KitchEd - Online Cooking Education Platform

KitchEd is a web application built with ASP.NET Core that offers a platform for cooking education where chefs can create courses and students can enroll in them.

🍳 Features

• User Authentication: Secure registration and login with role-based access control
• Role-Based System: Supports Admin, Chef, and Student roles
• Course Management: Chefs can create, edit, and manage cooking courses
• Course Categorization: Courses are organized by category, skill level, and dish type
• Course Enrollment: Students can browse and enroll in cooking courses
• User Profile Management: Users can manage their personal profiles
• Admin Panel: Comprehensive administration interface for platform management

🛠️ Technology Stack

• Framework: ASP.NET Core 8.0
• ORM: Entity Framework Core
• Authentication: ASP.NET Core Identity
• Database: SQL Server
• Frontend: Razor Pages, HTML, CSS, JavaScript
• Styling: Bootstrap (likely)
• Security: reCAPTCHA integration for form protection

🏗️ Architecture

The project follows a clean architecture approach:

• Controllers: Handle HTTP requests and responses
• Models: Define the data structure
  • Entities: Course, CourseCategory, DishType, SkillLevel, User, UserCourse, CourseImage
  • ViewModels: Used for data transfer between views and controllers
• Views: UI components using Razor syntax
• Services: Business logic implementation
• Data: Database context and data access logic

🚀 Getting Started

Prerequisites

• .NET 8.0 SDK
• SQL Server
• Visual Studio or Visual Studio Code (recommended)

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/KitchEd.git

2. Navigate to the project directory:

cd KitchEd

3. Update the connection string in appsettings.json to point to your SQL Server instance.

4. Apply database migrations:

dotnet ef database update

5. Run the application:

dotnet run

6. Access the application at https://localhost:5001 or http://localhost:5000

👥 User Roles

• Admin: Full access to the platform, can manage all aspects of the system
• Chef: Can create and manage cooking courses
• Student: Can browse and enroll in courses

🔒 Security Features

• Password policy enforcement
• Role-based authorization
• reCAPTCHA protection for forms

📁 Project Structure

• /Controllers: MVC controllers that handle HTTP requests
• /Data: Database context and data-related services
• /Models: Data models and view models
• /Views: UI templates with Razor syntax
• /wwwroot: Static files (CSS, JS, images)

📝 License

This project is licensed under the terms of the LICENSE.txt file included in the repository.

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Developed with ❤️ for cooking enthusiasts and educational purposes.