Restaurants API - Project Overview

• This project is designed for restaurant management. It is developed as a .NET 8 Web API, following the principles of Clean Architecture to ensure a clear separation of concerns.

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Technologies and Libraries

• MediatR: Implements the CQRS pattern.
• Microsoft Identity Package: Handles user identity, authentication, authorization, and access control.
• Entity Framework: ORM for database interaction.
• Serilog: Logging framework for structured logging.
• FluentValidation: Validates data before saving.
• Custom Exception Middleware: Catches errors globally and returns structured error messages in API responses.

Testing and QA

• xUnit: Unit and integration testing framework.
• Moq: Mocking dependencies for isolated unit tests.
• FluentAssertions: Provides readable and expressive assertions.

Deployment and DevOps

• Azure App Service & Azure Sql: The API is deployed on Azure.
• CI/CD Piplines: Automates build, test and deployment processes to streamline updates and bug fixes.