The Truth Driving School - Web Application

Professional driving school management system with online payments, booking, and student management

🌐 Live Website: https://thetruthdrivingschool.ca

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🚀 Quick Start

# Start services
docker-compose up -d

# Check status
docker-compose ps

# View logs
docker-compose logs -f

# Start tunnel (for production)
./tunnel-manager.sh

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📚 Documentation

Main Guides

• Complete Guide - Setup, deployment, payment, and operations
• Security Guide - Security audit, fixes, and best practices

Quick Links

• Environment Setup
• Deployment
• Payment Configuration
• Price Management
• Tunnel Management
• Troubleshooting

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🏗️ Tech Stack

Frontend

• React - UI framework
• Stripe - Payment processing
• Framer Motion - Animations
• React Router - Navigation
• Axios - API calls

Backend

• Node.js + Express - API server
• PostgreSQL - Database
• Redis - Caching & brute force protection
• JWT - Authentication
• Sequelize - ORM
• Nodemailer - Email service

Infrastructure

• Docker - Containerization
• Nginx - Reverse proxy
• Cloudflare Tunnel - Secure access
• Cloudflare - DNS & SSL

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🔐 Security

• ✅ SQL Injection Protection - Fixed
• ✅ XSS Protection - Fixed
• ✅ Brute Force Protection - Redis-based
• ✅ JWT Authentication - Enhanced
• ✅ HTTPS Only - Via Cloudflare
• ✅ Security Headers - Helmet
• ✅ Input Validation - Comprehensive

Security Score: 72/100 (improved from 35/100)

View Full Security Audit →

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💳 Payment System

• Provider: Stripe
• Mode: 🔴 LIVE (Real payments enabled)
• Currency: CAD (Canadian Dollars)
• Packages: 6 active packages ($80 - $1000)

Pricing:

• 1 Hour Driving Lesson: $80
• 1.5 Hours Lessons: $110
• Package A (4 lessons): $420
• Package B (6 lessons): $610
• Package C (10 lessons): $1000
• Road Test: $170

View Payment Guide →

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🚀 Deployment Status

• Environment: Production
• Domain: thetruthdrivingschool.ca
• SSL: Enabled via Cloudflare
• Services: All running
• Tunnel: Active

Check Status

# Services
docker-compose ps

# Tunnel
./tunnel-manager.sh  # Press 4 for status

# Website
curl https://thetruthdrivingschool.ca

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📁 Project Structure

driving_school/
├── backend/           # Node.js API server
│   ├── src/
│   │   ├── controllers/
│   │   ├── models/
│   │   ├── routes/
│   │   ├── middleware/
│   │   └── services/
│   └── tests/
├── frontend/          # React application
│   ├── public/
│   └── src/
│       ├── components/
│       ├── pages/
│       └── context/
├── database/          # SQL schemas & seeds
├── docs/             # Documentation
│   ├── Guide.md      # Complete guide
│   └── Security.md   # Security guide
├── nginx/            # Reverse proxy config
└── tunnel-manager.sh # Cloudflare tunnel manager

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🔧 Configuration

Environment Variables

Required in .env file:

• DATABASE_URL - PostgreSQL connection
• JWT_SECRET - JWT secret key
• STRIPE_SECRET_KEY - Stripe secret (live)
• STRIPE_PUBLISHABLE_KEY - Stripe public (live)
• FRONTEND_URL - Production URL
• REDIS_HOST - Redis host
• SESSION_SECRET - Session secret

View Full Configuration →

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🛠️ Common Commands

Development

# Install dependencies
cd backend && npm install
cd frontend && npm install

# Start development
docker-compose up -d

Production

# Build frontend
cd frontend && npm run build

# Start production
docker-compose -f docker-compose.prod.yml up -d

# Start tunnel
./tunnel-manager.sh

Database

# Connect to database
docker exec -it driving_school_db psql -U postgres -d driving_school

# View packages
docker exec -i driving_school_db psql -U postgres -d driving_school -c \
  "SELECT name, price FROM lesson_packages;"

# Backup
docker exec -i driving_school_db pg_dump -U postgres driving_school > backup.sql

Tunnel

# Interactive manager
./tunnel-manager.sh

# Quick status
./tunnel-manager.sh  # Press 4

# View logs
./tunnel-manager.sh  # Press 6

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📊 Features

Student Features

• ✅ Online registration & login
• ✅ Browse & purchase lesson packages
• ✅ Stripe payment integration
• ✅ Book driving lessons
• ✅ View lesson history & progress
• ✅ Email receipts & confirmations

Admin Features

• ✅ User management
• ✅ Booking management
• ✅ Payment tracking
• ✅ Package management
• ✅ Instructor management
• ✅ Analytics & reporting

Technical Features

• ✅ Responsive design
• ✅ Real-time updates
• ✅ Secure authentication
• ✅ Payment processing
• ✅ Email notifications
• ✅ Database backups
• ✅ Error monitoring

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🔗 Important Links

Production

• Website: https://thetruthdrivingschool.ca
• Admin: https://thetruthdrivingschool.ca/admin
• API: https://thetruthdrivingschool.ca/api

External Services

• Stripe Dashboard: https://dashboard.stripe.com
• Cloudflare Dashboard: https://dash.cloudflare.com

Documentation

• Complete Guide: docs/Guide.md
• Security Guide: docs/Security.md
• API Docs: docs/api/README.md

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📞 Support

Documentation

• Main Guide: docs/Guide.md
• Security: docs/Security.md
• Troubleshooting: docs/Guide.md#faq--troubleshooting

Quick Help

# Check logs
docker-compose logs backend --tail=50

# Check tunnel
./tunnel-manager.sh  # Press 4

# Check database
docker exec -i driving_school_db psql -U postgres -d driving_school -c "SELECT 1;"

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📈 Status

• Development: ✅ Complete
• Production: ✅ Live
• Payments: 🔴 Live Mode (Real money)
• Security: 🟡 B- (72/100)
• Documentation: ✅ Complete

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📝 License

Private - The Truth Driving School

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🎯 Quick Reference

Task	Command
Start all services	docker-compose up -d
Stop all services	docker-compose down
View logs	docker-compose logs -f
Start tunnel	./tunnel-manager.sh → Press 1
Check status	./tunnel-manager.sh → Press 4
Update prices	See Price Management
Security audit	See Security Guide
Deploy	See Deployment

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Last Updated: October 9, 2025