📒 Smart Contact Manager

A Spring Boot application built using the MVC design pattern that allows users to manage their personal contacts with a modern UI and secure authentication.

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🚀 Features

• 🔐 Authentication & Security

  • User registration and login with OAuth2 Security
  • Password hashing for enhanced security
  • Email verification using Java Mail Sender

• 👤 User Management

  • Register new users
  • Secure login/logout flow
  • Email-based account activation

• 📞 Contact Management

  • Create, Read, Update, and Delete (CRUD) contacts
  • Search and filter contacts easily
  • Each user can manage their own contact list

• 🎨 Frontend & UI

  • Built with Thymeleaf templates
  • Styled using Tailwind CSS
  • Responsive and modern interface

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🏗️ Tech Stack

• Backend: Spring Boot (MVC Pattern), Spring Security, Spring Data JPA
• Database: MySQL
• Frontend: Thymeleaf, Tailwind CSS
• Security: OAuth2, Password Hashing (BCrypt)
• Email Service: Java Mail Sender

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⚙️ Installation & Setup

1. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/your-username/smart-contact-manager.git
   cd smart-contact-manager

2. Configure Database

   • Create a MySQL database:

     CREATE DATABASE smart_contact_manager;

   • Update your application.properties or application.yml with your database credentials:

     spring.datasource.url=jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/smart_contact_manager
     spring.datasource.username=your_username
     spring.datasource.password=your_password
     spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=update

3. Configure Email (Java Mail Sender) Add your SMTP credentials in application.properties:

   spring.mail.host=smtp.gmail.com
   spring.mail.port=587
   spring.mail.username=your_email@gmail.com
   spring.mail.password=your_app_password
   spring.mail.properties.mail.smtp.auth=true
   spring.mail.properties.mail.smtp.starttls.enable=true

4. Run the application

   mvn spring-boot:run

   The application will start on http://localhost:8080.

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📸 Screenshots

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Login Page	Dashboard	Contact List

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🤝 Contribution

Contributions are welcome! Feel free to fork the repository and submit pull requests.

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