Textbooker

A web application built with ASP.NET Core for textbook management and booking.

🚀 Technology Stack

• Language: C# (primary), HTML, JavaScript, SCSS
• Framework: ASP.NET Core with Razor Pages
• Interactive Components: Blazor (Interactive Islands pattern for enhanced interactivity)
• Database: Entity Framework Core with Migrations
• Frontend:
  • CSS Framework: PICO CSS with SCSS preprocessor
  • JavaScript: HTMX for SPA-like functionality without heavy JavaScript frameworks
• Authentication/Authorization: ASP.NET Core Identity

📁 Project Structure

Booker/
├── Areas/              # Feature areas for organizing related functionality
├── Authorization/      # Authentication and authorization logic
├── Data/              # Database context and data models
├── Migrations/        # Entity Framework database migrations
├── Pages/             # Razor Pages for UI
├── Resources/         # Localization and resource files
├── Services/          # Business logic and services
├── TagHelpers/        # Custom ASP.NET Tag Helpers
├── Utilities/         # Helper functions and utilities
└── wwwroot/           # Static files (CSS, JS, images)

🛠️ Getting Started

Prerequisites

• .NET SDK (version specified in project file)
• SQL Server or compatible database
• Visual Studio 2022 / VS Code / Rider (recommended)

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/TECH-MENTORING-EU/Textbooker.git
   cd Textbooker/Booker

2. Restore dependencies:

   dotnet restore

3. Update the database connection string in appsettings.json

4. Apply database migrations:

   dotnet ef database update

5. Run the application:

   dotnet run

6. Open your browser and navigate to https://localhost:5001 (or the port specified in the console output)

🔧 Configuration

Configuration settings can be found in:

• appsettings.json - Production settings
• appsettings.Development.json - Development environment settings

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
5. Open a Pull Request

📝 License

This project is part of TECH-MENTORING-EU organization.

📧 Contact

Organization: TECH-MENTORING-EU

Project Link: https://github.com/TECH-MENTORING-EU/Textbooker