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EasyLibrary 📚

An intuitive and efficient Library Management System built with .NET technologies. EasyLibrary simplifies day-to-day library operations, providing features for managing books, members, transactions, reservations, and user roles. It eliminates the challenges of manual library management by automating key processes and offering a modern, user-friendly interface.

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🚀 Key Features

• Book Management – Add, edit, and delete book records (title, author, ISBN, category, availability).
• Member Management – Register and manage members, track borrowing history, and handle reservations.
• Borrowing & Returns – Record book loans with due dates and return tracking.
• Reservation System – Enable members to reserve books and manage waitlists.
• User Authentication & Roles – Secure access with login and role-based permissions.
• Reports & Analytics – Generate insights such as most borrowed books, member activity, and overdue items.
• Database Integration – Uses Entity Framework Core for clean, efficient database interaction.
• Dummy Data Support – Insert sample data for quick testing and demos.
• DTOs (Data Transfer Objects) – Decouples database models from UI for maintainability.
• Asynchronous Operations – Improves performance and responsiveness.
• Eager Loading – Optimized queries to prevent lazy loading pitfalls.

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🛠️ Tech Stack

• Frontend: WinForms (Windows Forms UI)

• Backend: .NET 8 with C#

• Database: SQL Server with EF Core (Entity Framework Core ORM)

• Core Libraries:

  • EasyLibrary.DAL → Entities & Data Access Layer
  • EasyLibrary.Core → Services, repositories, business logic
  • EasyLibrary.WinForms → Presentation layer (forms & UI)

• Tools: Visual Studio, NuGet, EF Core Tools, Git

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📦 Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Visual Studio with .NET Desktop Development workload
• .NET SDK
• SQL Server + SSMS
• EF Core CLI tools installed

Installation

1. Clone the Repository

   git clone https://github.com/RealAhmedOsama/EasyLibrary.git
   cd EasyLibrary

2. Open in Visual Studio Launch EasyLibrary.sln → NuGet packages will restore automatically. If not, right-click the solution → Restore NuGet Packages.

3. Update Database Connection Edit Database/AppDbContext.cs to match your SQL Server instance:

   protected override void OnConfiguring(DbContextOptionsBuilder optionsBuilder)
   {
       optionsBuilder.UseSqlServer("Data Source=YOUR_SERVER;Initial Catalog=EasyLibrary;Integrated Security=True;Trust Server Certificate=True");
   }

4. Apply Migrations

   Add-Migration InitialCreate
   Update-Database

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▶ Running Locally

1. Build Solution → Ctrl+Shift+B or Build → Build Solution
2. Set Startup Project → Right-click EasyLibrary.WinForms → Set as Startup Project
3. Run → Press F5 (starts with LoginForm)

👉 Default admin credentials are auto-inserted if dummy data is enabled in Program.cs. Comment out DummyDataService.InsertDummyDataAsync() if not needed.

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💻 Usage

• Login – Enter valid credentials (default admin available with dummy data).
• MainForm – Navigate between modules: Book Management, Members, Borrowing, Reservations.
• Data Operations – Manage records with simple CRUD forms.
• Reports – View borrowing activity, popular books, and overdue logs.

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📂 Project Structure

EasyLibrary/
├── EasyLibrary.sln
├── EasyLibrary/
│   ├── Database/
│   │   └── AppDbContext.cs
│   ├── WinForms/
│   │   ├── MainForm.cs
│   │   ├── Program.cs
│   │   ├── Auth/LoginForm.cs
│   │   ├── BookManagement/BookManagementForm.cs
│   │   ├── BorrowTransactions/BorrowTransactionsForm.cs
│   │   └── ...
├── EasyLibrary.Core/
│   ├── Repositories/
│   │   ├── GenericRepository.cs
│   │   ├── BookRepository.cs
│   │   ├── MemberRepository.cs
│   │   ├── BorrowTransactionsRepository.cs
│   │   └── ...
│   ├── Helper/DtoMapper.cs
│   └── ...
├── EasyLibrary.DAL/
│   ├── Entities/
│   │   ├── Book.cs
│   │   ├── Category.cs
│   │   ├── Member.cs
│   │   ├── User.cs
│   │   ├── Role.cs
│   │   └── ...

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👥 Credits

This project was developed collaboratively with shared and individual contributions:

• Ahmed Osama – Focused on Indexing and Constraints in DAL, worked extensively on the Core layer, and developed the WinForms UI independently.
• Roudina Ahmed – Worked on the Data Access Layer (DAL) and Core layer side by side with Ahmed Osama.

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📝 License

Licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

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📬 Contact

👨‍💻 Developed by Ahmed Osama 📧 Reach me via GitHub Issues

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💖 Thanks for checking out EasyLibrary! If you like it, don’t forget to ⭐ the repo!