Building a Robust Reservation System: A Step-by-Step Guide
1. Define Your Requirements Before diving into code, clarify the system’s core functionalities. For a reservation system, we might consider: Booking Management: Creating, updating, and canceling reservations. Availability Checking: Ensuring that double-booking or conflicts are prevented. Customer Management: Handling user details, authentication, and notifications. Resource or Venue Management: Tracking the items or spaces being reserved. Concurrency Control: Managing simultaneous booking attempts (e.g., using transactions and locks). Understanding these requirements will help guide your design decisions. ...