Beasiswa

#Project Overview

Beasiswa is a web application developed as part of the Mini Project 2 course assignment. The application functions as a scholarship application management system for Yayasan STMIK Bandung, handling scholarship submissions, selection, and reporting.

This project was developed by a two-person team consisting of myself (Arman Dwi Pangestu) and Azizan Artiandi Akbar Fauzi. Although most of the technical implementation was handled by me in practice, the project remains a valuable collaborative experience—particularly in learning how to work together using GitHub as a team collaboration tool.

#Academic Background & Context

Mini Project 2 is a continuation of Mini Project 1, with increased complexity and a stronger focus on real-world application scenarios, including:

• Database-driven web application development
• User authentication and access control
• Data filtering and reporting features
• Simulating systems close to real organizational needs

For this assignment, we were given a case study to build a scholarship application tracking system, covering data input, applicant selection, and reporting for decision-making purposes.

#Project Objectives

The primary goal of this project was learning and skill development, specifically to:

• Apply the MVC (Model–View–Controller) concept using a PHP framework
• Manage scholarship data using a MySQL database
• Build authentication features (login & registration)
• Implement filtering and reporting functionality
• Practice teamwork and collaboration using GitHub

Beyond technical goals, this project also aimed to develop collaboration-related soft skills such as task distribution, communication, and version control practices.

#Key Features

The Beasiswa application includes several core features:

#Authentication

• User login and registration
• Access restriction based on authentication status

#Scholarship Management & Selection

• Input and management of scholarship applications
• Applicant data management
• Scholarship recipient selection process

#Filtering & Reporting

• Data filtering based on specific criteria
• Reports for scholarship applications and recipients
• Summary data for evaluation and decision-making

#Technology Stack

This project was built using a traditional web development stack commonly used in academic environments:

• HTML & CSS

  • Page structure and basic styling

• Bootstrap

  • UI components and layout

• Font Awesome

  • Interface icons

• jQuery

  • Basic frontend interactions

• PHP

  • Backend logic

• CodeIgniter

  • MVC-based PHP framework

• MySQL

  • Application data storage

This stack helped me understand how a traditional database-driven web application is built end-to-end.

#Collaboration Experience

Although I handled most of the technical implementation, I genuinely enjoyed helping my teammate with:

• Understanding the project workflow
• Learning Git and GitHub fundamentals
• Practicing commit, push, and pull workflows
• Understanding collaborative software development concepts

This experience reinforced the idea that software development is not only about writing code, but also about teamwork, communication, and knowledge sharing.

#What I Learned

Through this project, I gained several important learnings, including:

• Practical implementation of the CodeIgniter MVC framework
• Building user authentication systems
• Filtering and processing data from a database
• Creating simple reports for application data
• Using GitHub for team collaboration
• The importance of coordination and communication in group projects

#Project Limitations

As an academic assignment, this project has some limitations:

• Focused more on functionality than performance optimization
• UI design is relatively simple and Bootstrap-based
• Not designed for large-scale or production use
• Code structure prioritizes learning rather than best practices

These limitations are acceptable given the project’s primary purpose as a learning exercise.

#Why This Project Matters

The Beasiswa project is important in my journey because it:

• Is one of my early academic web projects using a PHP framework
• Represents my first real experience collaborating via GitHub
• Combines technical implementation with teamwork
• Helped build responsibility and ownership in a group project setting

#Conclusion

Beasiswa is an academic project that helped me understand web application development using a PHP framework, database-driven data management, and the importance of collaboration in a team environment.

This project represents a learning phase where I not only strengthened my technical skills, but also began to understand real-world software development practices—especially teamwork and version control. For full implementation details and source code, please refer directly to the project repository on GitHub.