book-project: A Java repository from vaibhav2903

Book tracker web app made using Spring Boot and Vaadin 14 (only the free components will be used).

Features:

Add books that you have read to a 'to read', 'currently reading', 'read' or 'did not finish' shelf
View books in your different shelves and make changes
A rating scale from 0-10 that that goes up in steps of 0.5
Track your progress towards a reading goal: the number of books or pages you hope to read by the end of the year
Statistics about your reading habits
Add your own shelves

Coming soon:

User registration and accounts
And much more!

The images above may look slightly different to the app. If major changes are made, new images will be uploaded to reflect this.

Setup

Prerequisites:

JDK 11 (or higher)
If you don't have Node.js installed globally, it is not needed as Vaadin will install it automatically
- If you do have Node.js installed, please ensure it is at least version 10.0
MySQL 8.0.* or (better) Docker
- For Windows users, install Docker Desktop and then run docker-compose up at the root of the project on the command line

Clone the repository
Import the project as a maven project into your favourite IDE (or run maven on the terminal)
Start the MySQL Database or run the docker-compose file docker-compose up
Run BookProjectApplication.java
Go to localhost:8080
Log in with the details below:
- Username: user
- Password: password

You may find lots of errors for things like the log statements, or the entities not having constructors. You can find instructions on how to fix this for IntelliJ and Eclipse in our troubleshooting wiki page. Other common errors and solutions are also detailed in the troubleshooting page.