RealSchool.com
Full-stack learning platform with learner/instructor roles, subscriptions and live classes
A closer lookat what we built
RealSchool was built as a complete online education platform rather than a simple course website. The platform supports separate instructor and learner experiences, course access, subscription-based payments, authentication, and live learning through Zoom integration. The architecture was designed to support the full learning journey, from account creation and course discovery through enrollment, learning, live sessions and ongoing account management.
A complete learner/instructor platform combining course access, Stripe subscriptions and live Zoom classes.
From challenge toproduction outcome
The Challenge
An education platform has to coordinate several connected workflows: users, roles, courses, subscriptions, learning access, instructors and live sessions. The challenge is keeping those workflows simple for learners while giving instructors enough control to manage educational content and interactions.
Keycapabilities
Learner and instructor role separation
Course creation and learning workflows
Secure JWT-based authentication
Subscription and payment management with Stripe
Live class integration through Zoom
Course access controlled by enrollment/subscription state
Instructor-side management workflows
Learner account and learning experience
PostgreSQL-backed relational data model
The stack andarchitecture we chose
Django and PostgreSQL formed the core application and data layer. JWT authentication provided API-level session/security handling, Stripe supported recurring subscription payments, and Zoom APIs connected scheduled learning sessions with external video infrastructure.
