Q1: Is this a real bookstore?

A: Definitely not, it is just a mockup. The payment processor behind the scenes is not real either, so please do not submit real details if you submit an order. However, free feel to list your actual email if you want to submit an "order", and use made-up info for the rest. If you provide an actual email, the mailer will send you a mockup order confirmation.

Q2: Is there some form of customer support?

A: Yes! You can email the account that sends you your order confirmation. This web application has a mailbox set up for support requests, with a UI that lists any connected orders and allows an admin to reply with rich text.

Q3: What did you learn from this project

A: I picked up many things from developing this application. From how to work on a project start-to-finish through an iterative agile approach, to various design patterns, conventions, and best practices. I gained practice in maintaining and creating unit and integration tests, as well as creating fixtures for those tests. I learned about mailers and mailboxes, locales, docker, hotwire, sessions, creating users, managing secrets, and much more. The things I learned from this project were not limited to just working with Rails, but how Rails itself works behind the scenes as well.