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Prerequisite

• Basic understanding of Java, Spring framework, Maven & REST APIs
• To run this app java 21 & maven is mandatory

Reference Documentation

For further reference, please consider the following sections:

• Official Apache Maven documentation
• Spring Boot Maven Plugin Reference Guide
• Spring Web

What's Needed for Production

This codebase is currently a functional prototype. The following items are required to make it production-ready:

Critical

1. Authentication & Authorization - Implement JWT/OAuth2 with role-based access control for riders, drivers, and admins
2. Production Database - Replace H2 with PostgreSQL/MySQL and add Flyway/Liquibase for migrations
3. API Documentation - Add Swagger/OpenAPI documentation for all endpoints

Important Features

4. User Management - Add registration, login, and profile management for riders and drivers
5. Booking Lifecycle - Implement explicit cancel and complete endpoints for bookings
6. Payment Integration - Integrate payment gateway (Stripe, Razorpay, etc.)
7. Real-time Updates - Add WebSocket support for live driver location and booking status updates
8. Notifications - Implement SMS (Twilio) and email notifications for booking events
9. Logging & Monitoring - Add structured logging (ELK stack), metrics (Prometheus), and alerting
10. Rate Limiting - Implement API rate limiting to prevent abuse

Infrastructure

11. Containerization - Add Dockerfile and docker-compose.yml
12. Environment Configuration - Add profile-based config (dev/staging/prod) with externalized settings
13. CI/CD Pipelines - Enhance GitHub Actions with deployment to cloud (AWS/GCP/Azure)
14. Input Sanitization - Add comprehensive input validation and sanitization
15. Error Handling - Implement global exception handling with proper HTTP status codes and error responses