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Library Management System (Django)

📝| Description

A comprehensive web-based library management system built with Django. This system is designed to streamline the management of library resources, including books, authors, and user accounts, with a focus on efficiency and user-friendliness.

✅| Key Features

  • User Authentication: Custom user model with roles (visitor, librarian) for differentiated access and functionalities.
  • Author Management: Create, view, and delete authors. Authors are linked to books.
  • Book Management: Add and manage books, including details like name, description, and associated authors.
  • Order Processing: Handle book orders, including creation and tracking of orders.

⚙️| Technology Stack

  • Backend Framework: Django
  • Database: PostgreSQL
  • Frontend: HTML, CSS (Static files and templates in Django)
  • Containerization: Docker (optional for deployment)

📦| Installation and Setup

  1. Clone the repository.
git clone https://github.com/ne0ascorbinka/library-django-project.git
  1. Install dependencies:
pip install -r requirements.txt
  1. Set up a PostgreSQL database.
  2. Configure project:
  • Go to .env.template;
  • Get your django key and paste in .env file. You can get your key by running:
python .\library\utils\get_key.py
# or on linux:
python ./library/utils/get_key.py
  • configure DB parameters
  • rename template file to .env
  1. Run migrations:
cd library;
python manage.py migrate;
  1. Start the server:
python manage.py runserver

❔| How to Use

  • Access the web interface at http://localhost:8000 (or configured port).
  • Log in as a librarian to access full functionalities.
  • Manage authors, books, and orders through the web interface.

💛| Contributing

Contributions to the project are welcome. Please follow standard GitHub pull request procedures.