Student Information System

Desktop-based Java application for managing students, courses, and academic records.

Student Information System — README

Student Information System is a Java Swing desktop application focused on academic record management, including student registration, course management, and result tracking.

Table of Contents

• 🚀 Project intro
• 🔧 Features
• 📁 Project structure
• 🧰 Tech stack
• ⚙️ Prerequisites
• ▶️ Run the project
• 📄 License

🚀 Project intro

This project helps institutions and administrators to:

• Add student records
• Manage and update student records
• Add and manage courses
• View and maintain student result information

The application uses Java Swing forms and a database connection layer through MyConnection.java.

🔧 Features

• Login screen for system access
• Add new student records
• Manage existing student records
• Add courses and manage course lists
• Basic dashboard and count utilities
• About and navigation forms for desktop workflow

Core features

Feature	Status	Notes
Credentials auth (login)	✅ Current	Email/password login with basic session handling
Add student records	✅ Current	Form-based entry with validation
Manage student records	✅ Current	Edit, delete, and search existing records
Add courses	✅ Current	Create course entries and metadata
Manage courses	✅ Current	Edit/delete course lists
Database connection	✅ Current	MySQL via MyConnection.java
Counts & dashboard	✅ Current	Count.java utilities for quick stats
About & help screens	✅ Current	About.java and navigation forms

Flow diagram

The flow below shows the main desktop application journey from launch through authentication and record management.

flowchart TD
	A[User] --> B[Launch application]
	B --> C{Authenticated?}
	C -- No --> D[Login form]
	C -- No --> E[Register / Add Admin]
	D --> F[Session established]
	F --> G[Main Dashboard]
	G --> H[Add Student Record]
	G --> I[Manage Student Records]
	G --> J[Add Course]
	G --> K[Manage Courses]
	I --> L[View / Edit / Delete Record]
	K --> M[View / Edit / Delete Course]
	G --> N[About / Help]
	G --> O[Exit]

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📁 Project structure

Student-Information-System/
├── build.xml
├── manifest.mf
├── README.md
├── nbproject/
└── src/
	├── About.java
	├── AddCourse.java
	├── AddStudentRecord.java
	├── Count.java
	├── LoginForm.java
	├── MainForm.java
	├── ManageCourse.java
	├── ManageStudentRecord.java
	├── MyConnection.java
	├── Student.java
	└── Image/

🧰 Tech stack

• Language: Java
• UI: Java Swing
• Build Tool: Apache Ant (build.xml)
• Project Format: NetBeans project (nbproject)
• Database: MySQL (via MyConnection.java)

⚙️ Prerequisites

• JDK 8 or newer
• NetBeans IDE (recommended)
• MySQL Server
• Proper database configuration in src/MyConnection.java

▶️ Run the project

Option 1: NetBeans (recommended)

1. Open NetBeans.
2. Import/open the Student-Information-System project folder.
3. Configure the database connection values in src/MyConnection.java.
4. Build and run the project from the IDE.

Option 2: Command line (Ant)

ant clean
ant

Then run the generated application from your build output using your Java runtime.

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for details.