Library-Management-System

I created this project because of the need to have my books on the web to have access to it anytime, anywhere.

Books are grouped by fields, for example a Mathematics field with Mathematics books.

Technologies

Majorly, I used these tools because they are what I have a working knowlegde of.

Moreover, Node.js with Express.js was selected because of the ease of server-client communication, MongoDB & Mongoose for JSON like Database Management Systems, EJS for literals & templating, Lodash & Bootstrap to cut down on development time, etc.

• NodeJS
• ExpressJS
• EJS
• JavaScript
• Lodash
• body-parser (npm)
• MongoDB
• Mongoose
• Bootstrap

Installation

• Clone repository with the command git clone <url>

$ git clone https://github.com/efecollins/library-management-system.git

• Run npm i in your terminal to install node_modules and all dependencies in package.json

$ npm i

• Run nodemon in your terminal if installed to start the node server and watch for changes in index.js

$ nodemon

• Or run node index.js to start the server if nodemon is not installed

$ node app.js

• The following message should be logged to your console signifying success.

Server is live on port 3000

• To use MongoDB with Mongoose locally, do this:

mongoose.connect("mongodb://localhost:27017/libraryDB", {useNewUrlParser: true});

Coming Soon & Challenges

The challenges I faced will be what will motivate the coming soon

• Delete books & fields.
• Upload book to website.
• Upload image for each books.

Contributing Guides

• Every developer are welcomed to contribute to the project.

• Don't edit the schemas for any collections.

• Use Bootstrap 5.1.3

• Explain solved problem in pull requests.

Credits

• Efosa Collins EVBOWE - Twitter, Website, Dev.to, GitHub

• ExpressJS & NodeJS Handbooks - The Valley of Code