🧠 ASP.NET Core Learning Project

Welcome to my hands-on ASP.NET Core learning repository! 🚀
This project is a collection of concepts and mini-features I've built while exploring .NET 8, Entity Framework Core, and clean backend architecture.

📚 What This Project Covers

This project is designed as a backend API using:

• ✅ ASP.NET Core Minimal APIs
• ✅ Entity Framework Core (EF Core) with SQLite
• ✅ Clean Architecture practices
• ✅ DTOs and Mapping logic
• ✅ Dependency Injection
• ✅ Separation of Endpoints using Extension Methods
• ✅ Async/Await and EF querying patterns
• ✅ Proper HTTP status codes and responses

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🧩 Modules Implemented

🎮 Game API

A fully functional GameStore backend:

• Endpoints:

  • GET /games/ — Get all games
  • GET /games/{id} — Get a game by ID
  • POST /games/add — Add a new game
  • PATCH /games/{id} — Update an existing game
  • DELETE /games/{id} — Delete a game
  • GET /games/active — List all active games
  • GET /games/inActive — List all inactive games

• Includes:

  • Game and Genre models
  • DTO mapping (CreateGameDto, GameSummaryDto, GameDetailsDto)
  • SQLite integration with DbContext
  • Proper response handling (404, 201, 200, etc.)

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🏷️ Genre API

• GET /genre/ — Get all genres
• GET /genre/{id} — Get a specific genre by ID
• AsNoTracking usage for performance
• Graceful handling of not found responses

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🛠️ Technologies Used

• .NET 8 SDK
• ASP.NET Core Minimal APIs
• Entity Framework Core
• SQLite (local development)
• Visual Studio Code (IDE)

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🧪 How to Run

1. Clone the repo

   https://github.com/Chebaleomkar/asp.net-core-learning.git
   cd asp.net-core-learning