Capstone: The Book Catalog App

The “Book Catalog” is a web-based application designed to “help users manage and organize their collection of books”.

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Key Features and Components
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Features:

The app allows users to perform the following tasks:

1) Add Books: Users can add new books to the catalog by providing details such as book title, author, category, image, and abstract.

2) Update Books: Users have the ability to update book information, including title, author, category, and more. They can also upload a new book cover image.

3) Delete Books: Books that are no longer needed in the collection can be easily removed from the catalog.

4) Search Books: The app provides a search functionality that allows users to search for books by title. This feature simplifies the process of finding specific books in a large collection.

Technologies

HTML
CSS
Javascript
Google Font
Font Awesome
Node
Postgres

Key Features and Components:

The Book Catalog App is built using HTML/CSS for the user interface or animation and javascript uses library Axios to communicate with the server through API requests. I'm also using Node.js for express to create the back-end and use PostgreSQL for storing and managing the data. Some of the key features and components of the app include:

1) Database: It has two tables categories and books that have a category_id as a reference as foreign key information in a Postgres database. Category entry is associated with field name and Book entry is associated with details such as title, author, category, abstract, added date, and cover image.

2) User Interface: The user interface is designed to be clean and intuitive. It displays book information in cards, including the book cover image, title, category, and 3 lines of abstract. Especially on the book lists allows users `Navigation` to a book detail If users want to see full information, they can `Click` on the cover image, and it'll be auto-linked to page book detail, including a cover image, title, added date, category, author, and abstract.

3) Add and Update Forms: Users can interact with the app through forms that allow them to add new books and update existing book details.

4) Search Functionality: The search box enables users to search for books based on their titles. As users type in the search query, the app dynamically sends a request to the server by filtering the displayed books.

Installation

Clone the code

$ https://github.com/dvmountain-learn/capstone-book-catalog.git
$ cd capstone-book-catalog

Install modules

$ npm install

Preparation Before Run Server

Go to Postgres -> create database name
Go to root project -> create .env
- SERVER_PORT = 4000
- CONNECTION_STRING = postgres://postgres:[your_password_access_database]@localhost:5432/[database_name]
Go to terminal