Simple Web App MVC (C#, ASP.NET 9.0, MVC, Entity Framework ORM, Identity)

https://dotnet.gcp.jammary.com/

Clone the git repo.

git clone https://github.com/adamajammary/simple-web-app-mvc-dotnet.git

Create a new appsettings file for local development.

cp -f "SimpleWebAppMVC\appsettings.json" "SimpleWebAppMVC\appsettings.Development.json"

Update your new appsettings file.

{
  "UseMySQL": false,
  "ConnectionStrings": {
    "DbConnection": "Server=(localdb)\\mssqllocaldb;Trusted_Connection=True;Database=SimpleWebAppMVC"
  },
  "Token": {
    "Audience": "http://localhost:57968/",
    "Issuer": "http://localhost:57968/",
    "Key": "d8fd8fb0-2dcb-4b12-892f-2eab015f246a"
  },
}

Change working directory to the SimpleWebAppMVC project.

cd SimpleWebAppMVC

Check if dependent nuget packages are installed.

dotnet list package

Install dependent nuget packages (if necessary).

dotnet restore

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/ef/core/managing-schemas/migrations/?tabs=dotnet-core-cli#create-your-database-and-schema

Apply the Database migration in PMC.

Update-Database

Install the CLI tools (if not already installed).

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/ef/core/cli/dotnet#installing-the-tools

dotnet tool install --global dotnet-ef

Apply the Database migration using the CLI.

dotnet ef database update

When you start the project in Visual Studio you will be asked to trust the IIS Express SSL certificate for Hot Reload purposes. You can choose to install the root certificate if you want, but it's not necessary to run the project in Development mode (since it uses HTTP and no SSL certificate is needed).