How this project works
Solstice Library is the Compose Desktop remake of Stackhaven Library: a desktop library management system with catalog, members, borrow/return, librarian tools, search, and packaging. Each numbered folder in fcc-compose-library is a working app at that stage.
Compose Desktop brings declarative UI to the JVM. State and recomposition map cleanly onto catalog filters and loan lists.
You describe UI as functions of state instead of mutating widgets. SQLite still backs the truth.
The path mirrors Stackhaven on purpose: greeting window, layout shell, validated forms, SQLite models, catalog table, book CRUD, members, login with roles, borrow/return, search, overdue desk, then Gradle package / jpackage packaging notes.
From snapshot 4 onward, seed accounts are ada@stackhaven.test (librarian) and grace@stackhaven.test (member) with password password123.
Parts in order
Work through the parts in sequence. Each lesson explains the ideas, then points you to a runnable GitHub snapshot.