Bookmarks

bookmarking/bookshelf management system

I wanted to create a program that allows me to:

• track what books/novels I'm currently reading
• what page I'm on
• give me statistics on the book like how many pages left, how long left to read
• allows me to sort the books based on tags (genres) and ratings

I read a lot of webnovels, but I constantly pause in the middle of one to start reading a new one. I also always between my phone and laptop to read, so it becomes annoying real quick to try and track all the novels, resulting in lots of tabs open at once. I want a centralized tracking system that helps organize my progress in reading. The target audience for this program is people who read lots of novels or wants to start reading novels.

User Stories

• As a user, I want to be able to add a book I'm currently reading to the list
• As a user, I want to be able to track how many pages I've read and the page I'm on
• As a user, I want to be able to set a daily reading goal/target for myself and see if I've achieved it
• As a user, I want to be able to sort the books in various ways via tags and ratings etc.
• As a user, I want to see stats on the books ex. how long to read based on my reading speed
• As a user, I want to be able to save the current state of my library locally
• As a user, I want to be able to load a state that I saved before even after quitting

Instructions for Grader

• To run the program, run the Main class
• To add a book, make sure combobox is set to "Add Book", Title field is a string, Author field is a string, Number of Pages field is an integer, Number of Pages Read field is an integer, and Genre field is a string.
• To remove a book, make sure combobox is set to "Remove Book", and Title field is a string of a book available in the view panel (center).
• Save and load buttons will always be on the bottom right, regardless of which option is chosen.
• Visual component is visible along the bottom of the view panel as a shelf.

Phase 4: Task 2

Event{dateLogged=Thu Apr 13 18:56:34 PDT 2023, description='Added 1984 to library'}
Event{dateLogged=Thu Apr 13 18:56:48 PDT 2023, description='Added Chaos Theory to library'}
Event{dateLogged=Thu Apr 13 18:56:52 PDT 2023, description='Added Animal Farm to library'}
Event{dateLogged=Thu Apr 13 18:56:59 PDT 2023, description='Removed 1984 from library'}
Event{dateLogged=Thu Apr 13 18:57:05 PDT 2023, description='Set rating to 2 for Animal Farm'}
Event{dateLogged=Thu Apr 13 18:57:16 PDT 2023, description='Set pages read today to 200 for Animal Farm'}
Event{dateLogged=Thu Apr 13 18:57:16 PDT 2023, description='Set pages read to 201 for Animal Farm'}
Event{dateLogged=Thu Apr 13 18:57:27 PDT 2023, description='Set daily reading goal to 2000'}

Phase 4: Task 3

One of top things I want to refactor in my project is to apply the singleton design pattern to my library class. The method I use currently is to pass on the same library object through the use of a parameter in my LibraryFrame into the other panels. Since the library remains the same library object, I could've used a singleton design pattern to simplify the code and make it neater and reduce coupling.
Another part of my code I would like to refactor would be separating my panels into smaller classes, especially for my OperationPanels class. This way, I can extend the functionality of the panels and make it more modular, while also increasing cohesion.