Hair Salon Manager

By Mike Wilkes

A C# MVC application for a salon owner to track stylists and clients

Technologies Used

C#
ASP.NET Core MVC
MySQL
Razor
HTML
Git

Description

This is a web application that creates a website using the MVC framework and a MySQL database to manage and display data. It is designed for a salon owner to manage the stylists and clients at their salon. The user can add stylists, view and edit stylist details, and assign clients to stylists. Each client can only be assigned to one stylist based on their stylist's specialty.

Setup instructions

If you do not have MySQL Workbench, download it here, install, and open.
Clone this repository

In MySQL Workbench:

In the Navigator > Administration window, select Data Import/Restore.
In Import Options select Import from Self-Contained File.
Select the mike_wilkes.sql file from this repository
Under Default Schema to be Imported To, select the New button.
Enter a name for this database, eg mike_wilkes.
Click Ok.
Navigate to the tab called Import Progress and click Start Import at the bottom right corner of the window.

In VS Code:

Open this directory
Create a .gitignore file in the project folder with the contents: obj
bin
appsettings.json
Navigate to the HairSalon directory
Create an appsettings.json file with the following contents, replacing the values inside brackets [] with your own:

{
  "ConnectionStrings": {
    "DefaultConnection": "Server=localhost;Port=3306;database=[YOUR-DB-NAME];uid=[YOUR-USER-HERE];pwd=[YOUR-PASSWORD-HERE];"
  }
}

In a terminal window, run:
- dotnet restore
- dotnet build
- dotnet run
You may be asked to enter your system password
In a web browser, navigate to https://localhost:5001/

Known Bugs

The application is not currently functional because the views are not completed, and possibly something to do with ASP.NET Core development certificates.

License

MIT License

melkes/Hair-Salon-MVC