Library Management System

Overview

This is a simple command-line interface (CLI) application for managing a library's authors and books. The application uses SQLite as the database and is structured using Python's object-relational mapping (ORM) methods. It is built using the click library to handle the CLI operations.

Features

Create, read, update, and delete (CRUD) operations for authors and books.
One-to-many relationship between authors and books.
Property methods to add appropriate constraints to each model class.
Validates user input and provides informative error messages.
Pipfile: Manages project dependencies.
README.md: This file.
lib/: Directory containing the main application code.
- init.py: Initializes the database connection.
- cli.py: Contains the CLI commands and menus.
- debug.py: For debugging purposes.
- models/: Directory containing the ORM models.
  - init.py: Initializes the models.
  - author.py: Defines the Author model.
  - book.py: Defines the Book model.

Setup

Prerequisites

Python 3.8+
Pipenv

Installation

Clone the repository:

git clone <https://github.com/Felleria/liblary-management-system.git>
cd library-management-system

Install the dependencies:
```
pipenv install
```
Activate the Pipenv shell:
```
pipenv shell
```

Usage

Initialize the Database

Before using the application, initialize the database:

python lib/cli.py initdb