Library Management System

Overview

A console-based Library Management System developed in Java for an Object-Oriented Programming course. The project demonstrates core OOP principles through a practical library management application.

Features

• Add new books
• Remove books
• Search for books
• Borrow books
• Return books
• Display all available books

Technologies

• Java
• Object-Oriented Programming
• Console-based Interface

Project Structure

src/

How to Run

1. Compile the project:

javac src/*.java

2. Run the program:

java Main

Concepts Demonstrated

• Classes and Objects
• Encapsulation
• Inheritance
• Polymorphism
• Collections

Learning Outcomes

During this project I practiced:

• Object-Oriented Programming
• Java Collections
• Class Design
• Modular Programming
• Console Application Development
• Exception Handling

Future Improvements

• JavaFX GUI
• MySQL database integration
• User authentication
• Persistent storage
• Better search functionality

Course

Object-Oriented Programming, Northwestern Polytechnical University