Book Library

Overview

This is a Python-based system designed to manage a library's books, clients, and rentals. It features functionalities such as adding, removing, updating, listing clients and books, renting and returning books, searching, generating statistics, and unlimited undo/redo operations.

Features

• Manage Clients and Books: Add, remove, update, and list clients and books.
• Rent and Return Books: Handle the rental process of available books and their return.
• Search Functionality: Perform case-insensitive, partial string searches on clients or books.
• Statistics Generation: Generate statistics on the most rented books, most active clients, and most rented authors.
• Undo/Redo Operations: Unlimited undo/redo functionality with a memory-efficient implementation.
• Persistent Storage: Supports in-memory, text-file, and binary file repositories.

Persistent Storage Configuration

The application utilizes file-based repositories for persistence. It can be configured to use either in-memory repositories, text-file repositories, or binary file repositories via the settings.properties file.

Iterable Data Structure Module

The application includes a reusable Python module with an iterable data structure, a unique sorting algorithm, and a filter method. This module is accompanied by comprehensive PyUnit tests ensuring 100% coverage.

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Python 3.11

Installation

1. Clone the repository.

2. Configure the application using the settings.properties file.

Usage

1. Run the main.py file having src as the working directory.

2. Follow the on-screen prompts to manage the library.

Preview

License

This project is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 - see the LICENSE file for details.