Employee Management System (EMS) 🚀

Welcome to Employee Management System 🎉

The Employee Management System (EMS) is a cutting-edge, full-stack web application designed to streamline employee data management for organizations. Built with a modern React.js frontend and a powerful Spring Boot backend, EMS ensures efficiency, scalability, and a seamless user experience.

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📌 Table of Contents

• Overview
• Key Features
• Technical Stack
• System Architecture
• Installation Guide
• Usage Guide
• API Documentation
• Project Structure
• Development Guidelines
• License
• Roadmap
• Contributors
• Support & Contact

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🌟 Overview

The Employee Management System is designed for organizations looking to manage employee records efficiently. It allows HR personnel to perform CRUD operations (Create, Read, Update, Delete) on employee records while managing departments and user roles seamlessly.

• 🎯 Purpose: Efficient and scalable employee data management
• 👥 Target Audience: HR departments, SMEs, developers learning full-stack development
• 🔖 Version: 1.0.0

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🔥 Key Features

✅ Employee Management: Add, update, view, and delete employees ✅ Department Management: Assign and manage employee departments ✅ User Roles & Authentication: Secure access control with authentication & authorization ✅ Intuitive UI: Clean and user-friendly interface with responsive design ✅ Robust Backend: Built with Spring Boot for scalable API handling ✅ Real-time Data Validation: Ensure data integrity using client-side and server-side validation ✅ RESTful API: Well-documented, secure endpoints for seamless frontend-backend interaction ✅ Logging & Error Handling: Proper logging system and user-friendly error messages ✅ Mobile-Friendly: Fully responsive design for all devices

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🏗️ Technical Stack

Frontend (React.js)

• Framework: React.js (Vite for development speed)
• UI Styling: Bootstrap, CSS3
• State Management: Context API
• HTTP Requests: Axios
• Routing: React Router

Backend (Spring Boot)

• Framework: Spring Boot 3.4.4
• Database: MySQL
• ORM: Spring Data JPA with Hibernate
• Security: Spring Security (expandable with JWT)
• Dependency Management: Maven

Development & Tools

• Version Control: Git & GitHub
• IDE: IntelliJ IDEA / VS Code
• Testing: JUnit, Postman for API testing

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🏛 System Architecture

[Frontend] -- React.js, Bootstrap, Axios
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[Backend] -- Spring Boot (JPA, Hibernate, REST API)
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[Database] -- MySQL

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⚡ Installation Guide

Prerequisites ✅

• Node.js & npm (18+): Download
• JDK 21+: Download
• MySQL 8+: Download
• Git: Download

🚀 Quick Start

1️⃣ Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/ezekielemana/ems-project.git
cd ems-project

2️⃣ Backend Setup

cd backend
./mvnw spring-boot:run

3️⃣ Frontend Setup

cd frontend
npm install
npm run dev

4️⃣ Open in Browser

Go to: http://localhost:3000

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🛠 Usage Guide

1. Sign in as an admin or HR personnel.
2. Navigate to Employee Dashboard.
3. Manage Employees: Create, view, update, delete records.
4. Assign Departments to employees.
5. Logout securely after managing data.

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📑 API Documentation

The API follows RESTful principles:

• GET /employees - Retrieve all employees
• POST /employees - Create a new employee
• PUT /employees/{id} - Update an employee record
• DELETE /employees/{id} - Delete an employee
• GET /departments - Retrieve all departments

For full API documentation, visit: /api/docs (Swagger UI)

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📂 Project Structure

ems-project/
├── frontend/          # React-based frontend
│   ├── src/
│   │   ├── components/    # Reusable UI components
│   │   ├── services/      # API service calls
│   │   ├── App.jsx       # Main application component
│   │   ├── index.js      # Entry point
│   └── package.json      # Frontend dependencies
├── backend/           # Spring Boot backend
│   ├── src/
│   │   ├── main/
│   │   │   ├── java/
│   │   │   │   └── net/emsapp/ems_backend/
│   │   │   │       ├── controller/    # REST controllers
│   │   │   │       ├── dto/          # Data transfer objects
│   │   │   │       ├── entity/       # Database entities
│   │   │   │       ├── exception/    # Custom exceptions
│   │   │   │       ├── mapper/       # Object mapping utilities
│   │   │   │       ├── repository/   # JPA repositories
│   │   │   │       ├── service/      # Business logic
│   │   │   └── resources/            # Configuration files
│   │   └── test/                     # Unit tests
│   └── pom.xml                       # Maven build file
├── README.md
└── .gitignore

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🔧 Development Guidelines

• Follow clean code principles
• Use feature branching for Git workflow
• Commit messages should be clear & concise

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📝 License

This project is HAS NO licensed under ANY ORGANISATION

🚀 Roadmap

• Implement JWT Authentication
• Add Role-based Access Control
• Improve UI/UX with Material-UI
• Implement GraphQL API

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🤝 Contributors

🔹 Ezekiel Lemana - Project Lead, Backend Developer, Frontend Developer

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📞 Support & Contact

Need help? Feel free to reach out: 📧 Email: ezekielaugustino@gmail.com 📸 Instagram: Enzo_leman10 🐛 Report Issues: GitHub Issues

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