Academix is a robust Spring Boot application designed to efficiently manage academic entities such as students, professors, and courses. Built on a layered architecture, it leverages JPA for seamless database interactions and Spring Security for secure authentication and authorization.

• Comprehensive Academic Management
  Perform create, read, update, and delete (CRUD) operations on Students, Professors, and Courses.

• RESTful APIs
  Well-structured endpoints for smooth integration with frontend applications.

• Spring Security Integration
  Role-based authentication and authorization to protect resources.

• Custom Exception Handling
  Enhanced error management with meaningful custom exceptions.

• Layered Architecture
  Clear separation of concerns with DTO, Service, Repository, and API layers.

• Spring Boot
• Spring Security
• JPA & Hibernate
• H2 Database (in-memory for development and testing)
• Maven

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/samaneh-meftahi/Academix.git
   cd Academix
   

2. Configure the database:
   The project uses an in-memory H2 database by default.
   To switch databases, update application.properties accordingly.

3. Build and run the application:

   mvn spring-boot:run
   

4. Access the API:
   Base URL: http://localhost:8081
   Example endpoints:

   • GET /students
   • POST /professors

5. Access H2 Console:
   URL: http://localhost:8080/h2-console
   JDBC URL: jdbc:h2:mem:testdb
   Username: sa
   Password: (leave empty)

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

This project is licensed under the MIT License.