About
Background
This library is a free and open source project for anyone to store and catalog their books digitally. This project came about by a book enthusiast named John Hackmann. John has been a collector of books for many years, and has accumulated thousands of books that have been published over the centuries. As the library grew, the need for a catalog and searching website was in need. He gathered up developers to help him build a digital library where he can freely know where each book is stored and can easily add new books to catalog for his entire library.
The Team
Alex Reynen
Jared Castillo
John Whitney
Technologies
We use Python as the main language for our development. Flask is used as our lightweight web framework, and Gunicorn is used to serve the application. We use DataTables to present the data held in our SQLite database in a dynamic and interactive way. Finally, we use Docker to deploy the project consistently across various environments.
We use Open Library's API to provide metadata on the books users enter into the database. It has been a very helpful tool to gather data on whatever book that you so find in the library, complete with helpful information for the user.