Consultify

Consultify is a JavaFX desktop application designed to facilitate student-lecturer consultations with features like booking management, feedback, and request approvals. It uses local text files for storage, making it lightweight and easy to run without external databases.

🎯 Features

• ✅ Book available time slots
• 🔄 Manage upcoming bookings (cancel or reschedule)
• 🕓 View consultation history
• 📝 Submit feedback after consultations
• 📁 Uses local text file as a database (no external DB required)
• 👨‍🏫 Lecturer panel to approve or deny student consultation requests
• 📂 File-Based Storage - all data is stored in text files for ease of portability. No need for external database setup.

Technologies Used

• JavaFX
  A modern Java library used to build rich desktop applications with graphical user interfaces (GUI). It provides built-in components like buttons, tables, charts, and more for building interactive UIs.

• Maven
  A powerful build automation tool used primarily for Java projects

• FXML
  An XML-based language used with JavaFX to design user interfaces in a clean, declarative way.

📚 Lessons Learned

• FXML structure and UI linking
• Core OOP concepts and class design
• MVC pattern for separating logic and interface
• Text file manipulation for local data storage
• Maven project structure and dependency handling
• UI interaction and validation in JavaFX