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Amendments and rectifications to EwitEase

This article serves as a continuation of my previous blog post about the Ewity e-commerce wrapper I developed. Since its publication, I've received feedback, some of which has been constructive. As always, I appreciate constructive feedback and have made adjustments to the source code accordingly. One recurring suggestion I've recently received is to transition to TypeScript. Taking this advice into consideration, I've migrated the entire project to TypeScript. Additionally, I've made some aesthetic changes to better suit a grocery environment. Moving forward, all updates to the project will be made exclusively in the TypeScript repository. Another significant change I've made is adopting a proxy for communicating with the Ewity API instead of directly interfacing with it. This decision was driven by security considerations, as I aim to prevent the exposure of our Ewity API key to clients, which could pose significant security risks. In essence, the objectives of ...
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