📘 COLLEGE FEE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

🔍 Overview:

This project manages student fee payments and provides comprehensive tools for tracking and reporting.

💼 Core Features:

➕ Add Payment Record

✏️ Update Payment Record

🗑️ Delete Payment Record

📄 View Payment History

📊 Reporting Capabilities:

📌 Unpaid Fees List

⏰ Overdue Payments Report

📆 Total Fee Collection by Period

🧾 Benefits:

✔️ Efficient fee tracking

✔️ Improved administrative control

✔️ Easy access to student payment history

✔️ Periodic financial reporting

📋 Prerequisites

Before running this application, ensure the following are installed:

☕ Java Development Kit (JDK) – Version 8 or higher

🌐 Apache Tomcat – Version 9.0 or higher

🐬 MySQL Server 5.7 or 🧰 XAMPP Server

🔌 MySQL JDBC Driver – mysql-connector-java

💻 IDE Options:🧠 Eclipse (J2EE), 🚀 IntelliJ IDEA, or 🛠️ Any Java-compatible IDE

🌎 Web Browser:🌐 Chrome, 🦊 Firefox, or 🧭 Edge

🛠️ Project Structure

⚙️ Installation & Setup

Step 1: Clone/Download the Project

Download all the project files and organize them according to the project structure above.

Step 2: Database Configuration

1. Start your MySQL server
2. Run the database setup scripts provided above
3. Update database credentials in FeePaymentDAO.java:

   connection = DriverManager.getConnection(
       "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/your_databaseaname", 
       "your_username", 
       "your_password");

Step 3: Add MySQL JDBC Driver

1. Download MySQL Connector/J from the official MySQL website
2. Add the JAR file to your project's WEB-INF/lib directory
3. If using an IDE, add it to your build path

Step 4: Deploy to Tomcat

1. Create a new Dynamic Web Project in your IDE
2. Copy all source files to the appropriate folders
3. Deploy the project to Tomcat server
4. Start the Tomcat server

Step 5: Access the Application

Open your web browser and navigate to:

http://localhost:8080/CollegeFeeWebApp/index.jsp

🖼️ Screenshots

🏠 Home Page

➕ Add Fee Payment Page

❌ Delete Fee Payment Page

🆕 Update Fee Payment Page

📋 Display Fee Payments

🚀 Generate Page

📊 Report Page

🎓 Outcomes

This project demonstrates:

• MVC Architecture: Clear separation between Model, View, and Controller
• Database Integration: CRUD operations with MySQL
• Web Development: JSP, Servlets, HTML, CSS, JavaScript
• Input Validation: Both client-side and server-side
• Report Generation: Dynamic data analysis and presentation
• Professional UI: Responsive design with Bootstrap