Feature Request: Use Cases / Organize by Feature

[ardalis]

Demonstrate how to use a feature folder / use cases organization for the solution template.

See #21, #37, #66 for background.

[rfpedrosa]

@ardalis I see this open for a while and I'm wondering if this is something in your list in a near future? I'm also wondering if you have any thoughts about domain/ApplicationCore (something like how it is done in the API) and if some help is needed?

[ardalis]

1. Not sure how soon I'll get to it. Could be a good topic for an upcoming stream on my twitch.tv/ardalis stream on Fridays. But right now I've got a bunch of other work I need to get done, first.
2. Not sure what thoughts you're looking for, can you elaborate? What does domain/applicationcore have to do with how the api endpoints are set up in the web project?

[rfpedrosa]

1. watching 👍
2. Correct If I'm wrong but one of the advantages of using API endpoints "is to avoid MVC Controllers as an antipattern". I believe that is great because when an API gets bigger, a feature organization is usually preferable. However, when I look at the core/domain, everything seems to be organized by type?

• What I'm currently doing: I have a [AggregateRootName] subdirectory in every ApplicationnCore folder (if applicable). I mean, Events -> UserAggregate, Exceptions -> UserAggreate, and so on.
• an alternative may be (ApplicationCore directories)?

- UserAggregate
  -- Events
  -- Exceptions
  -- Entities
- BasketAggregate
  -- Events
  -- Exceptions
  -- Entities

I'm wondering if you have any thoughts? or what were your thoughts when you got this feature requested created?

[ardalis]

I agree with your organization of the Domain Model in Core as far as grouping by aggregates and putting aggregate-specific things in those folders, rather than having top level folders for all the things like entities, services, etc.

The trick is, with a basically empty solution template, it's hard to show a vertical slices organization when there's not much there yet. Maybe I'll extend what's in the template so that I can show this kind of grouping.

[ardalis]

I'm working on this in my ardalis/project-aggregate branch. It's incomplete so far but will show organization by aggregate which will be a better and more feature-oriented organization.

[rfpedrosa]

@ardalis thanks for the feedback. Let me know if help is welcome. I may have a bit availability by the end of this week.

[ardalis]

I'll try to wrap it up during my stream on Friday. If you want to join via comments or a skype call let me know. Should be 3-5pm EST.