📚 Library Management System

A modern Django application for managing a library's books, borrowers, and loan records.

✨ Features

• 📖 Complete book catalog management
• 👥 Borrower registration and management
• 📅 Loan tracking with due dates
• 🔍 Search functionality for books
• 🛡️ User authentication and permissions
• 📱 Mobile-responsive design

🚀 Installation

Prerequisites

Before you begin, ensure you have the following installed:

• Python 3.9 or higher
• pip (Python package manager)
• Git

Step 1: Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/d4nyphant0m/lib.git
cd lib

Step 2: Set Up a Virtual Environment

On macOS/Linux:

python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate

On Windows:

python -m venv venv
venv\Scripts\activate

Step 3: Install Dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

Step 4: Run Migrations

python manage.py makemigrations
python manage.py migrate

Step 5: Create a Superuser

python manage.py createsuperuser

Step 6: Start the Development Server

python manage.py runserver

Your library management system is now running at http://127.0.0.1:8000/!

🖥️ Usage

• Admin Interface: Access the admin panel at http://127.0.0.1:8000/admin/ to manage books, borrowers, and loans.
• Book Catalog: Browse the book collection on the home page.
• Borrower Management: Register and track library members.
• Loan Management: Record and track book loans with due dates.

🏗️ Project Structure

lib/
├── config/             # Project settings
├── core/               # Main application
│   ├── models.py       # Database models
│   ├── views.py        # View controllers
│   ├── urls.py         # URL routing
│   └── admin.py        # Admin interface
├── templates/          # HTML templates
├── static/             # Static assets
├── manage.py           # Django command-line utility
└── requirements.txt    # Dependencies

🛠️ Development

• Create a new app: python manage.py startapp app_name
• Run tests: python manage.py test
• Generate migrations: python manage.py makemigrations
• Apply migrations: python manage.py migrate
• Collect static files: python manage.py collectstatic

📝 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

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Made with ❤️ using Django