This is the ReadMe file for the LMS system developed by the team LazyCoders as part of the Ruby on Rails assignment in Object Oriented Design and Development. Deployment of the LMS system has been done on Heroku with Postgres database. This file contains information you might find useful while reviewing our work.
- Heroku App Link: https://glacial-reaches-87041.herokuapp.com/
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Ruby version: 2.6.3 : Rails version: 5.2.3
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3rd-party gems used: Devise, Pundit, OAuth-Facebook
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Database used: PostgreSQL
- Email: admin@admin.com | Password: admin
- Any user can login from the sign_in page, the homepage will be shown as per the role of the user - Student, Librarian, Admin, and will have the respective links to perform the tasks.
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No student/librarian should access any private content associated with other student/librarian/admin's account.
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All users can use their Facebook account to log into the system.
View the list of all the libraries: View Libraries
Edit profile to modify email, name and password: My Profile -> Edit Profile
View all books: View Books
Check out/Request: View Books -> Request Book
Return a book: Requested Books -> Return
Delete a reservation request, which has not been approved yet: View Hold/Pending Approval Requests -> Delete Reservation/Hold Request or Cancel Pending Approval Book Request
Search through the books by title or author or publication date or subject: View Books -> Type the search attribute - Search
A student can bookmark the Book by clicking on Bookmark against the book
A student can view the bookmarked books by clicking on View Bookmarked Books
At any given time, a student can borrow a max of 'N' number of books based on their educational level: Undergraduate - 2, Masters - 4, PhD - 6
A student can view the overdue fines for his/her account:
Whenever a book's avaialble count is 0, a student can request the book and a hold request will be placed. As soon as someone returns that Book, it will be issued to the next user on hold.
A librarian can-
Log in with email and password:
Edit their own profile to choose an existing library. Each librarian can only work for one library.
Edit library attributes.
Add/Remove books to/from a library.
View & Edit book information.
View all books.
View hold requests for any book in the library he/she works in.
For books in the special collection, accept or deny book hold request.
View list of all the books that are checked out from their library.
View the borrowing history of the books from their library.
View the list of students with overdue books from their library along with overdue fine.
Log in with an email and password
Edit profile
Create/Modify Librarian or Student accounts
Create/Modify/Delete Libraries and Books
View the list of users (students and librarians) and their profile details (except password)
View the list of books, along with detailed information
View the list of book hold requests
View the list of Checked out books
View the list of students with books overdue (along with overdue fines)
View the borrowing history of each book
Delete Student/Book/Librarian from the system