Library Management System – Full Stack Project

A full-stack Library Management application built using Spring Boot (Java), React.js, and MySQL.

This project allows users to perform CRUD operations on a list of books, with both a frontend interface and a RESTful backend service.

Tech Stack

• Backend: Java, Spring Boot, Spring Data JPA, REST API
• Frontend: React.js, Axios, Bootstrap
• Database: MySQL
• Build Tools: Maven
• Dev Tools: IntelliJ, VS Code

Features

• Add, edit, and delete books
• View book list dynamically
• Connected frontend & backend via RESTful APIs
• Structured and scalable project architecture

Installation & Run

Backend: cd backend mvn spring-boot:run

Frontend: cd frontend npm install npm start

Project Structure

springboot-react-library/ ├── backend/ # Spring Boot REST API ├── frontend/ # React frontend └── README.md

Future Improvements

• JWT-based authentication
• Dockerization
• Deployment on AWS (EC2 / Elastic Beanstalk)
• CI/CD pipeline (GitHub Actions)

Author

Developed by @Hymman Feel free to contribute or share feedback.

Environment variables for database credentials are injected via Docker Compose and read in application.properties using placeholders like:

spring.datasource.url=${SPRING_DATASOURCE_URL}

You can manage these using .env file (optional) and gitignore protects them from leaking.