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Overall plan, procedures, and toolsets to utilize in implementing this project:

Frontend Development

May be make wireframes or paper sketches? Collectively, decide on number of webpages to build, their purpose, and componants. Define overall structure of a page to maintain consistency across the entire website.

1. HTML: Create the structure of webpages.
2. CSS and Bootstrap 4: Style and layout your webpages.
3. JavaScript and jQuery: Implement interactivity and dynamic content.

Client-Server Interaction:

1. AJAX: Implement asynchronous data exchange to update parts of webpages.
2. API Development: Create endpoints for frontend-backend communication.

Backend Development:

1. Node.js: Serve web content and handle requests.
2. MongoDB: Manage the database for products, users, and orders.
3. Express.js: Build the server and APIs.
4. Session Management: Maintain user sessions.
   • Use session management libraries in Node.js (e.g., Express-session) to handle user sessions.
   • Implement a user database to store user cart information associated with their session.

User Authentication:

Implement user signup, login, and password reset functionalities.

1. Use libraries like Passport.js to handle user authentication.
2. Implement a signup and login process.
3. Create a mechanism for handling password reset (forgoten userid/password).
4. Handle email confirmation and validation of user credentials (such as password complexity rule).