eShopOnWeb

Sample ASP.NET Core reference application, powered by Microsoft, demonstrating a single-process (monolithic) application architecture and deployment model. This reference application is meant to support the Architecting Modern Web Applications with ASP.NET Core and Azure eBook

The eShopOnWeb sample is related to the eShopOnContainers sample application which, in that case, focuses on a microservices/containers-based application architecture. However, eShopOnWeb is much simpler in regards to its current functionality and focuses on traditional Web Application Development with a single deployment.

The goal for this sample is to demonstrate some of the principles and patterns described in the eBook. It is not meant to be an eCommerce reference application, and as such it does not implement many features that would be obvious and/or essential to a real eCommerce application.

DISCLAIMER

IMPORTANT: The current state of this sample application is BETA, consider it a 0.5 version, open to community feedback and contributions. Some areas will continue to evolve and change while refactoring continues. Feedback with improvements and pull requests from the community are highly appreciated and accepted.

Topics (eBook TOC)

• Introduction
• Characteristics of Modern Web Applications
• Choosing Between Traditional Web Apps and SPAs
• Architectural Principles
• Common Web Application Architectures
• Common Client Side Technologies
• Developing ASP.NET Core MVC Apps
• Working with Data in ASP.NET Core Apps
• Testing ASP.NET Core MVC Apps
• Development Process for Azure-Hosted ASP.NET Core Apps
• Azure Hosting Recommendations for ASP.NET Core Web Apps

Running the sample

After cloning or downloading the sample you should be able to run it using an In Memory database immediately.

If you wish to use the sample with a persistent database, you will need to run its Entity Framework Core migrations before you will be able to run the app. To do so, open a command prompt in the Web folder and execute the following commands:

dotnet restore
dotnet ef database update --context Microsoft.eShopWeb.Infrastructure.CatalogContext

NOTE The application uses a separate DbContext for its authentication system, which is not yet complete.