🏫 InEdu — School Registration System

A desktop-based School Registration and Authentication System built using Java Swing and MySQL. Developed as an academic project to demonstrate GUI development, database connectivity, and email-based password recovery in Java.

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📋 Table of Contents

• About the Project
• Features
• Screenshots
• Tech Stack
• Project Structure
• Prerequisites
• Setup and Installation
• Database Setup
• How to Run
• Author

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📌 About the Project

InEdu is a Java-based desktop application that provides a complete user registration and login system for a school environment. It includes secure login, new user registration, and a forgot password flow using OTP (One Time Password) sent via email.

This project was built using NetBeans IDE with Java Swing for the GUI and MySQL as the backend database.

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✨ Features

• 🏠 Homepage — Entry point with navigation to Register or Login
• 📝 User Registration — Register with full name, address, gender, email, phone, username and password
• 🔐 User Login — Secure login with username and password validation
• 📧 Forgot Password — OTP sent to registered email via Gmail SMTP
• 🔄 Password Reset — Reset password after OTP verification
• 🔁 Smooth Navigation — Seamless switching between all screens

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🖥️ Tech Stack

Technology	Usage
Java (JDK 8+)	Core programming language
Java Swing	GUI / Desktop interface
JDBC	Database connectivity
MySQL	Backend database
JavaMail API	Email OTP sending via Gmail SMTP
NetBeans IDE	Development environment
XAMPP	Local MySQL server

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📁 Project Structure

InEdu/
├── src/
│   └── registration/
│       ├── HOMEPAGE.java         # Main entry screen
│       ├── REG.java              # User registration form
│       ├── LOGIN.java            # Login form
│       ├── FORGOTPASSWORD.java   # OTP email sender
│       └── RESET.java            # Password reset form
├── lib/
│   ├── jakarta.mail-2.0.1.jar   # JavaMail API
│   ├── activation-1.1.1.jar     # JavaMail dependency
│   └── mysql-connector-j-8.0.33.jar  # MySQL JDBC driver
└── README.md

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⚙️ Prerequisites

Make sure you have the following installed before running the project:

• ✅ JDK 8 or above
• ✅ NetBeans IDE
• ✅ XAMPP (for MySQL)
• ✅ JavaMail JAR — jakarta.mail-2.0.1.jar
• ✅ Activation JAR — activation-1.1.1.jar
• ✅ MySQL Connector JAR — mysql-connector-j-8.0.33.jar

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🛠️ Setup and Installation

1. Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/udhaydeep0912/InEdu.git

2. Open in NetBeans

• Open NetBeans IDE
• Go to File → Open Project
• Select the cloned InEdu folder
• Click Open

3. Add JAR Files

• Right-click the project → Properties
• Go to Libraries → Classpath → click + → Add JAR/Folder
• Add all 3 JARs from the lib/ folder:
  • jakarta.mail-2.0.1.jar
  • activation-1.1.1.jar
  • mysql-connector-j-8.0.33.jar
• Click OK

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🗄️ Database Setup

1. Start XAMPP

• Open XAMPP Control Panel
• Click Start next to MySQL

2. Open phpMyAdmin

http://localhost/phpmyadmin

3. Create Database

• Click New on the left sidebar
• Name it: userregistration
• Click Create

4. Create Table

• Click on userregistration → click SQL tab
• Paste and run the following:

CREATE TABLE `user` (
  `id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `Fname` varchar(50) NOT NULL,
  `Lname` varchar(50) NOT NULL,
  `Address` varchar(100) NOT NULL,
  `Gender` varchar(10) NOT NULL,
  `Email` varchar(100) NOT NULL,
  `Phone` varchar(15) NOT NULL,
  `Username` varchar(50) NOT NULL,
  `Password` varchar(50) NOT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
);

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▶️ How to Run

1. Make sure MySQL is running in XAMPP
2. Open the project in NetBeans
3. Right-click project → Properties → Run
4. Set Main Class to registration.HOMEPAGE
5. Press F6 or click the green Run ▶ button

Application Flow:

HOMEPAGE
├── Register → Fill form → Submit → Redirects to Login
└── Login
    ├── Correct credentials → Login Successful
    └── Forgot Password?
        ├── Enter Email → OTP sent to email
        ├── Enter OTP → Verify
        └── Reset Password → Redirects to Login

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👨‍💻 Author

Udhay Deep

• 🎓 B.Tech Computer Science Engineering — 4th Semester
• 💻 GitHub: @udhaydeep0912

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📄 License

This project is open source and available for academic and learning purposes.

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