Department & Employee Management System (ASP.NET Core MVC)

A full-featured web application built with ASP.NET Core MVC, designed to manage departments and employees using a clean 3-tier architecture. The system supports user authentication, form validation, file uploads, and complete CRUD functionality, making it suitable for internal company management tools.

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🔧 Tech Stack

• ASP.NET Core MVC
• Entity Framework Core
• C#
• SQL Server
• Bootstrap (for responsive UI)
• Repository Pattern & Unit of Work
• ASP.NET Identity (for Authentication)

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✨ Features

• ✅ User Signup, Sign-in, and Logout
• ✅ Server-side validation for forms
• ✅ CRUD operations for Employees and Departments
• ✅ File upload support (e.g., employee profile pictures)
• ✅ Role-based or basic authentication
• ✅ Clean 3-tier architecture:
  • Presentation Layer (Controllers, Views)
  • Business Logic Layer (Services)
  • Data Access Layer (Repositories)
• ✅ Repository Pattern & Unit of Work for clean and testable backend
• ✅ EF Core used for efficient ORM and data management

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🧱 Project Structure

/Controllers       => Handles HTTP requests (MVC Controllers)
/Services          => Contains business logic
/Repositories      => Data access logic (EF Core)
/Models            => Domain models and view models
/Views             => Razor Views (UI)
/wwwroot           => Static files (CSS, JS, images)
/Data              => EF DbContext and Migrations

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🗂️ Database

• Built using Entity Framework Core
• Follows Code-First approach

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🚀 Getting Started

1. Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/anasamer97/IKEASol.git
cd IKEASol

2. Configure the Database

Edit your appsettings.json:

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

Or in appsettings.Development.json if you prefer environment-specific settings.

3. Apply Migrations & Run the App

dotnet ef database update
dotnet run

Once the app is running, navigate to:

https://localhost:5001

Or whatever URL your project is configured to launch with.

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