Student Management System - Back End

This project was developed using Spring Boot framework with having n-tier architecture in order to understand and improve the knowledge of spring boot and software architectures. The fundamental CRUD activities of a student management system are present in this project. Web services are exposed as APIs under the students resource in this project.

More information on the exposed web services with example test cases can be found in the below API documentation.

• Students API documentation

See the React JS front end of the project from here.
See the React with TypeScript front end of the project from here.

Highlighted features of the application,

• Students are registered to the system by their NIC number.
• A system administrator can enter, amend, remove, and retrieve student information.

Few snapshots of the documentation

• An attempt to update a student that does not exist in the database.
  

• Send incorrect JSON in request payload.
  

• An attempt to register a student that already exist in the database.
  

• An attempt to delete a student that does not exist in the database.
  

ERD of the database

Used Technologies

• Java SE 11
• Spring Boot 2.7.8
• Apache Maven 3.8.6
• MySQL Community Server 8.0.31
• Added dependencies to pom.xml
  • spring-boot-starter-web 2.7.8
  • spring-boot-starter-validation 2.7.8
  • spring-boot-starter-data-jpa 2.7.8
  • spring-boot-starter-aop 2.7.8
  • spring-boot-starter-test 2.7.8
  • spring-boot-devtools
  • lombok 1.18.24
  • mysql-connector-j 8.0.31
  • modelmapper 3.1.0

Used Integrated Development Environment

• IntelliJ IDEA

How to use ?

This project can be used by cloning the project to your local computer.

Make sure to create a student_app_db database in the MySQL community server. If neglect to create, the project will automatically generate it when it is firstly executed.

Clone this repository

1. Clone the project using https://github.com/PubuduJ/student-management-system-back-end.git terminal command.
2. Open the pom.xml file from IntelliJ IDEA, make sure to open this as a project.
3. Change the spring.datasource.password in the application.properties to your local machine MySQL server password.

Credits

This project was carried out under the guidance of the IJSE Direct Entry Program 9.

Version

v1.0.2

License

Copyright © 2023 Pubudu Janith. All Rights Reserved.
This project is licensed under the MIT license.