Step 1: Project Overview

Your project involves creating a platform where:

• Shippers: People needing to ship their pets can post their desired routes, including details about their pet, the route, and their asking price.
• Drivers: People who transport pets can view these routes, accept the asking price, or make a counteroffer.

Step 2: Key Features

• User Registration & Profiles:
  • Shippers: Profile includes contact details, history, and pet preferences.
  • Drivers: Profile includes contact details, history, vehicle information, and availability.
• Route Posting: Shippers post a route with details like start and end locations, dates, pet details, and asking price.
• Route Browsing: Drivers browse available routes with filters like location, date, and price range.
• Offer System: Drivers can accept the shipper's asking price or propose a different one. Shippers can review offers and accept or decline them.
• Messaging System: Integrated messaging between shippers and drivers for coordination and negotiation.
• Picture and Location Updates: Drivers can provide real-time picture updates of the pet and location updates to keep the shipper informed during transit.
• Payment Integration: Secure payment system where funds are held in escrow until delivery is confirmed.
• Ratings & Reviews: Both parties can rate and review each other after the transaction is complete.
• Notifications: Real-time notifications for new routes, offers, and messages.

Step 3: Initial Project Structure

pet-shipping-platform/
│
├── client/                # Frontend
│   ├── src/
│   │   ├── components/    # React components
│   │   ├── pages/         # Different pages (Home, Profile, etc.)
│   │   ├── App.js         # Main React component
│   │   └── index.js       # Entry point
│   └── public/
├── server/                # Backend
│   ├── models/            # Database models (User, Route, etc.)
│   ├── routes/            # API routes (auth, route postings, offers)
│   ├── controllers/       # Business logic
│   ├── server.js          # Server setup
│   └── config/            # Configuration files (db, auth, etc.)
└── README.md              # Project documentation
        

Step 4: MVP Development

• User Registration & Authentication: Set up authentication with user roles (Shipper/Driver).
• Route Posting & Browsing: Develop the basic UI for shippers to post routes and drivers to browse them.
• Offer System: Implement the offer and acceptance mechanism.
• Messaging: Basic chat functionality.
• Payment Integration: Set up basic payment handling with escrow.

SnoutRoute Architecture

/ (root)
│
├── snoutroute/
│   ├── assets/
│   │   ├── css/
│   │   │   └── style.css
│   │   ├── js/
│   │   │   ├── color-modes.js
│   │   │   └── custom.js
│   │   └── images/
│   │       ├── snoutroute-logo.png
│   │       └── other-images.png
│   │
│   ├── includes/
│   │   ├── header.php
│   │   ├── footer.php
│   │   └── db.php
│   │
│   ├── main/
│   │   ├── index.php
│   │   ├── login-driver.php
│   │   ├── login-shipper.php
│   │   ├── register-driver.php
│   │   ├── register-shipper.php
│   │   ├── logout.php
│   │   ├── 404.php
│   │   ├── driver-howitworks.php
│   │   ├── shipper-howitworks.php
│   │   └── howitworks.php
│   │
│   ├── driver/
│   │   ├── dashboard-driver.php
│   │   ├── driver-route-board.php
│   │   ├── driver-accepted-routes.php
│   │   ├── driver-messages.php
│   │   ├── driver-route-conversations.php
│   │   ├── driver-profile-settings.php
│   │   ├── driver-send-message.php
│   │   └── fetch-driver-messages.php
│   │
│   ├── shipper/
│   │   ├── dashboard-shipper.php
│   │   ├── shipper-post-new-route.php
│   │   ├── shipper-view-posted-routes.php
│   │   ├── shipper-messages.php
│   │   ├── shipper-route-conversations.php
│   │   ├── shipper-profile-settings.php
│   │   ├── shipper-send-message.php
│   │   └── fetch-shipper-messages.php
│   │
│   └── sql/
│       ├── snoutroute.sql
│       └── migrations/
│           └── migration-01.sql

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