BulkyWeb – ASP.NET Core MVC Admin Dashboard

BulkyWeb is a CRUD-based admin dashboard and inventory management system built using ASP.NET Core MVC, Entity Framework Core, and SQL Server. It demonstrates best practices in web development including N-Tier architecture, repository pattern, and full integration with user authentication and role management.

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🚀 Features

• ASP.NET Core MVC (.NET 7+)
• Entity Framework Core with SQL Server
• Bootstrap 5 responsive UI
• Repository + Unit of Work Pattern
• N-Tier architecture (Models, Data, Business Logic, UI)
• Identity-based authentication and authorization
• Role-based access (Admin, User, etc.)
• CRUD operations for Category, Product, and Company
• TempData + ViewBag/ViewData usage examples
• SweetAlert2 and Toastr for UI alerts
• Data validation with annotations

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📆 Project Structure

BulkyWeb/
├── Bulky.Data         # Database context and migrations
├── Bulky.Models       # Domain models and view models
├── Bulky.Utility      # SD (static details), roles, constants
├── Bulky.DataAccess   # Repositories + Unit of Work
├── BulkyWeb           # ASP.NET Core MVC UI
└── wwwroot/           # Static files (css, js, images)

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📦 Requirements

• .NET SDK 7+
• SQL Server
• Visual Studio 2022 (recommended) or VS Code

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⚙️ Setup Instructions

1. Clone the repo

git clone https://github.com/mohyeDev/BulkyWeb.git
cd BulkyWeb

2. Set up the database connection

• Open appsettings.json
• Replace the default connection string with your local SQL Server instance:

"ConnectionStrings": {
  "DefaultConnection": "Server=.;Database=Bulky;Trusted_Connection=True;TrustServerCertificate=True;"
}

3. Apply Migrations and Create DB

dotnet ef database update

4. Run the application

dotnet run --project BulkyWeb

Or run via Visual Studio (F5)

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🎓 Sample Admin Credentials

If seeded:

• Email: admin@bulky.com
• Password: Admin123$ (check seed data or update from database)

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🚫 Roles and Access

• Admin: Full CRUD permissions
• User: Limited viewing access

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📈 Learning Objectives

• How to implement the Repository + UoW Pattern
• How to use Identity for role-based security
• How to structure a large MVC project
• How to use EF Core with data migrations
• How to use TempData, ViewBag, ViewData correctly

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📚 Roadmap (Optional Features)

• Product image upload (local or cloud)
• Email confirmation & password recovery
• Dashboard analytics & charts
• AJAX-based search & pagination

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🙌 Contribution

Pull requests and forks are welcome!

• Open issues for bugs/features
• Fork and submit PRs with meaningful commits

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📄 License

Licensed under the MIT License. Use it freely in your learning or commercial projects with attribution.

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🔗 Resources

• ASP.NET Core Docs
• Entity Framework Core Docs
• Bootstrap 5
• Toastr Notifications
• SweetAlert2