Final Project: Foothill Technology Solutions

Description

This repository contains the final project developed during my internship at Foothill Technology Solutions. It is a .NET 6 Core and ASP.NET 6 Core application implementing an n-layered architecture for robustness and scalability.

Features

• Authentication: Secure user authentication using JWT tokens with login/signup pages and a logout feature on the settings page.
• User Management: Create, read, and update (CRU) user profiles through a settings page.
• Article Management: Full CRUD functionality for managing articles.
• Comment Management: Create, read, and delete (CR*D) comments on articles.
• Article Listing: Display paginated lists of articles.
• Favorites: Allow users to mark articles as favorites.
• Follow Users: Enable users to follow other users for updates.

Technologies Used

• Backend: .NET 6 Core, ASP.NET 6 Core
• Database: Entity Framework Core 6 (EFCORE 6), SQL Server
• Authentication: JWT Authentication with refresh tokens and sessions
• Logging: Serilog for structured logging to console and files
• Dependency Injection: Using .NET Core built-in DI container
• API Documentation: Swagger/OpenAPI for API documentation and testing
• Other: AutoMapper for object-object mapping, Entity Framework Core for data access

Getting Started

To get started with this project, clone the repository and configure your environment. Make sure you have .NET 6 SDK installed. Update the appsettings.json file with your database connection string and security key.

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone [https://github.com/](https://github.com/itsomar278/FinalProject.git)
   cd your-repo 

2. Setup Database:

Update appsettings.json with your SQL Server connection string under "ConnectionStrings". Run EF Core migrations to create the database schema: bash dotnet ef database update

3. Run the Application:

   dotnet run 

4. Explore APIs:

Launch Swagger UI in your browser at https://localhost:{port}/swagger/index.html to explore and test the APIs.

Acknowledgments

• Thanks to Foothill Technology Solutions for the internship opportunity and my Trainer @Sameh Nawasra.

General Functionality

• Authenticate users via JWT .
• CRU* users .
• CRUD Articles.
• CR*D Comments on articles (no updating required).
• GET and display paginated lists of articles.
• Favorite articles.
• Follow other users.