Movie Seat Booking System

The Movie Seat Booking System is a web application built with Java and Spring Boot, allowing users to browse available movies and book seats for their desired shows. The system provides a seamless user experience and efficient backend management for movie theaters.

• Technologies
• Features
• Getting Started
    ◦ Prerequisites
    ◦ Installation
• Usage
• Contributing
• License

Technologies

• Java:   The primary backend language.

• Spring Boot: A powerful framework for building Java-based applications.

• Spring Data JPA: Provides easy integration with JPA (Java Persistence API) for data access.

• Hibernate: An additional ORM (Object-Relational Mapping) framework that can be used alongside Spring Data JPA for database interaction and 
             management.
             
• Thymeleaf: A modern server-side Java template engine for web and standalone environments, used for rendering HTML templates.

• HTML and CSS: Frontend technologies for creating interactive user interfaces.

• Bootstrap: A popular CSS framework that simplifies the process of making web pages responsive and visually appealing.

• REST API: A software architectural style for building scalable web services. This can be implemented using Spring Boot to create RESTful APIs.

• MySQL Database: A popular open-source relational database management system, used for storing and managing your application's data.

Features

• Browse Movies: Users can view a list of available movies.

• Seat Selection: Interactive seat selection interface for users to choose their seats.

• Booking Management: Efficient booking management system for theater administrators.

• User Authentication: Secure user authentication and session management.

Getting Started

Prerequisites

Make sure you have the following tools installed:

• Java Development Kit (JDK)

• Maven or Gradle build tools

• IDE such as Eclipse, IntelliJ, or Spring Boot IDE

• MySQL database server

Installation

1. Clone the Repository:
   git clone <repository-url>
   
2. Database Configuration:
    ◦ Create a MySQL database and update the application.properties file in the src/main/resources directory with your database credentials.
    
   spring.datasource.url=jdbc:mysql://<database-host>:<port>/<database-name>
   spring.datasource.username=<username>
   spring.datasource.password=<password>
   
3. IDE Configuration:
    ◦ Import the project into your preferred IDE (Eclipse, IntelliJ, or Spring Boot IDE).
    
4. Build and Run:
    ◦ Build and run the application from your IDE or use Maven/Gradle command line:
     mvn spring-boot:run  or  gradle bootRun

Usage

Once the application is running, open a web browser and navigate to http://localhost:8080 to access the movie seat booking system. Follow the on-screen instructions to select and book seats for the desired movie show.