📚 Minimal Library Management System – Frontend

A clean, minimalist library management system built with React, TypeScript, Redux Toolkit Query (RTK Query), and Tailwind CSS.

This client app enables users to view, add, edit, delete, and borrow books, as well as see a summary of borrowed books—all with a beautiful, fully responsive UI and no authentication.

🚀 Features

1. Public Access: All routes and features are available without authentication.
2. Book Management:
3. View all books in a responsive page with cards: Title, Author, Genre, ISBN, Copies, Availability, and Actions.
4. Edit book details via page.
5. Delete books with confirmation.
6. Add new books with validation.
7. Borrowing:
8. Borrow books with quantity and due date.
9. Borrowing logic enforces available copy limits and updates availability automatically.
10. Borrow Summary: Aggregate summary of all borrowed books (title, ISBN, total quantity borrowed).
11. Navigation: Simple navigation bar with links to all core pages.
12. Responsive Design: Mobile, tablet, and desktop friendly via Tailwind CSS.
13. Optimistic UI Updates
14. Toast Notifications
15. Type-Safe Forms

The Library Management System is a full-featured web application designed to streamline book borrowing, returning, and library operations while ensuring data integrity and efficient management. Built as a full-stack application, it combines modern frontend development with robust backend architecture to deliver a seamless user experience for both library users and administrators.

On the frontend, the system leverages React.js, and TypeScript to create a responsive, user-friendly interface, allowing users to search, borrow, and return books easily, while admins can manage inventory and view reports. The UI is built with TailwindCSS, ensuring a clean and modern look with a focus on accessibility and performance.

The backend is powered by Node.js and Express.js, with MongoDB (Mongoose) managing book inventories, user accounts, borrowing workflows, and historical records. The application implements Mongoose instance methods and middleware to enforce business rules, validate transactions, and maintain data consistency. Aggregation pipelines are used for analytics and reporting, providing admins with actionable insights such as popular books, overdue items, and user activity.

Key features include book borrowing and returning workflows, user and admin dashboards, transaction validation, reporting, and secure authentication. The project emphasizes modular architecture, maintainable code, and scalable design, making it easy to extend and adapt to larger libraries or more complex workflows.