Stock Control Manager

A simple desktop app to manage inventory, track prices, and explore stock data. This is a personal coding project I worked on because I enjoy building small tools, and a couple of friends suggested I create something like this. It’s still a work in progress, but I thought it was worth sharing.

Features (so far)

• Add Stock: Enter new items into the inventory with details like name, size, price, and quantity.
• Update Stock:
  • Adjust availability of existing items.
  • Change prices dynamically through a simple interface.
• Search Stock: Filter and view stock details quickly.
• Undo Functionality: Roll back recent actions (still under development).
• View Available Items: A detailed list of currently available stock items with a basic text-based UI.
• Logging function: To view past changes of stock

Planned Features

• Add low-stock alerts.
• Add visual data (like bar charts) to see trends or stock composition.
• Implement role-based access for admins and viewers.
• A more polished interface.

What's inside the code

This project is written in Python and uses the following libraries:

• tkinter: For the graphical user interface.
• csv: To handle inventory data storage.
• logging: For basic debugging and tracking actions.
• scrolledtext: For the stock viewer's text area.

The main features are organized into classes, such as:

• StockManager: Handles adding new items to stock.
• StockPriceUpdater: Allows updating prices for existing items.
• StockViewer: Lets you browse and search for available stock.

There are also many safety checks baked inside the code so that the functions are polished and not prone to errors.

Why I made this

I’ve always enjoyed coding small projects to make repetitive tasks easier. A couple of friends needed a way to manage and track their stock, so I thought, "Why not make something for them?" It was a fun challenge to design a functional, interactive app with Python. I learned a lot while working on this, and there's still more I want to add as I refine it.

This project is far from finished! Some parts need improvement, and some features are half-baked. But hey, that's part of the journey. If you have suggestions or feedback, feel free to share them. :)

What's next?

Here’s what I plan to work on in future updates:

• Add role-based user management (Admin vs. Viewer access).
• Save and load inventory from more robust formats (e.g., SQLite or JSON).
• Add data visualization for stock trends.
• Implement better undo/redo logic.

Contributing

This is more of a personal project than a professional one, but if you want to play around with the code or suggest improvements, feel free to fork the repo and submit a pull request.