🚀 Contact Manager

A dynamic and intuitive contact management application built with Java 21, JDK 17, and Spring Boot. This project simplifies contact organization with a seamless UI, role-based authentication, and a powerful backend.

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🌟 Key Highlights

• Beautiful Landing Page: Home, Registration, Login, and About sections.
• Secure Authentication & Authorization: Role-based access for users.
• User Dashboard:
  • 📇 Add and manage contacts effortlessly.
  • 🖼 Profile customization.
  • 📜 Infinite scrolling for all contacts.
  • ⭐ Favorite contacts for quick access.
  • 🔓 Easy logout feature.

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🛠 Tech Stack

Category	Technologies Used
🎨 Frontend	HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Thymeleaf
⚙️ Backend	Java 21, Spring Boot, Spring Data JPA, Spring Security, Hibernate Validator
🗄 Database	MySQL

Note: Update your application.properties file with MySQL credentials before running the application.

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🚀 Getting Started

🔧 Prerequisites

Ensure you have the following installed:

• Java 21
• JDK 17
• MySQL Server

🏗 Installation & Setup

1️⃣ Clone the Repository:

git clone https://github.com/dinesh776/ContactManager.git
cd ContactManager

2️⃣ Configure the Database: Edit src/main/resources/application.properties:

spring.datasource.url=jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/your_database_name
spring.datasource.username=your_username
spring.datasource.password=your_password

3️⃣ Build the Application:

./mvnw clean package  # For Mac/Linux
mvnw.cmd clean package  # For Windows

4️⃣ Run the Application:

./mvnw spring-boot:run

5️⃣ Access the Application: Open http://localhost:8080 in your browser.

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📂 Project Structure

ContactManager/
├── .mvn/                   # Maven Wrapper files
├── src/
│   ├── main/
│   │   ├── java/           # Backend logic (Spring Boot, Controllers, Services)
│   │   ├── resources/      # Static assets and configuration
│   │   │   ├── templates/  # Thymeleaf HTML templates
│   │   │   └── static/     # CSS & JavaScript files
│   └── test/               # Unit tests
├── pom.xml                 # Project dependencies (Maven)
├── .gitignore              # Files to be ignored by Git
└── README.md               # Project documentation

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🤝 Contributing

Want to improve this project? Follow these steps:

1️⃣ Fork the repository 📌 2️⃣ Create a feature branch:

git checkout -b feature/YourFeature

3️⃣ Commit your changes:

git commit -m "🚀 Add some feature"

4️⃣ Push to your branch:

git push origin feature/YourFeature

5️⃣ Create a pull request 🔥

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📜 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. Check the LICENSE file for details.

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