📒 Professional Contact Book Application

A modern contact management desktop application built using Python, PyQt5, and Microsoft SQL Server. This app allows users to store, update, delete, search, import, and export their contact details.

🚀 Features

• Add, update, and delete contacts
• Categorize contacts (Family, Friends, Work, Other)
• Search functionality
• Import/export contacts in CSV format
• Modern and user-friendly PyQt interface
• Compatible with Microsoft SQL Server and MySQL (optional)

🧰 Technologies Used

• Python 3.8+
• PyQt5
• Microsoft SQL Server (via pyodbc)
• MySQL (optional alternative via mysql-connector-python)

🗂️ Project Structure

📁 contact-book-app/
├── main.py               # Main application logic and GUI
├── database_mssql.py     # MSSQL database handler
├── create_contactbook.sql # SQL script to create database and table
├── requirements.txt      # Python dependencies
└── README.md             # Project information and instructions

📦 Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/phoenixmariepornstaractress/contact-book-app.git
   cd contact-book-app

2. Install dependencies:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Set up the database:

   • Run create_contactbook.sql in Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio

4. Launch the application:

   python main.py

🤝 Contributing

We welcome contributions from the community! ✨

To contribute:

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a new branch (git checkout -b feature-name)
3. Make your changes and commit them (git commit -am 'Add new feature')
4. Push to your fork (git push origin feature-name)
5. Open a Pull Request

Please make sure your code follows our style guidelines and includes relevant documentation or comments.

📬 Feedback & Contact

If you have suggestions or issues, feel free to open an issue or reach out via email.

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