/Pseudo-IMDB

Terminal based IMDB using JAVA

Primary LanguageJavaMIT LicenseMIT

Description

This project is a simple terminal version of IMDB which is my first big project in java and it is done for the purpose of learning and practicing data model designs(with use of UML) and object oriented programing in java

Features

We have 3 types of User Role:

  • Member

  • Admin

  • Editor

    Admins:

    • Have full access to all data and admin tools
    • Can add, edit, and delete all movies, people, users, reviews, etc.
    • Handle user management like banning or deleting accounts
    • Review and approve/reject edits from editors

    Editors:

    • Can only suggest edits to existing data, not add or delete
    • Suggest edits to things like movie details, trivia, biographies
    • Add missing data like release dates, full cast/crew for older titles
    • Flag inappropriate content for admin review
    • Edit suggestions are queued for admin approval before going live
    • Cannot access admin tools or make major changes without approval

    Members:

    • Rate and review movies out of 5 or 10 stars
    • Write reviews with text, mark spoilers, rate reviews as helpful/not helpful
    • Add movies to customizable personal lists like "Watchlist", "Favorites", "Classics to See" etc.
    • Get recommendations for new movies based on past ratings and favorites
    • Follow people like actors, directors, writers
    • Follow/friend other members and see their reviews, ratings and lists
    • Comment on and discuss movies in forums with other members
    • Contribute trivia, goofs, quotes, soundtrack info for movies
    • Report offensive or inappropriate content to admins
    • Get personalized recommendations based on taste profile
    • See charts of highest rated, most popular movies

Movies:

  • Add movies with titles, plot summaries, posters, trailers etc
  • Link movies to actors, directors, writers etc.
  • User ratings and reviews
  • Recommendation engine to suggest movies to users

Some General Things

  • Movie - > Stores movie info like title, release date, cast, plot summary, ratings, etc.

  • Person -> Stores registered users with attributes like name, email, password, date of birth, etc.

  • Director/Actor/Writer -> Stores data on actors, directors, writers, etc. with bio info.

  • Review -> User reviews and ratings for movies.

  • CustomList -> Custom lists created by users for tracking movies.

  • Genre -> Movie genres like comedy, action, drama, etc.

  • Role -> Links actors/directors to their roles in movies.

  • UserManagement -> Handles user registration, authentication

  • MovieDB -> Provides methods(like APIs) to search, retrieve and update Movie entities.

  • PersonDB -> Methods(like APIs) to access Person data.

  • RecommendationEngine -> Suggests movies based on user profiles and taste.

  • SearchComponent -> component for searching movies, people, lists, etc.

  • ProfileComponent -> Renders user profile pages with reviews, lists, friends.

  • ListManager -> Logic to create and manage user Lists.

  • ReviewController -> Logic to manage Review entities like submitting, editing,

    modifying.

And more ….

Notes

Since the purpose of this project was for learning more advanced OOP and data model design, it lacks some error handling and the code can be cleaner and better; Some improvements that can be done are mentioned below:

  • Some methods can be more generalized and the class in which they are placed can be changed to a more related one
  • Some classes can be merged; for example Member and Editor can be a single class with an attribute to distinguish them
  • In a real world program the data would be saved in a data base or there would be some methods to call some APIs for saving or getting data