Vehicle Configuration System

The Vehicle Configuration System is a C++ application that assists dealers in recording and managing vehicle configurations. The system gathers details about vehicles, displays the data, and offers options to save this information to a file.

Table of Contents

• Features
• Getting Started
  • Prerequisites
  • Building and Running
• Project Structure
• Contributing
• License
• Acknowledgments

Features

• Interactive Interface: The system prompts users for information about vehicles.
• Data Validation: Ensures that the data entered by the user adheres to predefined standards.
• File Operations: Ability to save the vehicle data to an external file.
• Modularity: The codebase is structured to allow easy expansion and maintenance.

Getting Started

Prerequisites

Ensure you have the following installed:

• A C++ compiler (e.g., GCC, G++)
• Make (optional for easier building)

Installing Make

• Windows: You can install Make on Windows by downloading and installing "GNU Make for Windows" from the official GNU website or using a package manager like Chocolatey.

choco install make

• Mac: Make is included with the Xcode Command Line Tools on Mac. To install, run:

xcode-select --install

Linux: On most Linux distributions, Make is available in the system's package manager. For example, on Ubuntu, you can install it with:

sudo apt-get install build-essential

Building and Running

1. Clone this repository:

git clone https://github.com/BrendanGlancy/CISS256.git
cd CISS256

2. Build the application

make

OR if you have clang

make COMPILER=CLANG

If you don't have Make installed, compile using your C++ compiler, e.g., g++ -o app src/*.cpp

3. Run the application:

./car_app   

Project Structure

not yet determined

Contributing

1. Fork the repository.
2. Create a new branch for your features or bug fixes.
3. Push your changes to the branch.
4. Create a Pull Request.

Always write a clear log message for your commits. One-line messages are fine for small changes, but bigger changes should look like:

$ git commit -m "A brief summary of the commit
> 
> A paragraph describing what changed and its impact."

License

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