🛒 ASP.NET Core 8 MVC eCommerce Application

📋 Table of Contents

• Overview
• Demo Video
• Features
• Technologies Used
• Solution Architecture
• Getting Started
• Project Structure
• Screenshots
• License

🔷 Overview

A modular, full-stack eCommerce web application built using ASP.NET Core 8 MVC following industry best practices with clean architecture, Identity-based authentication, and Entity Framework Core integration. This application demonstrates modern web development patterns including repository pattern, dependency injection, and area-based feature organization.

🎥 Demo Video

YouTube Link

• 📺 Watch on YouTube

✨ Features

🛍️ Core eCommerce Functionality

• Product Catalog - Details display and Categories wise list
• Shopping Cart - Add to cart items
• User Authentication - Register, login, and Category management
• Responsive Design - Mobile-friendy UI

🏗️ Technical Features

• Modular Architecture - Area-based feature separation
• Repository Pattern - Clean data access layer
• Code-First Migrations - Database schema management
• Identity Integration - Secure user authentication
• Strongly-Typed Views - ViewModels for data binding

🔨 Technologies Used

Category	Technology
Framework	ASP.NET Core 8 MVC
ORM	Entity Framework Core 8
Database	SQL Server
Authentication	ASP.NET Core Identity
Frontend	Bootstrap, Razor Views, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript
Architecture	Repository Pattern, Dependency Injection
Development	Visual Studio, Code-First Migrations

🏛️ Solution Architecture

Sandhata.eCommerce.Solution/
├── 📁 Sandhata.eCommerce.Models/          # Data Models & ViewModels
├── 📁 Sandhata.eCommerce.Repositories/    # Data Access Layer
└── 📁 Sandhata.eCommerce.Mvc.UI/          # MVC Web Application

1. Sandhata.eCommerce.Models

• Data Models: Product, Cart, Customer, Invoice
• ViewModels: YourCartVM for composite view rendering
• DTOs: Data transfer objects for API communication

2. Sandhata.eCommerce.Repositories

• Repository Interfaces: ICartRepository, ICommonRepository
• Implementation: Concrete repository classes
• Database Context: SandhataDbContext with EF Core
• Migrations: Code-first database schema management

3. Sandhata.eCommerce.Mvc.UI

• Areas: Feature-based organization (Carts, Products, Invoices)
• Controllers: MVC controllers for each feature area
• Views: Razor views with shared layouts
• Static Content: CSS, JavaScript, images in wwwroot

🚀 Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Min 16GB RAM with Windows 10
• IDE : Visual Studio 2022 Community
• Runtime : .NET 8 SDK
• Database: Microsoft SQL Server 2019
• SSMS : SQL Server Management Studio:

📁 Project Structure

Sandhata.eCommerce.Mvc.UI/
├── 📁 Areas/
│   ├── 📁 Carts/
│   │   ├── Controllers/
│   │   └── Views/
│   ├── 📁 Products/
│   │   ├── Controllers/
│   │   └── Views/
│   └── 📁 Invoices/
│       ├── Controllers/
│       └── Views/
├── 📁 Controllers/           # Main controllers
├── 📁 Views/
│   ├── 📁 Shared/
│   │   ├── _Layout.cshtml
│   │   └── _LoginPartial.cshtml
│   └── Home/
├── 📁 wwwroot/              # Static files
│   ├── css/
│   ├── js/
│   └── images/
├── 📁 Data/                 # Database context
├── appsettings.json
└── Program.cs

📸 Screenshots

🗄️ Database Schema

Home Page

Categories Page

Product Catalog

Show Details

Add To Cart

📝 License

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

👨‍💻 Author

Kathikeya Pepeti

• GitHub: @KARRTHIKKKK
• LinkedIn: Kathikeya Pepeti
• Email: [email protected]

🙏 Acknowledgments

• ASP.NET Core team for the excellent framework
• Bootstrap team for the responsive UI components
• Entity Framework team for the robust ORM
• My Trainer : Praveen Dabde

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