🎓 SmartStudy+

A comprehensive JavaFX desktop application for student productivity management — featuring task tracking, Eisenhower Matrix prioritization, Pomodoro timer, course management, goals & certificates tracking, and advanced analytics.

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✨ Features

Module	Description
🔐 Authentication	Secure login & registration with BCrypt password hashing
📋 Task Management	Full CRUD with priorities, categories, deadlines, and recurring tasks
📊 Eisenhower Matrix	4-quadrant task prioritization (Do First, Schedule, Delegate, Eliminate)
📚 Course Management	Track courses, credit hours, instructors, and semesters
🎯 Goals Tracker	Set academic, personal, and skill goals with progress tracking
🏆 Certificates	Monitor certification progress and study hours
⏱️ Pomodoro Timer	Focus sessions with start, pause, skip, and reset controls
📈 Advanced Analytics	Productivity scores, task completion trends, study time distribution
🎨 Modern UI	Dark glass-morphism design with custom CSS and smooth animations

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📸 Screenshots

🔐 Login Page

📊 Dashboard

📋 Tasks Management

📝 Add New Task

📚 Courses

🎯 Goals

📝 Add New Goal

🏆 Certificates

📊 Eisenhower Matrix

⏱️ Pomodoro Timer

📈 Advanced Analytics

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🏗️ Architecture

SmartStudy/
├── src/
│   ├── Main.java                    # Application entry point
│   ├── model/                       # Entity classes (User, Task, Course, Goal, Certificate, Pomodoro)
│   ├── dao/                         # Data Access Objects (JDBC)
│   ├── service/                     # Business Logic Layer
│   ├── controller/                  # JavaFX Controllers (15+ controllers)
│   ├── util/                        # Utilities (DBConnection, SceneNavigator, SessionManager, PasswordUtil)
│   └── view/                        # FXML files, CSS stylesheets, images
├── pom.xml                          # Maven configuration
├── schema.sql                       # Database schema
└── .gitignore

Design Pattern: MVC (Model-View-Controller) + DAO + Service layers

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🚀 Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Java JDK 17+
• Maven 3.9+
• MySQL 8.0+

1. Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/Hamza-zgh/SmartStudy-Plus.git
cd SmartStudy-Plus

2. Set Up the Database

# Log into MySQL
mysql -u root -p

# Run the schema
source schema.sql;

Update src/util/DBConnection.java with your MySQL credentials if needed.

3. Run the Application

mvn clean javafx:run

That's it! The application will launch automatically.

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🛠️ Tech Stack

Technology	Purpose
Java 17	Core language
JavaFX 21	Desktop GUI framework
FXML	Declarative UI layout
CSS	Custom styling (glass-morphism dark theme)
Maven	Build automation & dependency management
MySQL	Relational database
JDBC	Database connectivity
jBCrypt	Password hashing

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📁 Database Schema

The application uses 6 main tables:

• users — Authentication & profiles
• tasks — Task management with Eisenhower flags
• courses — Academic course tracking
• goals — Personal & academic goals
• certificates — Certification progress
• pomodoro — Focus session tracking

See schema.sql for full schema definition.

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🔐 Security Features

• ✅ BCrypt password hashing (salted, adaptive)
• ✅ Prepared statements (SQL injection prevention)
• ✅ Session-based user authentication
• ✅ User ownership validation on all data operations

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🎯 Key Highlights

• Recurring Tasks — Support for daily and weekly patterns (e.g., MON,WED,FRI)
• Eisenhower Matrix — Automatic task categorization with productivity scoring
• Real-time Statistics — Dynamic charts and KPI dashboards
• Responsive Dialogs — Modal windows for CRUD operations
• Persistent Sessions — Login state maintained during app lifecycle

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📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

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👤 Author

Hamza ZGH

• 🐙 GitHub: @Hamza-zgh
• 🔗 Linkedin: @hamza-zoghlami

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💡 Built with passion for productivity and clean code.