LADIS - Laser Datenbank Informationssystem

We are developing our own information system as part of the P11 laboratory. A specialist laser database is to be created for the “Restoration” department. This will be a contact point for restorers who want to find out about cleaning with a laser device. Among other things, information on the laser device, the material to be treated, the project and the location will be collected. In the first steps, we developed a data model and then tried to integrate existing information. Now the whole thing is to be implemented with code.

Features

• Overview lists:
  • Devices
  • Institutions
  • Materials
  • Persons
  • Processes
  • Projects
• User-friendly input forms:
  • Add new materials
  • Add new institutions
  • Add new devices
  • Add new processes
  • Add new projects
• Filterable institutions list: View all institutions on a single page and filter by type (clients, contractors, manufacturers).
• Admin Tools: Create new Accounts via UI or enter php artisan newuser <name> <email> <password> in server terminal for easy user creation.
• Simple Search: The simple search function in the main menu allows you to quickly search for device names, institution names, ...
• Advanced Search: The advanced search allows you to search the database for specific attributes. Currently, device and institution names as well as the features year and cooling can be searched.
• Responsive UI: Adapats to light and dark color scheme and supports various viewport sizes.
• Image Upload: You can upload images for your project.

Sitemap

• Welcome (Homepage): /
  • About LADIS: /about
  • Advanced Search: /adv-search
    • Search Result: /adv-search/result
  • Institutions: /institutions/all
  • Devices: /devices/all
  • Persons: /persons/all
  • Materials: /materials/all
  • Projects: /projects/all
  • Venues: /venues/all
  • Processes: /processes/all
  • Contact Us: /contact
  • Database Statistics: /statistics
  • Legal (Rechtliches / Impressum): /impressum
  • Log-In Mask: /login
    • Account Overview: /login/home
      • Data Input Form (Eingabemaske): /login/inputform
        • New Artifact Entry [dynamic page]
        • New Device Entry [dynamic page]
        • New Institution Entry [dynamic page]
        • New Process Entry [dynamic page]
        • New Project Entry [dynamic page]
        • Report Review: /login/review
  • Privacy Policy (Datenschutzerklärung): /datenschutz
  • Terms of Use (Nutzungsbedingungen): /terms-of-use
  • User Help: /help
    • Registered User Help [dynamic page]
    • Unregistered User Help [dynamic page]

Prerequisites

System Requirements

• PHP: 8.2 or higher

Quick Start

Follow these steps to set up the development environment:

1. Clone the repository.
2. Run composer install to install PHP dependencies.
3. Run npm install to install JavaScript dependencies.
4. Copy .env.example to .env and configure your environment variables.
5. Run php artisan key:generate to generate the application key.
6. Run php artisan migrate to set up the database.
7. Run composer run-script dev to start the development server.
8. Access the application at http://localhost:8000.
9. Logs rotate daily. Adjust LOG_DAILY_DAYS in your .env file to change retention.

Tip

See Development Environment Setup for detailed instructions.

Commands for database handling

• php artisan make:migration create_TABLENAME_table to add a new migration for adding a new table.
• php artisan migrate:status to show which migrations have run thus far.
• php artisan migrate --pretend to see the SQL statements that will be executed by the migrations without actually running them.
• php artisan migrate to run database migrations.
• php artisan migrate:rollback to roll back the last migration.
• php artisan migrate:reset to reset all migrations.
• php artisan migrate:fresh to reset all migrations and newly execute all migrations.
• php artisan migrate:fresh --seed to create a fresh database and seed it with the data from the seeders.

Tip

Detailed information about migrations and adding new models can be found in the Wiki.

Commands for testing

• php artisan serve to start test server for manual testing
• php artisan test to execute the test suite.

Automated Testing (CI/CD)

In addition to local testing, our test suite runs automatically via GitHub Actions on every push and pull request. All supported PHP versions (8.2, 8.3, and 8.4) are tested to ensure compatibility across the entire supported range. This automated testing is separate from the manual testing commands above and requires no action from developers.

Production Deployment

This web application will be deployed automatically to the production server in the VPN of University of Applied Sciences Potsdam using GitHub Actions. We will inform you about the public release later.

Database Schema

• federal_states
• cities
• artifacts
• images
• institutions
• lenses
• locations
• devices
• materials
• venues
• conditions
• damage_patterns

Database Seeding

Seeders are used to populate the database with initial or sample data. To run all seeders, execute:

php artisan db:seed

# or
php artisan migrate:fresh --seed

See Commands for database handling for more information.

Available Seeders

• DamagePatternSeeder
• DeviceSeeder
• InstitutionSeeder
• MaterialSeeder
• ProcessSeeder
• UserSeeder

Factories

Factories automatically generate sample data for models to simplify testing and development. All models in this project have a factory.

Contributing

Contact

License

This project is licensed under the GPLv3 License - see the LICENSE file for details.