School Management System (source code) project

This is a medium sized project for managing educational institutes. Current version of this project includes Student Management System, some forms for managing Staff, Batches etc. We are continuously working on this project and we will update the latest versions when available.

This is an ideal project for MCA and Engineering students who want to do academic project using C#. You can download the source code and use this as a template. Even though we have implemented many features, you can extend it by adding several new features to it.
Feel free to write to us if you have any questions or if you have suggestions for improvement.

Upcoming features include 'Marks', 'Attendance', 'Librabry Management' and more...

Project Architecture

For simplicity and to make it easy to understand, we have not used any complex design patterns. This is a beginners project and is provided with the intention of helping students understand and learn C# and .NET.

MS Access is used as the database back end. We haven't tested this with SQL Server, but probably it should work without any changes.

For each database table, we have used a corresponding class (entity class). For example, we have tables called 'Student', 'Batch', 'Staff' etc. For each table, we have matching classes called 'Student', 'Batch', 'Staff' etc. The fields for each class matches the fields in the table.

For each entity class, we have a manager class. For example, for the 'Student' class, there is another class called 'StudentManager'. For the class 'Batch', there is a 'BatchManager' class. The manager class has methods like CreateStudent, UpdateStudent etc. These methods are used to create and update the entities in database.

We have tried to use Object oriented programming as much as possible. So, all database operations operatiosn are performed through classes. The manager classes are used throughout the program to create and update records.

The standard approach we follow for each entity is, all entities are displayed using a datagrid. When we select a record in the grid, the fields of the selected entity is displayed in the fields in details area. The fields will be editable only when the 'Add' or 'Edit' button is pressed.

Delete option - We will not delete any record permanently. We will only set the status field as 'Deleted'. The grid will show only records which are not marked as 'Deleted'.

If you experience any difficulty in understanding the project, please use the feedback form below and we will clarify your doubts.

Known Issues

The date fields are not working as expected. Shows wrogn results in UI and also updates wrogn results in database. Will be solved soon.
The classes used are not inside any namespaces. Need to include them in namespace.

Please use the feedback form below, if you come across any other issues.

Download the source code and enjoy learning .NET.

SOURCE CODE DOWNLOAD
6-121557--sms.zip (6--121557--sms.zip)
6-121558--sms_demo.zip (6--121558--sms_demo.zip)