RestaurantAdminClient

Administrative desktop client for a restaurant management system with REST API integration.
The application communicates with a backend REST API and provides authenticated access to administrative functionality.

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📖 Project Description

This Windows Forms application was developed as an administrative client for a restaurant management system.
It interacts with a web backend via REST API and demonstrates desktop-to-backend communication, authentication, and CRUD operations.

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🖼 Screenshots

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🚀 Features

• User authentication via login form
• Administrative dashboard for managing:
  • users
  • menu items
  • reservations
• Full CRUD functionality
• REST API communication
• JSON serialization and deserialization
• Asynchronous operations using .NET libraries
• UI localization using .resx resource files

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🛠 Tech Stack

• Language: C#
• Framework: .NET Framework 4.7.2
• UI: Windows Forms
• API Communication: REST API (HTTP, JSON)
• NuGet Packages:
  • System.Text.Json
  • System.Memory
  • System.IO.Pipelines
  • Microsoft.Bcl.AsyncInterfaces
  • System.ValueTuple
• IDE: Visual Studio

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🧠 What I Implemented

• Desktop application architecture
• REST API integration with backend service
• Authentication flow and authorization handling
• CRUD operations via API
• JSON data handling
• Asynchronous programming patterns
• Localization using resource files

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▶️ How to Run the Project

Prerequisites

• Running backend web application (REST API)

Steps

1. Clone the backend repository and run the web application:

git clone https://github.com/Tat-T/Restaurant.git

2. Clone this repository:

git clone https://github.com/Tat-T/RestaurantAdminClient.git

3. Open the solution in Visual Studio:

WindowsAdminApp.sln

4. Restore NuGet packages:

Tools → NuGet Package Manager → Restore Packages

5. Select Debug or Release configuration

6. Run the application (F5) or build the executable

🔑 Test Data

Test credentials are available upon request.

🔌 API Examples

👩‍💻 Author

Tatyana Yantkova

Junior Software Engineer (.NET)

Focused on backend and desktop-to-backend integration