MerolaStation App for Lionel Train Collectors

Introduction

MerolaStation is a train collection management system, providing features for tracking and managing train collections, wishlists, trade offers, and user profiles. Built with Go, it utilizes technologies like PostgreSQL, Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS.

Features

Collection Management:

Create, list, and delete trains from a user's collection. Update the value of a train in the collection.

Wishlist Management:

Add and delete trains from a user's wishlist.

Trade Offers and Transactions:

Create, view, list, and delete trade offers between users for trains within each user's collection. Create trade transactions -- implemented as a db transaction to ensure ACID properties. Views history of trade transactions for a user

User Management:

User creation, login, and authentication with token handling. List and retrieve user profiles.

Technologies Used:

Backend Language: Go Database: PostgreSQL Containerization: Docker Orchestration: Kubernetes Deployment: AWS (RDS, EC2, EKS, Secrets) CI/CD: GitHub Actions

Installation and Setup

Clone the Repository:

git clone https://github.com/PlatosCodes/MerolaStation.git

Build Docker Image

docker build -t merolastation .

Run with Docker Compose

docker-compose up

Architecture

Testing

make test

Future Improvements

Coming soon

Author

Alexander Merola, [email protected], linkedin.com/in/alexander-merola

Acknowledgements

Put resources as well as third-party packages and their documentation, etc.