🍽️ Canteen Ordering System

An intermediate-level full stack project built using:

• Java (Swing + JDBC) for the Admin Panel
• MySQL for database
• React.js for the customer-facing frontend
• JSON-based data flow for React integration

🛠️ Features

🧑‍💻 Admin Panel (Java Desktop GUI)

• Login system (local)
• Add / Update / Delete food items
• View customer orders (from orders.json or DB)
• Export menu and orders to JSON

🌐 Customer Frontend (React)

• Browse and filter food menu
• Add to cart and place orders
• View order confirmation and status

🗃️ Technologies Used

• Java, Swing, JDBC
• MySQL
• React.js
• Gson (for JSON export)
• Node/npm (React setup)

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📦 Folder Structure

canteen-ordering-system/
│
├── java-admin/            # Java Swing App (Admin)
│   ├── src/
│   ├── db_config.properties
│   └── ExportJSON.java
│
├── react-frontend/        # React Customer UI
│   ├── public/menu.json
│   ├── src/
│
├── sql/                   # Database Schema and Sample Data
│   └── canteen.sql
│
└── README.md
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