CleanStead
Platform connecting users with trusted cleaning service providers — booking, map selection, admin dashboard.
Case Study
A deep dive into the project development process
The Problem
Users struggle to find reliable cleaning services, coordinate bookings, and trust providers; admins needed a central place to manage bookings, services, and messages with clear notifications and analytics.
The Solution
Built a full-stack platform: Express API + React client with map-based location selection, booking flows (one-time & recurring), admin dashboard for managing services/categories/bookings, email notifications, and analytics charts.
Key Features
- Category-driven service browsing
- Three-step booking flow with service selection, scheduling, and location capture
- Map-based location selection (React Leaflet)
- Admin dashboard: manage bookings, services, categories, contacts
- Email notifications on booking status (Nodemailer)
- Charts/analytics for daily/monthly bookings
Challenges Faced
Coordinating location UX, reliable email delivery, and ensuring admin notifications are timely; handling recurring bookings and cancellations gracefully.
What I Learned
Design booking flows as stateful multi-step wizards; use seeded test data for predictable QA; prefer transactional DB operations for bookings to avoid duplication.
Results & Impact
An end-to-end booking platform that streamlines cleaning requests and admin operations (demo & repo available).
