Frontend
Frontend
JavaFX desktop interface for menu management, tables, order states, payments, and history views.
Case study
RestManager
Java desktop application for restaurant operations: menu, tables, orders, kitchen workflow, payments, and sales tracking.
Role
Java desktop development, persistence modeling, business workflow design, and layered architecture.
- Java
- JavaFX
- Hibernate JPA
- MySQL
- MVC
- DAO
- Service Layer
- Maven
- IntelliJ IDEA
- phpMyAdmin
Context
Project overview
RestManager focuses on operational restaurant workflows where order status, table activity, payments, and sales tracking must remain consistent.
Problem
Restaurant operations need reliable coordination between menus, tables, orders, payment status, kitchen workflow, and daily sales history.
Objectives
- Menu, table, order, payment, and sales workflows modeled as restaurant operations.
- MVC, DAO, and service layers separate interface, persistence, and business rules.
- Automatic total calculation and order status workflow support operational consistency.
Solution
What was built
Built a JavaFX desktop application with Hibernate/JPA persistence, MVC structure, DAO and service layers, and business rules for data consistency.
Why this approach
The layered Java architecture separates UI, services, DAO persistence, and business rules to keep the desktop application maintainable.
Architecture
A structured view of the technical blocks and responsibilities planned in the project.
Backend
Backend
Service layer and DAO structure separating business rules from UI interactions.
Database
Database
MySQL persistence through Hibernate/JPA with restaurant entities and relationships.
Authentication
Authentication
Authentication is not positioned as the core focus; business workflow consistency is the main concern.
Integrations
Integrations
Maven project structure, IntelliJ IDEA development environment, phpMyAdmin, and README demo video.
Technical challenges
- Maintaining order and payment consistency across table workflows.
- Separating business rules from JavaFX interface code.
- Designing persistence with Hibernate/JPA for restaurant entities.
Engineering decisions
Menu, table, order, payment, and sales workflows modeled as restaurant operations.
MVC, DAO, and service layers separate interface, persistence, and business rules.
Automatic total calculation and order status workflow support operational consistency.
Quality & testing
Quality is presented as a progressive engineering approach: targeted tests, readability, static analysis, and documented decisions.
Testing approach
The project highlights data consistency through business rules, automatic total calculation, and clear workflow separation.
Maintainability and analysis
- Readable architecture and separated responsibilities
Results
- Demo video is available in the repository README.
- The project demonstrates layered Java desktop architecture with persistence.
- No production deployment or commercial restaurant usage is claimed.
Lessons learned
These takeaways turn the project into evidence of technical reasoning, not just a feature list.
- Turn "Restaurant operations need reliable coordination between menus, tables, orders, payment status, kitchen workflow, and daily sales history." into explicit technical decisions.
- Present trade-offs clearly so an engineering team can review the reasoning.
- Connect architecture, testing, and maintainability to a concrete problem.