🚗 DriveNow - Car Rental Management System

DriveNow is a full-stack Car Rental Management System developed using Django, MySQL (XAMPP), HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. The application provides a modern and responsive interface for browsing vehicles, making bookings, managing customer information, and handling rental operations through an administrative dashboard.

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📌 Features

User Features

• User Registration & Login
• Browse Available Cars
• View Car Details
• Search & Filter Vehicles
• Book Rental Cars
• Pricing Information
• Contact & About Pages
• Responsive User Interface

Admin Features

• Admin Dashboard
• Manage Vehicles
• Manage Customer Bookings
• View Customer Information
• Rental Management

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🛠️ Technologies Used

• Python
• Django
• MySQL (XAMPP)
• HTML5
• CSS3
• JavaScript

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📂 Project Structure

DriveNow/
│
├── accounts/
├── core/
├── drivenow_project/
├── images/
├── simulated_emails/
│
├── manage.py
├── index.html
├── cars.html
├── dashboard.html
├── admin_panel.html
├── about.html
├── contact.html
├── style.css
├── script.js
│
├── requirements.txt
├── README.md
└── .gitignore

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🚀 Installation

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/Haroon-World/DriveNow.git

2. Open the project

cd DriveNow

3. Create a virtual environment

python -m venv env

4. Activate the virtual environment

Windows

env\Scripts\activate

5. Install dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

6. Configure MySQL

• Install XAMPP
• Start Apache and MySQL
• Create the required database
• Update your database credentials in Django settings

7. Apply migrations

python manage.py migrate

8. Run the development server

python manage.py runserver

9. Open in browser

http://127.0.0.1:8000/

🔮 Future Enhancements

• Online Payment Gateway
• Email Notifications
• Vehicle Reviews & Ratings
• AI-based Vehicle Recommendation
• Google Maps Integration
• Online Driver Booking
• Mobile Application (Android & iOS)
• REST API for Third-Party Integration

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👨‍💻 Developer

Muhammad Haroon Siddique

BS Computer Science
University of Sargodha

GitHub: https://github.com/Haroon-World

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📄 License

This project is developed for educational and learning purposes.