"dotnetThree - duh blog"

dotnetThree - Is a web application designed to create and manage blog articles with comments.

_{Created by sospep and contributors}

description

dotnetThree -> duh blog is a simple blogging application. It enables users to create blog articles and to create comments on those articles. It has some very cool features like a full blown authentication system for managing users and the capabilities that they have within the application.

objectives

• Use the latest version of dotnet core (v3) to build a basic application and see what kind of challenges that I will face.
• Use the completed basic application to serve as a quick start template when creating new dotnet core v3 projects that may require similar functionality.
• It could also be used as a lightweight simple application to manage a blog 😀!

demo

The current version of this application is online at blog.sospep.org for demonstration purposes.

This application was developed using ...

dotnet core version

• v 3.0.100

application version

current: 0.12.0-alpha

application dependencies

• [] packages - ] codeGeneration, ] entity framework, ] entity framework core sqlite,] entity framework core sqlserver, ] entity framework tools, ] entity framework design, ] entity framework identity ] asp.net core diagnostics ] asp.net identity, ] microsoft extensions logging ] mailKit, ] mimeKit

Configuration / Setup

[on windows || mac || linux ]

1. [] use ">git clone https://github.com/sospep/dotnetThree.git" - to clone this application to your local machine
2. [] open a terminal window in the directory that you downloaded the application to, then ...
3. [] use ">dotnet run" - to start the application on your local machine
4. [] use "http://localhost:5000" - in your browser's address bar to access the running application
5. [] use ">dotnet user-secrets mailServer {your-smtp-serverName} to set the mail server name for outgoing email
6. [] use ">dotnet user-secrets SMTPUser {your-smtp-server-username} to specify the email user account to use
7. [] use ">dotnet user-secrets SMTPKey {your-smtp-server-password} to set the password for the specified email account

Database Creation

• [] The application includes an sqlite3 database implementation that is ready to use
• [] coming-soon - ARTICLE - how-to use this application with a RDBMS like ] mysql, ] sqlserver, ] postgres

Database initialization

• [] add instructions to ...

How to run the test suite

• [] add instructions to ...

Services (job queues, cache servers, search engines, etc.)

• [] add instructions to ...

Deployment instructions

• [] use ">dotnet publish" - to generate new application binaries after you have implemented any code changes
• [] coming-soon - ARTICLE - deploying your dotnet core 3.x application to shared windows hosting service.
• [] coming-soon - ARTICLE - deploying your dotnet core 3.x application your digital ocean droplet.