DBMS Project: Attendance Management System

Project Description

This is a Web Application used for the Attendance Management of a Educational Institution. It is a unified interface for all features to take and mark the attendance.

Table of Contents

• Programming Language Requirements
• Downloading Important Modules
• Server and Application Setup

Programming Language Requirements

Use the latest version of:- Python, Flask, PostgreSQL

Downloading Important Modules

First make sure you have the latest version of the Languages mentioned above installed into your system.

Now we will install node and npm package.

To download the latest version of npm, on the command line, run the following command:

• npm install -g npm

To download the latest version of node go to Node.js Download Webpage and download the lasted version of node.

If you already have node and npm installed, you can check the version by going into the terminal and using the following commands:

• node -v
• npm -v

Server and Application Setup

Open two terminals and navigate into the directory that holds the code for the application, type the command:

• cd (file path for the directory) for example: C:\Reuben\NITC\Sem5\DBMS\DBMS Project\attendance-management-system

In one terminal, move into the backend folder using cd backend. We will be creating a Virtual Environment and downloading all the Required Modules in there. To open a Virtual Environment in python, type the command in this terminal:

• python -m venv env In order to activate the newly created Virtual Environment, type the command:
• . env/scripts/activate Now we will download all the required modules into the Virtual Environment. To do this, type the command:
• pip install -r requirements.txt After all requirements are installed, run the flask server using the command:
• flask run With this, the terminal should look like this:

PS C:\Reuben\NITC\Sem5\DBMS\DBMS Project\attendance-management-system> cd backend
PS C:\Reuben\NITC\Sem5\DBMS\DBMS Project\attendance-management-system\backend> . env/scripts/activate
(env) PS C:\Reuben\NITC\Sem5\DBMS\DBMS Project\attendance-management-system\backend> flask run 
 * Serving Flask app 'attendanceapp' (lazy loading)
 * Environment: development
 * Debug mode: on
 * Restarting with stat
 * Debugger is active!
 * Debugger PIN: 108-982-397
 * Running on http://127.0.0.1:5000/ (Press CTRL+C to quit)

In the other terminal, move into the frontend folder using cd frontend. Type the command in this terminal:

• yarn start

With this, your development server should start in the default web browser. If it doesnt, go into your prefered web browser and type:

• http://localhost:3000/