Backend Setup
Getting started
Step 1: Once you extract the downloaded file you can see these folders.
Step 2: Open the NETAdminLTEWeb folder and double click on NETAdminLTEWeb.sln file to open it in Visual Studio 2022
To understand the project structure click this
Step 3: Once it opened you can see the projects in the Solution Explorer
Changing the connection string
Step 1: Click and expand NETAdminLTEWeb and open appsettings.json file to change the db connection string.
Step 2: Now we'll change the connection string in the API project also. To do that click and expand the NETAdminLTEApi project and open appsettings.json and paste the same connection string here.
Note: If you want to change the JWT Secret key change the "Secret" value with your own
Running migration
To create a migration file by using Package Manager Console and apply it to the database follow these steps.
Step 1: Select Tools -> Nuget Package manager -> Package Manager Console this will open the Package Manager console.
Step 2: Click on the default project dropdown and choose AdminLTEDataAccess for running the migration command
Step 3: Type this command to generate the migration script
Step 4: Once it successfully generates the migration fine you can see this output and a folder in the NETAdminLTEDataAccess project
If you get an error like the given name already exists delete the entire migration folder in AdminLTEDataAccess->Migration
Step 5: Then run this command to run the migration script to create the database and its table
Step 6: Once it successfully updates you can see this output and also the database will be created in MSSql Server
If you use MSSQL Server you can use SQL Management Studio to make sure that the database is created.
Running the Admin Panel
Step 1: To run the project for the first time select the highlighted option.
Step 2: Once it launches a browser will open and you can see this login page
Seeding demo data
Step 1: To seed the demo data. Click on the Seed demo data button. Once it's done you can see this success message.
If you want to update the demo account details. See this section
Login into the Admin Panel
Step 1: To log in with the default admin credential. Use below credentials
Admin Account:
UserName: adminuser
Password: Admin@123
Step 2: Once you login you can see the dashboard
Running the API Project
Step 1: To run the API project select the NETAdminLTEApi from the project selection dropdown
Step 2: Click on the run button to launch the API project
If you choose IIS Express then it will launch the API project with swagger UI in your default browser for testing the endpoints locally.
If you choose the Flutter Test Launching profile then your flutter app can communicate this endpoint using your local IP (ex: your 192.168.10.1:44317/api/v1).
Step 3: Once it successfully launches you can see this screen
Here we're testing the endpoints using the build swagger UI, you can use any API testing tools (ex: postman). If you select the Flutter Test launch profile then this browser window will not auto-launch, you may have to manually open your browser and go to the ip:44317/swagger to access it.
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