GestPat - Virtual Patient Manager

GestPat is a virtual patient manager that allows dentists to easily handle their patients' information. It provides features for creating, updating, deleting, and listing patients.

Features

• Patient registration with personal information such as name, date of birth, etc.
• Updating the information of an existing patient.
• Deleting a patient from the database.
• Listing all registered patients, with the ability to filter and sort the results.

Prerequisites

Before installing and running the GestPat application, make sure you have the following:

• PHP 8.1 or higher
• Composer (for dependency installation)
• Web server (e.g., Apache, Nginx)
• Database management system (DBMS) such as MySQL, PostgreSQL

Installation

1. Clone this code repository to your local machine:

   git clone https://github.com/VicoKev/gestpat.git
   

2. Navigate to the project directory:

   cd gestpat
   

3. Install dependencies using Composer:

   composer install
   

4. Copy the .env.example file and rename it to .env. Modify the database configuration settings in this file according to your environment.

5. Generate a new application key:

   php artisan key:generate
   

6. Run the migrations to create the database tables:

   php artisan migrate
   

7. Start the development server:

   php artisan serve
   

The application will be accessible at: http://localhost:8000

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! If you would like to improve or add new features to GestPat, please follow these steps:

1. Fork this code repository.

2. Create a new branch for your modifications:

   git checkout -b feature/new-feature
   

3. Make your changes and commit them:

   git commit -m 'Added new feature'
   

4. Push your changes to your GitHub repository

   git push origin feature/new-feature
   

5. Open a pull request on this repository.