TechTonic — ASP.NET Core MVC E-commerce Application

A full-featured e-commerce web application built with ASP.NET Core 8 MVC, Entity Framework Core, and SQL Server. Features product catalog management, shopping cart, order processing, shipment tracking, user authentication, and an admin dashboard.

Features

Storefront

• Product browsing with search, filtering, and pagination
• Category-based product organization
• Shopping cart management
• Order placement and checkout
• Shipment tracking and order history
• Real-time product comments (SignalR)
• User account management

Admin Dashboard

• Product and category CRUD operations
• Order management and revenue tracking
• User and admin account management
• Customer and product analytics
• Comment moderation

Authentication & Security

• ASP.NET Identity for user authentication
• Role-based authorization (Admin/Customer)
• Email verification via SMTP (Gmail)
• Password recovery with email reset flow

Tech Stack

• Framework: ASP.NET Core 8 MVC
• ORM: Entity Framework Core (Code-First)
• Database: SQL Server (LocalDB)
• Authentication: ASP.NET Identity
• Real-time: SignalR
• Frontend: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, Bootstrap
• Email: MailKit + MimeKit (Gmail SMTP)

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• .NET 8 SDK
• Visual Studio 2022 (with ASP.NET workload) or VS Code
• SQL Server LocalDB (included with Visual Studio)

Setup

1. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/tulbadex/techtonic.git
   cd techtonic

2. Restore dependencies

   cd ecommerce
   dotnet restore
   dotnet tool restore

3. Apply database migrations

   dotnet ef database update

4. Run the application

   dotnet run

5. Open in browser Navigate to http://localhost:5238

Email Configuration (Optional)

To enable email verification and password reset, update appsettings.json:

"MailSettings": {
  "Mail": "your-email@gmail.com",
  "DisplayName": "TechTonic",
  "Password": "your-gmail-app-password",
  "Host": "smtp.gmail.com",
  "Port": 465
}

Generate a Gmail App Password: Google Account → Security → 2-Step Verification → App Passwords.

Project Structure

ecommerce/
├── Controllers/        # MVC controllers (Home, Product, Cart, Order, Account, etc.)
├── Models/             # Entity models and DbContext
├── ViewModels/         # View-specific data models
├── Views/              # Razor views organized by controller
├── Repository/         # Repository pattern (interfaces + implementations)
├── Services/           # Business logic layer
├── Hubs/               # SignalR hubs (real-time comments)
├── Migrations/         # EF Core database migrations
├── TempelateMails/     # Email HTML templates
├── Settings/           # Configuration classes
└── wwwroot/            # Static files (CSS, JS, images)

Architecture

• MVC Pattern — Clean separation of concerns
• Repository Pattern — Abstracted data access layer
• Service Layer — Business logic decoupled from controllers
• Dependency Injection — All services registered and injected via DI container

Author

Ibrahim — ibrahimadedayo@rocketmail.com

License

MIT