• Orders are sent to RabbitMQ for processing