DreamBid - Auction Management System

DreamBid is a full-stack auction management platform built with ASP.NET Core (backend) and React (frontend). It enables users to create, bid on, and manage online auctions with real-time features and secure payment processing.

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🚀 Overview

DreamBid is designed to facilitate seamless online auctions. The platform supports user registration, auction creation, real-time bidding, secure payments via Stripe, and robust admin management. Its modular architecture ensures scalability, maintainability, and a modern user experience.

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✨ Features

User Features

• Secure registration and login (JWT authentication)
• Browse and search live auctions
• Create new auctions with image uploads
• Place bids on active auctions
• View personal bid history
• Manage user profile
• Pay for won auctions via Stripe

Admin Features

• Analytics dashboard
• User management (view, update roles)
• Auction moderation and oversight
• System configuration

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🔒 Authentication & Authorization

DreamBid uses JWT tokens for secure authentication. Roles include:

• Admin: Manage users, auctions, and system settings
• User: Create auctions, bid, manage profile

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🖼️ User Interfaces

Login Page

Auction Page

Bid place Page

User Bid History page

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🛠️ Technology Stack

Backend

• ASP.NET Core 8.0
• Entity Framework Core (ORM)
• SQL Server
• ASP.NET Identity (JWT authentication)
• Swagger (API docs)
• Local file storage

Frontend

• React 18
• React Router
• React Context API (state management)
• Material-UI (MUI)
• Tailwind CSS & Emotion (styling)
• Axios (HTTP client)
• Joi (form validation)
• Stripe (payment integration)
• Chart.js + React-Chartjs-2 (analytics)
• React Slick (carousel)

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📁 Project Structure

Backend

backend/
├── Controllers/         # API endpoints
├── Data/                # Database context and configurations
├── DTO/                 # Data Transfer Objects
├── Extensions/          # Extension methods
├── Helpers/             # Helper classes
├── Interfaces/          # Service interfaces
├── Mappers/             # Object mappers
├── Middleware/          # Custom middleware
├── Migrations/          # Database migrations
├── Models/              # Domain models
├── Services/            # Business logic implementation
├── Startups/            # Application startup configurations
├── Utils/               # Utility classes
└── Validation/          # Custom validation attributes

Frontend

frontend/
├── public/              # Static files
└── src/
    ├── assets/          # Images and media
    ├── components/      # Reusable UI components
    ├── contexts/        # React contexts
    ├── dto/             # Data Transfer Objects
    ├── features/        # Feature components
    ├── layout/          # Layout components
    ├── mappers/         # Object mappers
    ├── pages/           # Page components
    ├── services/        # API services
    ├── tests/           # Test files
    ├── utils/           # Utility functions
    └── viewModels/      # View models