📦 Hardware borrowing dashboard

This project is a dashboard for managing hardware borrowing and tracking, allowing each piece of equipment to be added, referenced, and managed via a unique identifier and QR code.

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📌 Project objective

To enable users (or managers) to quickly add equipment to a centralized database, with automatic generation of a QR code for each piece of equipment, in order to facilitate tracking, physical identification, and loan management.
When adding equipment, the QR code is automatically printed on labels using a P-Touch Printer portable printer.

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✅ Features implemented

🎯 Frontend – Next.js

• Creation of a form for adding equipment:

  • Fields: hardware_id, name, price, brand, yearOfPurchase, category, manufacturer, location, etc.
  • Dynamic validation via React Hook Form.

• Addition and management of fields location, manufacturer, category:

  • These fields are integrated into the form and inserted into the database via API.
    • location: default storage location.
    • manufacturer: manufacturer.
    • category: type of equipment (laptop, PC, server, etc.).

• Testing, debugging, and improving the UX:

  • Client-side error handling.
  • Preview and user feedback (teacher).

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🛠️ Backend – PHP + Proxy Next.js

📁 PHP API: addhardware.php

• Processing POST requests.