SmartMart 🛒

A cloud-connected Java shopping system designed to deliver a seamless retail experience through clean object-oriented architecture and efficient database integration.

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Features

• Secure user authentication
• Product browsing and smart search
• Shopping cart management
• Order placement and tracking
• 84 products across 10 categories
• Cloud-hosted MySQL database integration

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Tech Stack

• Java
• Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)
• MySQL + JDBC
• Railway Cloud Database

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Project Structure

src/
├── Main.java
├── User.java
├── Product.java
├── Cart.java
├── Order.java
└── db/
    └── DBConnection.java

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Run Locally

1. Clone the repository
2. Add mysql-connector-j-9.6.0.jar to the lib/ folder
3. Configure database credentials in config.properties
4. Compile and run the project

javac -cp "src;lib/mysql-connector-j-9.6.0.jar" src/db/DBConnection.java src/*.java
java -cp "src;lib/mysql-connector-j-9.6.0.jar" Main

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Database

Complete schema and sample data are available in:

smartmart_backup.sql

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Collaborators

Anubha Goyal

Application development, order management, and cloud database integration

Ananya Ojha

Database design, setup, and backend implementation

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Future Enhancements

• JavaFX-based GUI
• Admin dashboard
• Payment gateway integration
• REST API support

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Built with collaboration, clean logic, and thoughtful design.