📚 Athenaeum — Library App

A Library Management System built with Laravel 12 using the MVC architecture, featuring a custom "Athenaeum" design theme, multilingual support (English, Filipino, Japanese), and offline Tailwind CSS.

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Group Members

Year & Section: (BSIT 3-B)

#	Name
1	Curio, Josh Nathan
2	Gilera, Rowena
3	Gromea, Nehje John
4	Guanzon, Jurriel
5	Sagum, Patrick
6	Sildora, Jegrick

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About

A library application for managing books and borrowing records. It follows the MVC (Model-View-Controller) pattern and uses SQLite as its database. No authentication required.

Features

• Book Management — Add, edit, view, and delete books with title, author, ISBN, description, and quantity
• Borrow & Return — Borrow available books, set due dates, mark as returned, and track overdue status
• Search — Search books by title, author, or ISBN with paginated results
• Multilingual UI — Switch between English 🇺🇸, Filipino 🇵🇭, and Japanese 🇯🇵 at any time
• Responsive Design — Works on desktop and mobile with a custom warm library theme
• Sample Data — 15 pre-seeded classic books ready to use

Tech Stack

Layer	Technology
Framework	Laravel 12
Language	PHP 8.2+
Database	SQLite
Frontend	Blade Templates + Tailwind CSS v4
Build Tool	Vite 7 + @tailwindcss/vite
JS	Alpine.js (language switcher)
Fonts	Inter + Playfair Display (Google)
Node.js	Required for asset compilation

Installation

# 1. Clone the repository
git clone <repository-url>
cd library-app

# 2. Install PHP dependencies
composer install

# 3. Install Node.js dependencies
npm install

# 4. Copy environment file and generate app key
cp .env.example .env
php artisan key:generate

# 5. Create the database and run migrations
touch database/database.sqlite
php artisan migrate

# 6. Seed the database with sample books
php artisan db:seed

# 7. Build frontend assets
npm run build

# 8. Start the server
php artisan serve

Open http://localhost:8000 in your browser.

Project Structure

app/
  Http/
    Controllers/
      BookController.php          → Book CRUD logic
      BorrowingController.php     → Borrow & return logic
    Middleware/
      SetLocale.php               → Language switcher middleware
  Models/
    Book.php                      → Book model
    Borrowing.php                 → Borrowing model
database/
  migrations/                     → Database schema definitions
  seeders/
    BookSeeder.php                → 15 sample books
    DatabaseSeeder.php            → Runs all seeders
lang/
  en.json                         → English translations
  fil.json                        → Filipino translations
  ja.json                         → Japanese translations
resources/
  css/app.css                     → Tailwind v4 + custom theme
  js/app.js                       → Alpine.js entry point
  views/
    layouts/app.blade.php         → Master layout with nav + language switcher
    books/                        → Book views (index, create, show, edit)
    borrowings/                   → Borrowing views (index, create)
    vendor/pagination/
      tailwind.blade.php          → Custom themed pagination
routes/web.php                    → All route definitions
vite.config.js                    → Vite build configuration

License

Open-sourced under the MIT license.