This chapter covers
- Creating the SportsStore ASP.NET Core project
- Adding a data model and support for a database
- Displaying a basic product catalog
- Paginating data
- Styling content
In the previous chapters, I built quick and simple ASP.NET Core applications. I described ASP.NET Core patterns, the essential C# features, and the tools that good ASP.NET Core developers require. Now it is time to put everything together and build a simple but realistic e-commerce application.
My application, called SportsStore, will follow the classic approach taken by online stores everywhere. I will create an online product catalog that customers can browse by category and page, a shopping cart where users can add and remove products, and a checkout where customers can enter their shipping details. I will also create an administration area that includes create, read, update, and delete (CRUD) facilities for managing the catalog, and I will protect it so that only logged-in administrators can make changes.
My goal in this chapter and those that follow is to give you a sense of what real ASP.NET Core development is by creating as realistic an example as possible. I want to focus on ASP.NET Core, of course, so I have simplified the integration with external systems, such as the database, and omitted others entirely, such as payment processing.