public static void EnsurePopulated(IApplicationBuilder application)
        {
            Assignment5DBContext context = application.ApplicationServices.CreateScope().
                                           ServiceProvider.GetRequiredService <Assignment5DBContext>();

            //checks to see if there are any pending migrations
            if (context.Database.GetPendingMigrations().Any())
            {
                context.Database.Migrate();
            }

            //if there is nothing in the database already, add something
            if (!context.Projects.Any())
            {
                context.Projects.AddRange(

                    //adds information for different books
                    new Project
                {
                    Title            = "Les Miserables",
                    AuthorFirstName  = "Victor",
                    AuthorMiddleName = null,
                    AuthorLastName   = "Hugo",
                    Publisher        = "Signet",
                    ISBN             = "978-0451419439",
                    Classification   = "Fiction",
                    Category         = "Classic",
                    Price            = "$9.95"
                },

                    new Project
                {
                    Title            = "Team of Rivals",
                    AuthorFirstName  = "Doris",
                    AuthorMiddleName = "Kearns",
                    AuthorLastName   = "Goodwin",
                    Publisher        = "Simon & Schuster",
                    ISBN             = "978-0743270755",
                    Classification   = "Non-Fiction",
                    Category         = "Biography",
                    Price            = "$14.58"
                },

                    new Project
                {
                    Title            = "The Snowball",
                    AuthorFirstName  = "Alice",
                    AuthorMiddleName = null,
                    AuthorLastName   = "Schroeder",
                    Publisher        = "Bantam",
                    ISBN             = "978-0553384611",
                    Classification   = "Non-Fiction",
                    Category         = "Biography",
                    Price            = "$21.54"
                },

                    new Project
                {
                    Title            = "American Ulysses",
                    AuthorFirstName  = "Ronald",
                    AuthorMiddleName = "C.",
                    AuthorLastName   = "White",
                    Publisher        = "Random House",
                    ISBN             = "978-0812981254",
                    Classification   = "Non-Fiction",
                    Category         = "Biography",
                    Price            = "$11.61"
                },

                    new Project
                {
                    Title            = "Unbroken",
                    AuthorFirstName  = "Laura",
                    AuthorMiddleName = null,
                    AuthorLastName   = "Hillenbrand",
                    Publisher        = "Random House",
                    ISBN             = "978-0812974492",
                    Classification   = "Non-Fiction",
                    Category         = "Historical",
                    Price            = "$13.33"
                },

                    new Project
                {
                    Title            = "The Great Train Robbery",
                    AuthorFirstName  = "Michael",
                    AuthorMiddleName = null,
                    AuthorLastName   = "Chrichton",
                    Publisher        = "Vintage",
                    ISBN             = "978-0804171281",
                    Classification   = "Fiction",
                    Category         = "Historical Fiction",
                    Price            = "$15.95"
                },

                    new Project
                {
                    Title            = "Deep Work",
                    AuthorFirstName  = "Cal",
                    AuthorMiddleName = null,
                    AuthorLastName   = "Newport",
                    Publisher        = "Grand Central Publishing",
                    ISBN             = "978-1455586691",
                    Classification   = "Non-Fiction",
                    Category         = "Self-Help",
                    Price            = "$14.99"
                },

                    new Project
                {
                    Title            = "It's Your Ship",
                    AuthorFirstName  = "Michael",
                    AuthorMiddleName = null,
                    AuthorLastName   = "Abrashoff",
                    Publisher        = "Grand Central Publishing",
                    ISBN             = "978-1455523023",
                    Classification   = "Non-Fiction",
                    Category         = "Self-Help",
                    Price            = "$21.66"
                },
                    new Project
                {
                    Title            = "The Virgin Way",
                    AuthorFirstName  = "Richard",
                    AuthorMiddleName = null,
                    AuthorLastName   = "Branson",
                    Publisher        = "Portfolio",
                    ISBN             = "978-1591847984",
                    Classification   = "Non-Fiction",
                    Category         = "Business",
                    Price            = "$29.16"
                },
                    new Project
                {
                    Title            = "Sycamore Row",
                    AuthorFirstName  = "John",
                    AuthorMiddleName = null,
                    AuthorLastName   = "Grisham",
                    Publisher        = "Bantam",
                    ISBN             = "978-0553393613",
                    Classification   = "Fiction",
                    Category         = "Thrillers",
                    Price            = "$15.03"
                }



                    );

                context.SaveChanges();
            }
        }