AutoServe - Automobile Service Management System

This is a monolithic enterprise-grade application for managing automobile services, built with Spring Boot backend and React frontend.

Features

Customer Functionality

• Secure login & signup
• Dashboard to view service/project progress in real-time
• Book an appointment for a vehicle service
• Request a modification (treated as a vehicle project)
• Mobile-friendly updates for service/project progress
• Chatbot integration using a Generative AI model to check available service slots

Employee Functionality

• Login & authentication
• Ability to log time against each project/service
• Track progress and update status of ongoing services/projects
• View upcoming appointments and requests

System Requirements

• Real-time updates using WebSockets
• Containerized deployment (frontend + backend + database)
• Proper role-based access control (customers vs. employees/admins)
• Secure handling of user and project/service data

Architecture

The application follows a monolithic architecture with:

• Backend: Spring Boot with JPA, WebSocket, Security, Validation
• Frontend: React with Vite, Tailwind CSS
• Database: MySQL
• Deployment: Docker and Kubernetes

Setup

1. Ensure you have Docker and Docker Compose installed.
2. Navigate to the docker directory.
3. Run docker-compose up --build to start the application.
4. Access the frontend at http://localhost:3000 and backend at http://localhost:8080.

Development

• Backend: Use Maven to build and run.
• Frontend: Use npm to install dependencies and run npm run dev.

API Documentation

See docs/api-spec.yaml for OpenAPI specification.