Implementing REST APIs for products and orders
Now that we have the design of our e-commerce application’s architecture in place and have defined our API’s main operations, it’s time to turn our attention to the actual implementation of our REST APIs. In the following sections, we will be focusing on building the functional aspects of our e-commerce application – products, orders, and payments. This will involve coding our endpoints, setting up our database, and ensuring that our application runs smoothly. We will be using our previously defined API design as a guide for this implementation. Let’s dive in and start building our e-commerce application.
Setting up the development environment
Though it’s assumed that you are already familiar with setting up a NestJS project, it’s worth mentioning that this process involves creating a new NestJS application using the Nest CLI, installing necessary dependencies, and setting up the main...
