ChatStockBot - .NET Core 2.0

This is a chat application written in C# .NET Core 2.0, using a ASP.NET Core Web Application implementing SignalR for realtime comunication and a Decoupled ChatBot Microservice that communicates with the WebApp using RabbitMQ.

Features

User Registration and Login using an email
Chatroom for several users
Stock Updates with command \stock=stock_symbol

Installation

ChatStockBot requires Visual Studio 2017 With .NET Core 2.0 Installed. It also needs RabbitMQs v3.7.17, RabbitMQ requires ERLang OTP v22.

ChatStockBot needs at least SQL Server Express for it's data persistence needs.

Nuget Package Manager will automatically restore all the dependencies required for each project when opening the project or atempting to compile it.

Migrations

ChatStockBot uses .NET Core Entity Framework code first approach for it's Data Access Layer, currently I have the connection string configured to use SQL Server Express LocalDB. The Connection string needs to be updated if a different version of SQL Server is used.

In order to execute the migration for the table creation, run the following command in the Package Manager Console, located at Tools > Nuget Package Manager > Package Manager Console Make sure the Default Project is ChatLogicLayer

$ Update-Database

Migrations can also be run with the dotnet cli command, preferably in a PowerShell terminal

$ cd {ChatLogicLayer Project folder inside the Solution}
$ dotnet ef database update

Running the App

In order to run the ChatBotBroker and the WebApp I recommend configuring the solution to run Multiple Startup Projects in order to configure this right click the solution and go to Properties inside the dialog select CommonProperties > Startup Project. Select Multiple startup projects and set ChatBotBroker and ChatLogicLayer action to Start

Tests

Tests can be run using the integrated Visual Studio tool or using the dotnet cli tool in a PowerShell terminal:

$ cd {test project folder}
$ dotnet test

Projects

Project	Description
ChatLogicLayer	Web Application
ChatBotBroker	Console App with the Bot Broker Service
ChatBotBroker.Test	xUnit Test Project
ChatBot.Models	Class Library

TODOs

Add Repository Pattern for the EF DbContext
Add Signed SSL
When moving to production RabbitMQ should have non-default username and password
Find a way to have a single configuration file elegantly (I found a way but it's too hacky)

gadiel/ChatStockBot