CSE360 Help System

A JavaFX coursework project that prototypes a role-aware student help system with authentication, invitation-based onboarding, user administration, and multi-role access.

The project was built for ASU CSE 360 to practice software-engineering fundamentals through a desktop application with separated UI, authentication, user-service, and persistence responsibilities.

Implemented features

• JavaFX desktop interface for account setup and login
• First-user administrator bootstrap flow
• Password hashing before authentication
• Invitation-code generation and acceptance
• One-time password and expiration-state support
• Multiple user roles, including administrator, student, and instructor
• Add and remove role operations for existing users
• User listing and deletion workflows
• Service classes that separate authentication and user operations from the UI

Architecture

HelpSystemUI.java
    |
    +-- AuthenticationService.java
    |       |
    |       +-- Database.java
    |
    +-- UserService.java
            |
            +-- User.java
            +-- Role.java

Main components

• HelpSystemUI.java: JavaFX application shell and user interaction flow
• AuthenticationService.java: login, invitation, password-reset, and role-management operations
• UserService.java: user collection and account operations
• Database.java: persistence abstraction used by the authentication layer
• User.java: user model and account state
• Role.java: application role definitions

Engineering focus

This repository demonstrates early software-engineering work around:

• role-based access modeling
• authentication flow design
• separation of concerns
• object-oriented Java
• desktop UI development with JavaFX
• account lifecycle and administrative workflows

Coursework context

The broader CSE 360 assignment described a multi-phase help platform for students and instructional staff. This repository contains the Phase 1 style identity and role-management prototype rather than the full multi-phase product described in the original course specification.

That distinction is intentional here so the README reflects what the code actually implements.

Running the project

The source uses the package com.usermanagement and requires a Java environment with JavaFX available. Configure the files in a Java project with JavaFX on the module or class path, then run HelpSystemUI as the application entry point.