Rich Domain Model Design and Persistence in .NET and EF Core

A demo backend service for managing cocktail recipes and inventory to demonstrate the design of Rich Domain Model design and configuration using .NET and EF Core.

🚀 Features

• Aggregates
• Value objects
• Strictly typed ids
• Explicit configurations
• Extensive documentation

📋 Prerequisites

• .NET 7.0 or later
• Docker and Docker Compose
• PostgreSQL (if running locally)

🏗️ Project Structure

CocktailBar/
├── src/
│   ├── CocktailBar.Api           # REST API endpoints and controllers
│   ├── CocktailBar.Application   # Application business logic and use cases
│   ├── CocktailBar.Contracts     # DTOs and API contracts
│   ├── CocktailBar.Domain        # Domain entities and business rules
│   └── CocktailBar.Infrastructure# Data access and external services
├── docker-compose.yml            # Docker composition configuration
└── Dockerfile                    # Docker container definition

🔧 Installation

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/CocktailBar.git
cd CocktailBar

2. Build the solution:

dotnet build

3. Run the application:

Using Docker:

docker-compose up -d

Or locally:

cd src/CocktailBar.Api
dotnet watch