👗 Clothify – Clothing Store Inventory Manager

Clothify is a desktop application built with JavaFX that helps clothing stores manage inventory, track sales, and organize stock efficiently. It provides a simple, intuitive, and modern interface to streamline day-to-day operations.

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📌 Table of Contents

• 🌟 Features
• 🖥️ Tech Stack
• 📸 Screenshots
• 🚀 Getting Started
  • 1️⃣ Prerequisites
  • 2️⃣ Installation
  • 3️⃣ Configuration
  • 4️⃣ Running the Application
• 🛠 Usage
• 📚 Documentation
• ❓ FAQ
• 📌 Project Status

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🌟 Features

✅ Inventory Management – Easily add, update, and remove clothing items from stock.
✅ Sales Tracking – Record transactions and keep track of revenue.
✅ Product Categorization – Organize products by type, brand, and size.
✅ Reporting – Generate sales and stock reports to analyze business performance.
✅ User-Friendly Interface – Built using JavaFX with SceneBuilder for a clean UI.
✅ Database Versioning – Managed using Liquibase for smooth database updates.
✅ Password Reset via Email – Use JavaMail API to reset passwords via email.
✅ Default Credentials – The default admin username is admin with password admin, and the default employee username is employee with password employee.

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🖥️ Tech Stack

Clothify is built using the following technologies:

Technology	Purpose
JavaFX 🎨	GUI framework for building the desktop application
Hibernate (ORM) 🛢️	Object-relational mapping to interact with MySQL database
Liquibase 📜	Database change management
MySQL 🏦	Relational database for storing application data
SceneBuilder 🏗️	UI design tool for FXML-based JavaFX layouts
JavaMail API 📧	For sending emails, including password reset functionality

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📸 Screenshots

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🚀 Getting Started

1️⃣ Prerequisites

Before running Clothify, ensure you have the following installed:

• ✅ Java 23 (OpenJDK 23.0.2)
• ✅ MySQL Server (for database storage)
• ✅ SceneBuilder (OPTIONAL) (for modifying FXML files)

2️⃣ Installation

Clone the repository and navigate to the project folder:

git clone https://github.com/your-username/clothify.git
cd clothify

3️⃣ Configuration

Set up the MySQL Database:

Create a new MySQL database named clothify_db.

Edit hibernate.cfg.xml and update:

<property name="hibernate.connection.username">your-username</property>
<property name="hibernate.connection.password">your-password</property>

Edit liquibase.properties and update:

url=jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/clothify_db
username=your-username
password=your-password

Apply Database Migrations:

mvn liquibase:update

4️⃣ Running the Application

To build and start Clothify, use:

mvn clean install
java -jar target/clothify.jar

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🛠 Usage

1. Open Clothify and log in.
2. Navigate through the Inventory section to manage stock.
3. Record sales transactions in the Sales section.
4. Generate reports using JasperReports.
5. Reset password using OTP verification via email.

(Consider adding screenshots or a demo video here)

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📚 Documentation

For more details on how to configure, extend, or troubleshoot Clothify, refer to:

📖 Documentation find the ER diagram and Use Case diagram from the project

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❓ FAQ

🔹 Q: Can I use this for multiple stores?
A: Currently, Clothify is designed for a single-store setup, but multi-store support is planned.

🔹 Q: Can I use another database instead of MySQL?
A: Yes! Modify the hibernate.cfg.xml and liquibase.properties files to configure your database of choice.

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📝 Project Status

📂 Active Development – We’re constantly improving Clothify! 🚀

📢 Follow updates on GitHub.

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