🚗 Route Optimization App

Developing a full-stack web application to calculate and visualize optimal driving routes. Built with Django (backend) and React (frontend), this app can be used for logistics, delivery services, or any system requiring efficient route planning.

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📁 Project Structure

Route-Optimization-App/
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├── Backend/                # Django project
│   ├── manage.py
│   ├── db.sqlite3
│   ├── routeopt/           # Core app
│   │   ├── views.py
│   │   ├── urls.py
│   │   └── ...
│
├── Frontend/               # React project
│   ├── public/
│   ├── src/
│   ├── package.json
│   └── ...
│
├── .gitignore
├── README.md

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🚀 Features

• 📍 Route optimization using algorithms like TSP / VRP
• 🌍 Map visualization with real-world coordinates
• 🧭 Autocomplete input for location selection
• 📊 Displays distance and estimated time for each driver
• 🔧 API support to fetch routes between dynamic locations
• 🔀 Backend-frontend communication through REST APIs
• ⚙️ Clean architecture and easy deployment setup
• 🚧 More Features Coming Soon

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💠 Technologies Used

• Frontend: React, Leaflet.js (for maps), Axios
• Backend: Django, Django REST Framework
• Database: SQLite (default, can switch to PostgreSQL)
• Others: Git, Node.js, npm

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💻 Getting Started

1. Clone the repo

git clone https://github.com/Umer-Jahangir/Route-Optimization-App.git
cd Route-Optimization-App

2. Backend Setup (Django)

cd Backend
python -m venv venv
venv\Scripts\activate       # on Windows
pip install -r requirements.txt
python manage.py migrate
python manage.py runserver

3. Frontend Setup (React)

cd Frontend
npm install
npm run dev

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📂 .gitignore Highlights

# Python
__pycache__/
*.pyc
venv/
db.sqlite3

# Node / React
node_modules/
build/
.env

# System files
.DS_Store
.vscode/

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🤝 Contribution & Feedback

You're welcome to clone or fork this project for your own educational or exploratory purposes.

If you encounter bugs or have constructive suggestions, feel free to open an issue — your insights are genuinely appreciated!

🔒 Pull requests are currently not accepted, as this project is being developed independently for skill growth and self-improvement.

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📄 License

This project is open-source and available under the MIT License.