CSite Backend

CSite is a sample open-source .Net 6 backend project using cutting-edge technologies.

It would be an interesting project to help beginners to learn how to use modern technologies, frameworks, and libraries in developing the .Net back-end.

This educational web API is built using .NET Core 6.0 and helps the student learn the following items:

• Build data-driven RESTful API
• Using MS SQL server database and Entity framework
• Using Unit of Work
• Exception handler and response wrapper using AutoWrapper
• Generic controllers and dependency injection
• Managing controllers using helper
• Logging with Serilog
• API documentation using SwaggerUI
• Authentication and authorization using IdentityServer4
• Using DTOs and Authomapper
• Versioning

How to use

To begin with this project please follow the below instructions:

• First of all, open the project with Visual Studio 2022 (.Net 6 is only supported in this version),
• Build the solution. In the meanwhile, the Nuget package manager will install all required packages, if not install them manually,
• Open the Nuget package manager console and run the "Update-Database" command in all main projects (CSite and CSite.Identity),
• Select all projects in multi startup and run it.