― A Modern Personal Book Library Frontend

Librakeeper Web is a sleek and user-friendly web application designed for managing your personal book collection. Built with a modern tech stack and intuitive interface, Librakeeper makes organizing and exploring your books a breeze.

• Effortless Book Adding: Quickly add books to your library by scanning ISBNs using your phone's camera or manually inputting them.
• Detailed Book Information: View comprehensive details for each book, including title, author, cover image, description, and more.
• Customizable Bookshelves: Create personalized bookshelves to categorize your books based on genre, author, or any criteria you prefer.
• Advanced Search: Utilize our powerful search engine to find books within your library based on various parameters.
• Secure Authentication: Seamlessly log in and manage your library with secure authentication powered by Firebase.

• Next.js: A powerful React framework for building fast and SEO-friendly web applications.
• Mantine: A modern React component library providing pre-built components and styling tools for a streamlined development experience.
• TypeScript: A strongly typed superset of JavaScript, ensuring code quality and maintainability.
• pnpm: A fast and efficient package manager for JavaScript.

Librakeeper Web is structured around a clear hierarchy of pages, each serving a specific purpose in managing your book collection.

• /
  • Displays all books
  • Displays all collections (bookshelves)
  • Button to add a new book using the camera
• /search
  • Search for books using ISBN
  • Button to go to Advanced Search
• /advSearch
  • Advanced search for books
• /camera
  • Captures ISBN from the camera
  • Redirects to the search with scanned ISBN
• /collections
  • Displays all bookshelves
• /collections/[id]
  • Displays all books for the bookshelf with id
• /book/[id]
  • Displays detailed info about a book with id
  • Contains a button to edit this book
• /book/[id]/edit
  • Allows editing info about a book with id
• /debug
  • Debug page to test API requests

The following diagram illustrates a typical user journey through the Librakeeper Web application, highlighting how users interact with various features and navigate between pages.

graph TB
    Login((Login)) -- Authenticate --> Home(["/"]) 
    Home -- "View Book Details" --> Book(["/book/[id]"])  
    Home --> Camera(["/camera"]) 
    Camera -- "Scan or Enter ISBN" --> Search(["/search"])  
    Search --> SearchResults(["Search Results"])
    Search -- "No Books Found" --> AdvSearch(["/advSearch"]) 
    AdvSearch --> SearchResults
    SearchResults -- "Save Book" --> Book 
    Home --> Collections(["/collections"]) 
    Collections -- "Open Bookshelf" --> Bookshelf(["/collections/[id]"]) 
    Home -- "View Bookshelf" --> Bookshelf
    Bookshelf -- "View Book Details" -->  Book
    Book -- "Edit Information" --> EditBook(["/book/[id]/edit"]) 

• Node.js: https://nodejs.org/
• pnpm: https://pnpm.io/

Clone the repository:

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

Install Dependencies:

pnpm install 

pnpm dev

This will start the development server, typically at https://localhost:3000.