🌐 Web Browser Simulation (C++ OOP + Frontend UI)

A web browser simulation built using C++ and Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) concepts, with an additional frontend interface for visualization.

📍 Developed as part of OOP coursework at NIT Silchar

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📌 Overview

This project simulates how a real web browser works internally, including:

• Tab management
• Page rendering
• Navigation history

The core logic is implemented in C++, where all browser functionalities are handled using classes and objects.

A simple HTML-based frontend is also included to visually represent browser components like tabs and address bar.

⚠️ The frontend is for demonstration only and is not connected to the C++ backend.

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🚀 Features

• 🗂️ Multi-tab system
• 🔄 Back & Forward navigation (using stacks)
• 🌐 Automatic page type detection
• 🧠 Runtime polymorphism using render()
• 🖥️ C++ backend logic
• 🎨 Frontend UI simulation

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🏗️ Architecture

Browser
│
├── Tabs
│   ├── WebPage (Base Class)
│   │   ├── HTMLPage
│   │   ├── ImagePage
│   │   └── VideoPage
│   │
│   └── History
│       ├── Back Stack
│       └── Forward Stack

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🧩 OOP Concepts Used

• Encapsulation → Data hidden using private members
• Abstraction → Simple user commands
• Inheritance → Page types derived from WebPage
• Polymorphism → render() behaves differently
• Composition → Browser → Tabs → Pages

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📁 Folder Structure

src/
├── Browser
├── Tab
├── History
├── WebPage
├── HTMLPage
├── ImagePage
├── VideoPage

frontend/
└── index.html

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⚙️ Run the Project

Compile

g++ -std=c++11 -o browser src/*.cpp

Run

./browser

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💻 Commands

Command	Action
open	Open page
back	Go back
forward	Go forward
newtab	New tab
tabs	Show tabs
history	Show history
exit	Exit browser

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🎮 Example

> open index.html
[HTML PAGE] Loading...

> open image.jpg
[IMAGE PAGE] Displaying...

> back
Navigating back...

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🌐 Frontend (UI Demo)

• Browser-like interface
• Tabs and address bar
• Visual simulation only

⚠️ Not connected to backend logic

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⚠️ Limitations

• No real internet access
• No backend-frontend integration
• Rendering is simulated

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🚀 Future Scope

• Connect frontend with backend
• Add real HTTP requests
• GUI improvements
• Download manager

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🎓 Academic Info

• Course: Object-Oriented Programming
• Institute: NIT Silchar
• Year: 2024

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📜 License

For academic use only.