*a test assignment for one of the interviews meant to showcase applicable best practices in modern frontend and backend development A robust and scalable RESTful API for the Auto Shop Management System, built with .NET 8 and PostgreSQL. This backend provides all the necessary endpoints for managing users and cars, with a focus on performance and security.
- Full CRUD Operations: For both Users and Cars.
- Entity Framework Core: For ORM and database management.
- PostgreSQL Integration: A powerful open-source object-relational database system.
- RESTful Architecture: Clean, predictable, and resource-oriented API design.
- Dependency Injection: Following best practices for maintainable and testable code.
- Database Migrations: Easy database schema management with EF Core migrations.
- .NET 8: The latest version of the .NET framework for building high-performance applications.
- ASP.NET Core: For building web APIs.
- Entity Framework Core: Modern object-database mapper for .NET.
- PostgreSQL: As the relational database.
- Npgsql: .NET data provider for PostgreSQL.
- Visual Studio / Rider / VS Code: Recommended IDEs.
- .NET CLI: Command-line interface for .NET.
- Docker: For containerization.
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.NET 8 SDK
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PostgreSQL Server
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Git
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Supply appsettings.json or set enviromental variables for the following:
ConnectionStrings_DefaultConnectioncorsConfig// comma separated allowed hosts for cors
The API exposes a set of RESTful endpoints for interacting with the application's resources. You can explore the available endpoints using the Swagger UI, which is available at /swagger when the application is running in a development environment.