For This Lab, You Will Use Everything You Have Learned In Th

For This Lab You Will Use Everything You Have Learned In This Class T

For this lab, you will create an Employee Database that contains employees' names, salaries, job titles, home addresses, and contact information. The database must include "John Appletree" with the title "Chief Information Officer." The database will be stored in a separate Python file named EmployeeDatabase.py, which will contain a function, companyRegistry(), that holds the employee data in a suitable data structure (such as a list, dictionary, JSON, or XML), and allows searching for a person's name to return their details. The database file will only store employee names and their attributes.

The second file, EmployeeDirectory.py, will provide an interface for the user to access and query this database. It will include a Menu() function that welcomes the user, prompts them to input an employee's name, and select a specific attribute (e.g., salary, address, title, contact info). The Menu() function will call companyRegistry() from EmployeeDatabase.py to retrieve and display the requested details. The program should handle invalid inputs gracefully using try-except blocks, ideally within a loop that allows multiple queries until the user chooses to exit.

Although optional, saving the database to a well-formatted external file such as Excel or JSON for extra credit is encouraged, which involves implementing file I/O operations.

Paper For Above instruction

The implementation of an employee database program in Python involves creating two separate modules: EmployeeDatabase.py and EmployeeDirectory.py. These modules work together to allow users to query employee information dynamically and efficiently, demonstrating fundamental concepts of data management, function utilization, and user interface design in Python.

In EmployeeDatabase.py, the primary responsibility is to store and retrieve employee data. The database should be structured in a way that facilitates quick searches. A dictionary is often the most suitable data structure for this purpose due to its key-value pairing, which allows direct access to employee data through their names. In this context, the companyRegistry() function can return the entire database or search for a specific employee’s name and return their associated details. An example data structure could look like this:

{

"John Appletree": {


"Title": "Chief Information Officer",


"Salary": 120000,


"Address": "123 Elm Street, Springfield",


"Contact": "555-1234"


},


"Andy": {


"Title": "Software Engineer",


"Salary": 90000,


"Address": "456 Maple Avenue, Springfield",


"Contact": "555-5678"


}


}

The companyRegistry() function should accept a name argument and return the corresponding attribute dictionary if the employee exists. If no name is provided, it can return the entire database. This design ensures modularity and ease of testing during the development process.

In EmployeeDirectory.py, the focus shifts to user interaction. The script should include a Menu() function that greets the user and prompts for input—specifically, an employee’s name and the attribute they want to examine (such as salary or address). To ensure robustness, implementing a try-except block around user inputs handles non-string inputs gracefully, preventing program crashes and improving usability. Also, the Menu() function could include an option for the user to exit the program.

When a user inputs an employee name, EmployeeDirectory.py calls companyRegistry() from EmployeeDatabase.py with this name as an argument. The function searches the database and returns the employee’s details. EmployeeDirectory.py then displays just the requested attribute, for example, printing only the salary or the contact number. This approach allows users to retrieve specific information efficiently and interactively.

Enhancing the program further could involve saving the employee database to a file like Excel or JSON. Such an extension makes data management more persistent and accessible outside the program, which is an advanced feature worth attempting for extra credit. Reading the data back from the file into the program ensures that updates to the database are maintained across sessions.

In conclusion, implementing this employee database program demonstrates key programming skills such as data structuring with dictionaries, modular coding with separate files, exception handling, and user-centered interface design. The project effectively simulates real-world database interactions, providing a foundation for more complex data management systems in Python.

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