🔥 Welcome to Part 11 of the Single Vendor Full-stack Restaurant Application Training series! In this episode, we integrate Stripe, the leading payment gateway, to handle secure online payments for food orders. You’ll learn how to configure Stripe, send checkout data, and redirect users to a hosted payment session—all while keeping the experience clean and safe.

By the end of this part, your app will support real transactions, making it ready for real-world use.

✅ What You’ll Learn in This Video:

✔️ Setting up a Stripe account and API keys
✔️ Installing and configuring the Stripe SDK in a Next.js environment
✔️ Creating a backend route to generate a secure Checkout Session
✔️ Sending cart and order data to Stripe and redirecting to payment
✔️ Handling post-payment redirects and success/cancel flows

💡 Why This Step Matters:

🔹 Adds secure, real-world payment capability to your restaurant app
🔹 Teaches integration of third-party services using serverless functions
🔹 Prepares your application for customer trust and business readiness