Site institucional de divulgação e gerenciamento para o Laboratório de Inovação em Sistemas Multimídia - LIMS: relatório técnico de software

Abstract

This work presents the development of an integrated management system for the Laboratory of Innovation in Multimedia Systems (LIMS) at the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Piauí (IFPI), Teresina Central Campus. The project aimed to centralize the management of scientific output, projects, and academic events, as well as automate certificate issuance, addressing the absence of a unified tool for these activities. The system integrates an institutional website and administrative management modules developed with Laravel 13, PHP, and PostgreSQL. Its architecture follows the Model-View-Controller pattern and uses the Repository Pattern, Actions, and Traits to separate business logic from data persistence, improving code organization, maintainability, and testability. The infrastructure was containerized with Docker and Nginx, ensuring greater portability and consistency between development and production environments. As a result, the solution organizes the laboratory's bibliographic repository, enables faster searches, and optimizes administrative routines by automating manual processes. The project also includes 76 automated tests, which strengthen the reliability of its business rules. It is concluded that applying a modular architecture in an academic research environment enabled the development of a functional, maintainable, and adaptable solution for other laboratories with similar demands. Keywords: management system; academic laboratory; digital repository; event management; certificate automation.