Customer Application

Overview

The Customer Application is a WPF-based client for managing customers, utilizing a gRPC backend service for efficient communication. The application supports CRUD operations (Create, Read, Update, Delete) and real-time filtering of customer data.

Features

• Add, update, delete, and list customers.
• Real-time filtering of customers by name and email. (Using data streaming)
• Instant customer form validations
• Responsive and interactive UI with instant feedback.
• Efficient data handling using gRPC streaming.

Project Setup

1. Clone the repository
2. Configure Startup Projects
   • In Visual Studio, right-click on the solution and select "Set Startup Projects..."
   • Choose "Multiple startup projects"
   • Set the Action to "Start" for both CustomerTestApp.Service and CustomerTestApp.WPF
   • Ensure CustomerTestApp.Service is higher in the order than CustomerTestApp.WPF
3. Verify backend service port
   • The backend service should run by default on http://localhost:7003
   • If it runs on a different port, update the appsettings.json file in the frontend project to point to the correct address.
4. Run the Application
   • Start the application. On the first run, the SQLite database will be created with some mock data.

Technologies Used

Frontend

• WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation): Used for building the user interface.
• MVVM (Model-View-ViewModel) Pattern: Ensures separation of concerns.
• Messenger: Used for communication between View Models
• gRPC: For communication with the backend service.

Backend

• ASP.NET Core: Used for building the gRPC service.
• Entity Framework Core: For Database access and management.
• SQLite: Lightweight database for storing customer data.
• Serilog: Logging framework for capturing and storing logs.
• gRPC: For efficient communication with the frontend client.