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Users can create profiles, list the skills they offer and want, send requests to exchange skills, and communicate via built-in chat.\n\n---\n\n## 🚀 Features\n\n1. **User Registration \u0026 Login**\n\n   * Users create an account with basic information.\n   * Login is authenticated by email and password.\n\n2. **Profile \u0026 Skills**\n\n   * Users can manage their profile, including first/last name, bio, location, and photo.\n   * Users can add skills they **offer** and skills they **want** to learn.\n\n3. **Sending Requests**\n\n   * Users browse others with desired skills.\n   * Send skill exchange requests.\n   * Notifications alert users of incoming requests.\n\n4. **Request Response**\n\n   * Receivers can accept or reject requests.\n   * Upon acceptance, a chat is automatically created.\n\n5. **Chat \u0026 Messaging**\n\n   * Users can chat with connected peers.\n   * Messages are timestamped and stored in the database.\n\n---\n\n## 🛠️ Tech Stack\n\n| Layer           | Technology                  |\n| --------------- | --------------------------- |\n| Backend         | Java, Spring MVC, Spring Transaction Management, Hibernate/JPA |\n| Frontend        | JSP, HTML, CSS, Bootstrap      |\n| Database        | MySQL   |\n| File Handling   | Multipart file uploads for profile photos  |\n| ORM             | Hibernate                   |\n| Build Tool      | Maven                       |\n| Connection Pool | c3p0                        |\n| Server          | Apache Tomcat               |\n\n---\n\n## 🗂️ Project Structure\n\n```\nsrc/\n└── com.skillswap\n    ├── controller         # UserController, handles HTTP requests\n    ├── dao                # UserDAO, SkillDAO, RequestDAO, MessageDAO, NotificationDAO interfaces and implementations\n    ├── model              # User, Skill, SkillsOffered, SkillsWanted, UserDetails, Request, Chat, Message, Notifications\n    ├── service            # UserService, SkillService, RequestService, ChatService, MessageService, NotificationService\n                            \nWebContent/\n├── WEB-INF/\n│   ├── lib/               # External JARs\n│   ├── view/              # JSP pages (home, signIn, singUp, dashboard, profile, sendRequests, viewRequests, notifications, chats, messages)\n│   ├── spring-container.xml\n│   └── web.xml\n├── resources/\n│   └── images/Screenshot_1.png\n```\n\n---\n\n## 🗄️ Database Design\n\nEntity-Relationship Diagram (ERD) showing main tables and relations:\n\n- **Users** – stores user details (first name, last name, email, password)\n- **UserDetails** – stores extended profile details (bio, location, profile photo)\n- **Skills** – list of skills\n- **SkillsOffered** – mapping of users → skills they can teach\n- **SkillsWanted** – mapping of users → skills they want to learn\n- **Requests** – skill exchange requests between users\n- **Chats** – created when a request is accepted\n- **Messages** – messages exchanged in chats\n- **Notifications** – alerts for requests and updates\n\n\u003cimg width=\"200\" height=\"200\" alt=\"Database ERD\" src=\"https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/bb3bdd86-e9a5-47e5-91d3-ab1ca977c802\" /\u003e\n\n\n---\n\n## 🎨 UI Wireframes\n\nInitial frontend design sketches (Home, Sign In, Sign Up, Dashboard, Profile, Send Requests, View Requests, Notifications, Chat, Messages):\n\n\u003cimg width=\"200\" height=\"200\" alt=\"Home, SignUp, SignIn, Dashboard\" src=\"https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/384ed19a-b88e-4226-8e88-cdbaefe79078\" /\u003e\n\n\u003cimg width=\"200\" height=\"200\" alt=\"Profile\" src=\"https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/1d8f9031-94d6-4ca4-9187-b78db8ae7186\" /\u003e\n\n\u003cimg width=\"200\" height=\"200\" alt=\"requests and notifications\" src=\"https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/caff2f60-33a6-4d35-924c-5dd80789ed7b\" /\u003e\n\n\u003cimg width=\"200\" height=\"200\" alt=\"Chats and messages\" src=\"https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/c2c0f712-6a4c-44b0-803f-25f5b1478764\" /\u003e\n\n\n\n---\n\n## ▶️ Demo Video\n\nhttps://github.com/user-attachments/assets/319fc508-3006-4f87-8fdf-24650b3d48ce\n\n\n\n---\n\n## 🧪 How to Run\n\n1. Clone the repository:\n\n```bash\ngit clone https://github.com/abanoubwagim/SkillSwap.git\ncd SkillSwap\n```\n\n2. Import into Eclipse or IntelliJ as a Maven project.\n\n3. Configure your MySQL database:\n\n* Create a schema named `skillswap`\n* Tables will be created automatically by Hibernate\n* Update `spring-container.xml` with your DB username/password \n\n4. Deploy the project to Apache Tomcat server.\n\n5. Open your browser:\n\n```\nhttp://localhost:8080/SkillSwap/\n```\n\n---\n\n## 📄 License\n\nThis project is open-source and free to use under the MIT License.\n\n---\n\n## 🏷️ GitHub Topics\n\n`Java` `Spring MVC` `Hibernate` `JSP` `MySQL` `MVC` `Web-Application` `Full-Stack` `Bootstrap` `JSTL` `CRUD` `c3p0` `XML` `Apache Tomcat` `SkillSwap` `Chat` `Notifications` `Maven` `Peer-to-Peer` `SkillSharing`\n\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fabanoubwagim%2Fskillswap","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fabanoubwagim%2Fskillswap","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fabanoubwagim%2Fskillswap/lists"}