NorthwindTraders

Northwind Traders is a sample application built using ASP.NET Core and Entity Framework Core. The architecture and design of the project is explained in the video:

• Clean Architecture with ASP.NET Core 2.1 (slide deck)

The initial construction of this project is explained in the following blog posts:

• Code: Northwind Traders with Entity Framework Core
• Create Northwind Traders Code First with Entity Framework Core – Part 1
• Create Northwind Traders Code First with Entity Framework Core – Part 2

For information on upcoming features and fixes, take a look at the product roadmap.

Getting Started

Use these instructions to get the project up and running.

Prerequisites

You will need the following tools:

• Visual Studio Code or Visual Studio 2019 (version 16.3 or later)
• .NET Core SDK 3
• Node.js (version 10 or later) with npm (version 6.11.3 or later)

Setup

Follow these steps to get your development environment set up:

1. Clone the repository

2. At the root directory, restore required packages by running:

   dotnet restore
   

3. Next, build the solution by running:

   dotnet build
   

4. Next, within the \Src\WebUI\ClientApp directory, launch the front end by running:

   npm start
   

5. Once the front end has started, within the \Src\WebUI directory, launch the back end by running:

   dotnet run
   

6. Launch https://localhost:44376/ in your browser to view the Web UI

7. Launch https://localhost:44376/api in your browser to view the API

Technologies

• .NET Core 3
• ASP.NET Core 3
• Entity Framework Core 3
• Angular 8

Versions

The master branch is running .NET Core 3. The dotnetcore22 branch contains an earlier version built with .NET Core 2.2. This is the version closely related to the talks on Clean Architecture with ASP.NET Core 2.1 / 2.2.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file for details.