Hello there!
This week it gets visual at Betterzon.
We got together and thought about ways to share our ideas about the structure of some parts of the project in a visual way.
Since our codebase is not very large at the moment, we thought that our ERM might be interesting for you.
Our database will be a crucial part of the project, so we put a considerable amount of thought into our data model. But if you see anything that can be improved, feel free to let us know!
We also created a class diagram for our front end components.
In the top half of this diagram, you can see our page components, so the components that result in a whole page, e.g. the Landing Page, the Product List Page (PLP) or the Product Detail Page (PDP). In the bottom half of the diagram, we outlined the components that are used on said pages.
We want to make the sure that the components are “reusable” in different parts of the website.
The Product List component for example is supposed to be used for search results, but also on the landing page to display popular searches and good deals.
I guess that’s it for this week. Stay tuned for more exciting news 🙂
Hey Betterzon Team,
your two diagrams look already pretty good. We only have some remarks. First of all it would be interesting to know which tools you are using. Moreover, it might be useful to put the type of relation (e.g. n:m or 1:n) to your ERM diagram.
We especially like that you have already thought about your frontend components. Maybe you add a short explanation of the abbreviations (PLP and PDP).
We stay tuned for more exciting news 😉 !
Your PlaceToBeer Team
Thank you very much for your feedback! 🙂 We did actually forget to include the explanation of the components diagram, but now we included it 🙂
Have a nice day,
Patrick
Hello Betterzon,
Will you use a object relation mapping framework in your backend to interact with the database, or will you implement it “by hand”? We use Django which has an in-built ORM.
It your class diagram, where is login information stored/passed to the next page.
Keep up the great work!
Regards,
Team ImgBD