gkprasanth / Appointment_Booking_GMT

Appointment Booking System Web Application

This web application allows users to schedule appointments with consultants. It provides user-facing features for booking appointments and consultant-facing features for managing availability. The application is built using the following technology stack:

Technology Stack

Frontend

• HTML
• CSS
• React

Backend

• Node.js

Database

• MySQL

User-Facing Features

Calendar View

• Users can view a calendar that displays all days of the month with available time slots for appointments. The calendar provides an easy-to-understand view of the entire month.

Booking

• Users can select an available time slot and book an appointment with a consultant.

Confirmation Email

• Upon booking confirmation, the application sends an email to the user confirming the appointment details.

Google Calendar Integration

• An event is automatically created in the consultant's Google Calendar upon successful booking, and the user is added as a guest to the event to receive event notifications.

Consultant-Facing Features

Availability Management

• Consultants have an interface to set their availability, including defining working hours, breaks, and days off.

Getting Started

To run this web application on your local machine, follow these steps:

1. Clone the repository to your local machine.

2. Install the necessary dependencies for both frontend and backend.

• client
• npm install
• cd ../server
• npm install

3. Configure the MySQL database:

• Create a MySQL database and import the schema provided in the database.js file.

4. Set up environment variables:

• Create a .env file in the server directory and configure it with your database connection details, Google Calendar API credentials, and email service credentials.

5. Start the backend server: with cmd npm start

6. Start the frontend: with cmd npm start

7. Access the web application in your browser at http://localhost:3000.

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