Attendance Management System

This is an Attendance Management System implemented in Java Swing for the frontend and MySQL for the backend.

Getting Started

To use the system, follow these steps:

1. Project Setup:

   • Fork and clone the repository.
   • Unzip and place the project files in your preferred location.

2. Login:

   • Go to the Login class and run the file.
   • Create an Administrator user account through the signup option.
   • Log in with proper Administrator credentials to access the Administrator window.

3. Administrator Actions:

   • Create faculty profiles and student profiles.
   • Launch courses.
   • Add students to their respective courses.
   • Update Administrator information, using dropdown menus to handle foreign key-related errors.
   • Log out from the Administrator window.

4. Faculty Actions:

   • Log in with Faculty ID and password.
   • Manage attendance for students in courses.
   • Send messages to other faculty members.
   • Log out from the Faculty window.

5. Student Actions:

   • Log in with Student ID and password.
   • Check attendance for enrolled courses.
   • Log out from the Student window.

6. Exiting the Application:

   • Click "EXIT" in the login window to close the application.

Usage

To run this system, you need to have the following software and components installed:

• Java Development Kit (JDK)
• MySQL Database Server
• MySQL Connector/J JDBC Driver

Before running the application, set up the necessary database and tables, which can be found in the student_attendance file inside the FinalProject directory.

Contributing

If you'd like to contribute to this project, feel free to submit issues and pull requests on the GitHub repository.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.