BookHaven: Online Library Store

Welcome to BookHaven, an advanced online library store designed to simplify and streamline the borrowing and purchasing of books. With a clean, modern interface, this platform offers a smooth user experience for both customers and administrators to manage their books, sales, and customer interactions.

Features

• Book Inventory Management: Track available books, including their genre, author, price, and availability.
• Book Borrowing: Customers can borrow books, track their borrowings, and manage their returns.
• Sales Management: Keep records of book sales, with detailed information on each transaction.
• Customer Accounts: Users can register, log in, and view their borrowing history and current borrowed books.
• Book Recommendations: Suggest books based on customers' borrowing history and preferences.
• Top Books Sold: Suggest books based on Most sold books.
• User Authentication: Secure login and registration using JWT and cookie-based sessions.
• Search & Filter: Search books by title, author, genre, etc.

Tech Stack

Frontend:

• React: For building the user interface.
• TypeScript: Ensuring type safety and maintainability across the app.
• Tailwind CSS: For a responsive, customizable design.
• Ant Design: For UI components that enhance the user experience.
• React Redux: For global state management and handling complex application state.
• Axios: For Handling API Calls.
• Image Storage: Cloudinary.

Backend:

• C# Web API: RESTful APIs to handle all business logic.
• SQL Server (MSSQL): For managing database and storing all related data for books, customers, and transactions.
• Authentication: JWT (JSON Web Tokens), Cookie-based session management.

Database Schema

Core Entities:

• Books: Information about books, including title, ISBN, published year, availability, and price.
• Customers: Details of customers, including name, email, password, and profile information.
• Borrowings: Records of borrowed books, including borrow and return dates.
• Sales: Book sales records, including transaction amounts and customer details.
• Authors: Authors of books, with birth dates and other details.
• Genres: Categories for organizing books based on their genres.

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