🎓 StudentHub — Student Management System

A full-stack Student Management System developed using Python, Django, SQLite, HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, and JavaScript.

StudentHub provides a responsive, database-driven dashboard for managing student records with CRUD operations, search, sorting, pagination, and dashboard statistics.

The application includes automated testing using Django's testing framework and is deployed on PythonAnywhere.

🌐 Live Demo

🚀 Live Application: https://geethadr.pythonanywhere.com/

💻 GitHub Repository: https://github.com/Geethadr16/studenthub-django-fullstack

☁️ Deployment Platform: PythonAnywhere

✨ Key Features

• 👨‍🎓 Student Management: Add, view, update, and delete student records.
• 🔍 Search Functionality: Search students by name, email, or place using Django ORM queries.
• ↕️ Sorting: Sort student records by name, age, and date of birth.
• 📄 Pagination: Display five student records per page.
• 📊 Dashboard Statistics: Display total students, matching records, and currently displayed records.
• 🗑️ Delete Confirmation: Confirm before permanently deleting student records.
• 📱 Responsive Design: Bootstrap-based interface with reusable Django templates.
• 🧪 Automated Testing: Django unit tests covering models, CRUD operations, search, sorting, and pagination.

📸 Application Screenshots

🎓 Student Dashboard

Student management dashboard featuring summary statistics, student records, sorting, and pagination.

📝 Add Student Form

Form for creating student records with name, age, date of birth, email, and place.

🔍 Search and Sorting

Student search functionality with filtered results and sorting options.

🧪 Automated Testing

Successfully executed all 11 automated Django tests.

🛠️ Tech Stack

Category	Technologies
🐍 Programming Language	Python
⚙️ Backend	Django 5.2.7
🎨 Frontend	HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap, JavaScript
🗄️ Database	SQLite
🔗 Database Operations	Django ORM
🧪 Testing	Django TestCase
🔧 Version Control	Git, GitHub
☁️ Deployment	PythonAnywhere, WSGI

🏗️ Project Architecture

StudentHub follows Django's Model-View-Template (MVT) architecture.

• 📦 Model: Defines student data and manages database interactions using Django ORM.
• ⚙️ View: Processes HTTP requests and handles CRUD operations, search, sorting, and pagination.
• 🎨 Template: Renders the user interface using HTML, Bootstrap, CSS, and Django template tags.
• 🗄️ Database: SQLite stores and retrieves student records.

📁 Project Structure

studenthub-django-fullstack/
├── fvbcrudproject/
│   ├── settings.py
│   ├── urls.py
│   ├── wsgi.py
│   └── asgi.py
├── myapp/
│   ├── migrations/
│   ├── models.py
│   ├── views.py
│   ├── forms.py
│   ├── urls.py
│   └── tests.py
├── templates/
│   └── myapp/
├── screenshots/
│   ├── student-dashboard.png
│   ├── add-student.png
│   ├── search-sorting.png
│   └── automated-tests.png
├── manage.py
├── requirements.txt
└── README.md

⚙️ Installation and Setup

1️⃣ Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/Geethadr16/studenthub-django-fullstack.git
cd studenthub-django-fullstack

2️⃣ Create a Virtual Environment

python -m venv .venv

3️⃣ Activate the Virtual Environment

Windows PowerShell:

.\.venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1

Linux/macOS:

source .venv/bin/activate

4️⃣ Install Dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

5️⃣ Configure Environment Variables

Create a .env file in the project root:

DJANGO_SECRET_KEY=replace-with-your-own-secure-secret-key

🔐 Security: Keep your .env file and actual secret keys out of GitHub.

6️⃣ Apply Database Migrations

python manage.py migrate

7️⃣ Run the Development Server

python manage.py runserver

Open the application at http://127.0.0.1:8000/

🧪 Automated Testing

StudentHub includes 11 automated tests implemented using Django's built-in testing framework.

Test Coverage

• ✅ Student model functionality
• ✅ Student