MobileServices

Mobile Services aim to address the unemployment crisis in South Africa, particularly among the youth. This is achieved through an information system that provides a platform as a windows desktop applicaton for individuals with verified skills and qualifications to showcase their freelance services. Potential customers within a chosen radius can use the platform to find and request the services they need.

UI Preview:

System Architecture:

I have built The application following a Clean Architecture design phillosophy by @Uncle Bob martin to bring about separation of concerns between the Business logic layer and the Presentation layer to allow for high Perfomance, Maintanability and Testibility.

Functionality:

Customer Side

1. Home Page Display:
   • When the system launches, the home page will display a random list of all available services from the database.
2. Service Selection and User Authentication:
   • When a customer clicks on a service item, the system will prompt them to register or log in, depending on whether they already have an account.
   • If the customer chooses to log in, they must provide an email and password.
   • If the customer does not have an account, they must register. Registration requires entering name, surname, phone number, email, password, WhatsApp number (optional), city or town, and physical address.
3. Post-Registration Experience:
   • After registration, the system will display services available in the user's area on the home panel.
   • The user can search for services by title, location, or name.
4. Order Notifications:
   • Upon successful order completion, a notification will be sent to the service provider, and the customer will receive a notification regarding the status of their order.
5. Profile Management:
   • When the user clicks on the profile icon, the system will display the profile page, where the user can view and update their profile.
6. Order Management:
   • When the user clicks on the "My Orders" button, the system will display the orders page, where the user can view requested orders and their status (pending or accepted).

Service Provider Side

1. Default Registration:
   • By default, users are registered as customers.
2. Service Provider Registration:
   • Users can opt to register as service providers.
   • The system will prompt the user with a registration form to register as a service provider.
3. Main Page Navigation:
   • The main page UI navigation panel will include a "Completed" button, launching a page that shows accepted services, and a "My Services" panel, where the service provider can view and add new services.
4. Adding New Services:
   • When creating a new service, the user will be prompted with a form to provide the service information.

About the project:

I have built this application with .NET 4.8 Framework as a base.

Develpment tools:

1. Frameworks:
   • .Net Framework: Development enviroment.
2. Libraries:
   • WinForm Library : For user interface
   • Google Cloud Library : For creating a remote SQL instance to connect different devives to a backend SQL DBMS for testing purposes
   • MySQL server Data tools : For connecting the application to MySQL tools
3. Database:
   • MySQL Workbench: for integrating SQL development, administration, database design and creation of the database
4. Programming Languages:
   • C#: for building the application business logic and the user interface.
   • SQL: for building the system's backend database queries.