📚 BookStore Web Application

A fully functional and modern digital bookstore built using Java Servlets, JSP, and MySQL. This platform provides a seamless experience for customers, publishers, and administrators to manage, browse, and purchase e-books online.

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🌟 Key Features

👤 Customer

• 🔍 Browse and search books by title, author, or category
• 🛒 Add to cart, update quantity, and remove items
• 📄 View book details with cover image, price, and author
• 🔐 User registration, login, and logout
• 📦 View order history and profile details

📝 Publisher

• 📚 Upload and manage books with images and metadata
• ✏️ Edit book details (price, description, category)
• 🗃️ Manage personal dashboard and sales stats
• 🗂️ Add and manage book categories

🛠️ Admin

• 👥 Manage users and publishers
• 📘 Full book and category control
• 📈 Monitor sales and analytics
• ✅ Approve or remove publishers
• ⚙️ Configure system-wide settings

🛠️ Tech Stack

Layer	Technologies
Frontend	HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Bootstrap 5
Backend	Java Servlets, JSP, JDBC
Database	MySQL
Build	Apache Ant
Styling	Font Awesome, SweetAlert2
Email	JavaMail API

📁 Project Structure

   BookStore/
   ├── src/                        # Java source files (servlets)
   ├── web/                        # Web content (JSP, CSS, JS, images)
   │   ├── images/                 # Book covers & assets
   │   ├── css/                    # Custom styles
   │   └── js/                     # Custom JS files
   ├── build.xml                   # Apache Ant build file
   ├── Database(SQL)/              # SQL schema and sample data
   └── README.md                   # Project documentation

💾 Database Overview

MySQL database named bookstore with tables:

• users – Customer and publisher accounts
• books – Book listings
• categories – Book categories
• orders – Customer orders
• cart – Shopping cart items
• publishers – Publisher profiles
• ubscribers – Newsletter emails
• contact_messages – User inquiries

💡 How It Works

• All books and categories are dynamically fetched from the database.
• Real-time search functionality filters books as the user types.
• SweetAlert2 provides beautiful and responsive alerts.
• Servlet-based routing handles authentication, cart, orders, and admin functions.

🧪 Setup Instructions

1. Prerequisites

• JDK 8 or above
• Apache Tomcat 9.x
• MySQL 8.x
• Apache Ant

2. Clone & Setup

git clone https://github.com/SonaniAkshit/Bookstore-JspServlet.git
cd Bookstore-JspServlet

3. Add Jar Files on project

jakarta.mail-2.0.1.jar
jakarta.mail-api-2.0.1.jar
jakarta.activation-2.0.1.jar
commons-labg3-3.13.0.jar
mysql-connector-j-9.1.0.jar

• 📌Location

🫙JAR

4. Database Configuration

• Create the database:

CREATE DATABASE bookstore;
USE bookstore;

• Import the SQL file from:

Database(SQL)/bookstore (4).sql

5. Build & Deploy

ant clean
ant build
ant deploy

6. Run the App

• Start Apache Tomcat
• Visit: http://localhost:8080/BookStore/

✅ Completed Features

• User authentication system
• Shopping cart functionality
• Book upload and management
• Admin dashboard
• Newsletter & contact management
• SweetAlert2 notifications
• Search + category filtering

🎯 Planned Enhancements

• ✅ Payment gateway integration (in progress)
• ✅ Email order confirmations
• ✅ PDF previews for books
• 🧠 Book recommendations
• 🌍 Multi-language support
• 🤝 Social media sharing

🙌 Contributing

• Pull requests and feedback are welcome! Whether it's fixing bugs, improving UI, or adding features — your help is appreciated.

📧 Contact

• Developer: Akshit Sonani
• Email: sonaniakshit684.com
• GitHub: SonaniAkshit

🔥 Happy Coding! 🚀

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