📚 Learning Management System (C++ Console Project)

This is a simple console-based Learning Management System (LMS) developed in C++ as part of my course Software Design and Architecture semester project . It simulates a basic structure of an LMS that handles user login, course management, and user-specific functionality. The project was developed to practice core C++ concepts including file handling, OOP, and layered architecture.

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💡 Project Summary

• Role-based system: Admin and Student
• Console-based interactive menus
• Text-file based data storage (no database)
• Simulates course assignments, views, and management features
• Built with a basic 3-layered architecture

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🧱 Architecture Used

This LMS follows a layered architecture, dividing the codebase into the following conceptual layers:

1. UI Layer

   • Handles user interaction via console menus and prompts.
   • Takes input, displays output.

2. Domain Layer

   • Contains core logic (e.g. role verification, course handling, student records).
   • Uses OOP concepts like classes and structs.

3. Data Layer

   • Handles file operations (fstream).
   • Stores and retrieves data from .txt files.

⚠️ Note: The architecture is implemented in a basic way and currently contains several flaws, hard-coded logic, and lacks separation of concerns in some areas.

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🛠️ Current Issues & Improvements Needed

• 🔁 Repetition in code logic
• 💾 File handling is not well abstracted
• 🧩 Domain logic is mixed with UI code
• 🔐 No proper error handling or input validation
• 📦 Needs separation into multiple .cpp/.h files per layer
• 🧪 No automated testing or debugging utilities

This version is a work in progress and needs significant modification and refactoring to follow clean architecture principles more strictly.

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🎯 Future Plans

• Refactor into clear modular structure (UI, Domain, Data folders)
• Replace text file storage with structured formats (JSON or database)
• Add more features (grades, assignments, attendance, admin dashboard)
• Improve UI experience (maybe even migrate to GUI or web)

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💻 How to Run

▶️ Steps:

1. Clone this repo:

   git clone https://github.com/rabeehakamran/Learning-Management-System.git