SimpleBank

Learning to create a simple bank app with custom UI via JavaFX and DB connectivity. I have utilized a few tutorials for learning portions of this project, and I will link them in the acknowledgements section.

Table of Contents

• Overview
  • The Idea
  • Screenshots
• My Process
  • Built With
  • What I learned
  • Continued development
  • Useful resources
• Author
• Acknowledgments

Overview

The Java project list from Comp Sci Central mentioned a simple banking application, but their version was limited to the console. I wanted to take things a step further and create a very simple UI and implement DB connections. I started this app end of May 2022, right before my Databases 1 course, in an attempt to get a better understanding of databases and how they can be worked with in Java applications.

The challenge

• Create a mock-up bank app with DB connectivity
  • Create the database
  • Build the UI in JavaFX
  • Use JDBC to connect the UI to the database

Screenshot

My process

Built with

• Java 16
• JavaFX
  • FXML
  • CSS

What I learned

Thanks to the tutorial from WittCode, I was able to learn how to properly connect the database to the app. While WittCode does have a little bit of information regarding JavaFX in his video, my primary source of information on JavaFX came from Bro Code's GUI course. I picked up their tutorial after finishing my Programming 2 course when I noticed that the course material had relied on the deprecated applets library and went looking for the modern replacement.

Continued development

• November 6, 2022

  • At this point, I have finished the initial connections for checking the mobile login table for valid usernames, creating new mobile logins for valid accounts and error handling to allow the program to still run without crashing. Up next is the banking functionality.
  • I also took some time to update the readme file to provide more information.

• July 2022

  • Completed Database course. Used the knowledge from this course to create the database for the app to connect.

• May 2022

  • Finished Web Programming 1 which gave me a little more practice in CSS. Using this I created the initial UI concept for the Main, Logged In, and Sign Up pages.

Useful resources

• W3Schools CSS Reference Sheet - Very handy resource!
• CSS Scan Buttons - So many button ideas!
• JavaFX Login & Signup Form by WittCode - Helped me learn how to connect to MySQL databases
• Java Projects for Beginners - Provided inspiration for my project
• JavaFX GUI Course by Bro Code - Massive amount of information about JavaFX

Author

• Website - GitHub/ravenloue
• LinkedIn - Brandie Mallard
• Twitter - @ravenloue