CarPooling is a web-based application developed as part of the Cloud Computing project to showcase the utilization of various AWS cloud services for hosting and managing a web application.

• Overview
• Architecture
  • Frontend
  • Backend
• Functionalities
  • Register a Car
  • Search for a Car
  • Book a Car
• Repository Structure
• Getting Started
• Live Demo
• Contributing
• License
• Acknowledgements

CarPooling is designed to bridge the gap between drivers and co-passengers, offering a platform where they can register, search, and book car rides seamlessly. With its modern web technologies and serverless architecture on AWS, CarPooling ensures a scalable, reliable, and secure user experience.

• Framework: React.js
• Hosting: Amazon S3 bucket, ensuring a scalable and cost-effective solution for hosting static files.

• Serverless Architecture: Provides flexibility and scalability, eliminating the need for traditional server-based setups.
• API Gateway: Manages and routes API calls from the frontend to the backend.
• Lambda Functions: Processes API calls and interacts with the database.
• DynamoDB: A NoSQL database service, perfect for storing unstructured data like car registration and booking details.
• CloudWatch: Monitors and logs backend activities, offering insights and troubleshooting capabilities.
• IAM (Identity and Access Management): Ensures security by creating users with limited access and defining policies for resource interactions.

Drivers can offer their cars for carpooling by:

• Filling out a registration form with car details.
• Submitting the form, which triggers an API Gateway endpoint.
• Data is validated and stored in DynamoDB.
• Upon successful registration, drivers receive a confirmation message.

Prospective co-passengers can:

• Input search criteria on the application's search page.
• View matching car details based on their search parameters.

Users can:

• Select a car from the search results.
• Provide booking details and submit.
• Receive a confirmation message upon successful booking.

• frontendcarpool: Contains all frontend-related files and configurations.
• service: Houses customer.js and driver.js for handling different service requirements.
• utils: Utility functions and helpers.
• index.js: Main entry point for the Lambda microservice.

Detailed setup and deployment instructions will be provided soon. Stay tuned!

Experience the RideTogether Inc. website live here.

Contributions to the RideTogether Inc. project are welcome. To contribute, follow these steps:

1. Fork the repository.
2. Create a new branch: git checkout -b my-new-feature
3. Make changes and commit them: git commit -am 'Add some feature'
4. Push to the branch: git push origin my-new-feature
5. Submit a pull request.

The RideTogether Inc. project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

The RideTogether Inc. project was created as part of a cloud computing course. Thanks to the course instructors and fellow students for their support and feedback.