eluckie / cretaceousclient.solution

C# and .NET (classwork) - practice building an MVC webpage application that interacts with our custom-built API

Cretaceous Client

By E. Luckie ☀️

This is a follow-along project created using lessons on LearnHowToProgram.com on building an MVC application that communicates with a custom-built API. This application displays queryable data about a wildlife park consisting of creatures from the cretaceous period.

Technologies Used

• C#
• .NET 7.0
• API
• NewtonSoft
• RestSharp
• Postman
• Markdown
• Git

What is this?

This is an example repo corresponding to multiple lessons within the LearnHowToProgram.com walkthrough on creating an ASP.NET Core MVC client to query a custom ASP.NET Core API in Section 6: Building an API.

This project is called the "Cretaceous Client", while the API is called the "Cretaceous API".

This project was scaffolded using dotnet new.

How To Run This Project

Set Up and Run the Cretaceous Park API Project

First, follow the instructions in the README of this repo to set up and run the Cretaceous Park API.

Set Up and Run This Project

1. Clone this repo.
2. Open the terminal and navigate to this project's production directory called "CretaceousClient".
3. Within the production directory "CretaceousClient", run dotnet watch run in the command line to start the project in development mode with a watcher.
4. Open the browser to https://localhost:7277/. If you cannot access https://localhost:7277 it is likely because you have not configured a .NET developer security certificate for HTTPS. To learn about this, review this lesson: Redirecting to HTTPS and Issuing a Security Certificate.