Project Summary: Admin & Infrastructure Progress

Key Milestones & Features Built

• 🛠️ Admin Product Management UI: Added a full admin interface for product management, including preview capabilities, environment variable integration, and updated order flow logic. This enables admins to efficiently manage product listings and track orders.
• 🆓 Privacy Enhancements: Implemented a “hide PII” controller to anonymize user data in the UI, ensuring sensitive information is protected in user-facing tables.
• 🧪 Product Cost Handling: Validated GBP pricing logic for products, ensuring accurate cost handling in the British Pounds currency.
• 🛠️ CI/CD & Dependency Updates: Configured PostgreSQL in CI pipelines, updated database URLs, and bumped Ruby gem versions to ensure a stable, up-to-date environment.
• 🎨 Styling Cleanup: Replaced inline styles in admin views with stylesheet_link_tag imports, improving maintainability and separation of concerns.

Current Status
The project now has a functional admin dashboard for product and order management, with privacy features baked into user data displays. Infrastructure is PostgreSQL-ready in CI, and styling practices align with modern Rails conventions. Core e-commerce logic (pricing, currency) is under testing, with environment variables streamlining configuration.

Lessons Learned

• Privacy by Design: Integrating PII protection early simplifies compliance and reduces technical debt.
• Infrastructure as Code: Automating PostgreSQL setup in CI saves manual effort and reduces environment inconsistencies.
• Maintainable Styles: Moving to external stylesheets improves collaboration and long-term code hygiene.

Order Page Started

• Created a functional order page
• Currency Handling: Explicit GBP validation highlights the need for clear financial logic in order systems.