🚗 AutoPark - Parking Management System

This project is a Spring Boot-based parking management system designed to streamline vehicle entry and exit tracking, manage parking spaces, and automate fee calculations. The system includes user authentication, email notifications, and an intuitive admin dashboard for real-time monitoring.

🚀 Features

• Secure authentication and role-based access control for admins and operators.
• Vehicle entry and exit management with timestamp tracking.
• Real-time availability monitoring for parking spaces.
• Automated fee calculation based on parking duration.
• Email notifications for vehicle arrivals and departures.
• Admin dashboard for managing users, spaces, entries and exits.

🛠 Technologies

• Java
• Spring Boot (JPA, Web, Security)
• Thymeleaf
• HTML
• CSS
• JavaScript
• Bootstrap
• MySQL

📌 Requirements

Before installing, ensure you have:

• Java 17+
• Maven 3+
• MySQL 8+
• Gmail SMTP credentials for email notifications

🛠 Installation

Follow these steps to set up the project in your environment:

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/cawtoz/parking-management.git
   cd parking-management

2. Configure environment variables:

   cp .env.example .env

3. Set up the database and email notifications in the .env file:

   # Database Config
   DB_HOST=localhost
   DB_PORT=3306
   DB_NAME=autopark
   DB_USERNAME=root
   DB_PASSWORD=yourpassword
   
   # Email Notifications (Gmail SMTP)
   MAIL_USERNAME=your-email@gmail.com
   MAIL_PASSWORD=your-app-password

4. Build and run the application:

   mvn clean install
   mvn spring-boot:run

   The application will be available at http://localhost:8080

📂 Project Structure

src/
├── main/
│   ├── java/com/github/cawtoz/parking/
│   │   ├── controllers/   # Handles HTTP requests
│   │   ├── models/        # Database entities
│   │   ├── repositories/  # JPA Repositories for data access
│   │   ├── security/      # Spring Security configuration
│   │   ├── services/      # Business logic and notifications
│   ├── resources/
│   │   ├── templates/     # Thymeleaf HTML templates
│   │   ├── static/css/    # CSS files for UI
│   │   ├── static/js/     # JavaScript files for frontend logic
│   │   ├── application.properties  # Configuration settings