This is a demo application to use for demonstrations and try out new things.

• Requires ProgreSQL 10 (https://www.postgresql.org/download/windows/)
• Check the connection string in appsettings.json. The database and tables will be created automatically.
• To customize settings locally:
  • Don't modify appsettings.json, as you might affect others.
  • Instead, add a file appsettings.json.user, and overwrite anything you want. This file won't be checked in.

• Set ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT in launchSettings.json.
• Modify / Create the file appsettings.env.json for that environment

• Unit of work? In EF Core disposing the DbContext doesn't seem to trigger SaveChanges any more?
• Add explicit EF mappings (1 per type)
• Split customercontroller (or do it in the training)

On MacOS, a great and simple PostgreSQL implementation is Postgres.app together with Postico client.

• Download Postgres.app from https://postgresapp.com/downloads.html
  Move to Applications folder and open it.
  Click "Initialize" to create a new server
  You now have a PostgreSQL server running on your Mac with default settings:

• Download Postico from https://eggerapps.at/postico/
  Move to Applications folder and open it.

In Postico, click "+Database" and name it bookstore.
Open menu Navigate | Go to Terminal.
Paste the following commands:

create user pencil42 with encrypted password 'xxxxxxxx';
grant all privileges on database bookstore to pencil42;

Note: Adjust password as necessary (must match the one used in the connection string in appsettings.dev.json) Note: More fine-grained privileges may be appropriate, to look into. Note: Do the same for the 'identity' database (except creating the user)

• Make sure you have .Net 2.2 SDK installed.

• Make sure you trust the bookstore ca !!!

• Clone and open project folder in VS Code.

  git clone https://github.com/StevenArnauts/bookstore.git
  cd bookstore
  code .
  

• When asked about unresolved dependencies or required assets to build and debug, click yes :)

• Go to Debug, click Start Debugging (the green arrow), select .Net Core and "Server" project.

• In launch.json, set

  "ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT": "dev"
  

• Click Start Debugging again.
  This should cause the DB to be initialized and seeded.
  Go check in Postico.

This is a bit complicated :)
For now, see launch.json.sample and tasks.json.sample - these are copies of the files in .vscode folder.
Specifically, look at the ASPNETCORE_URLS and the "compoounds" section in launch.json.sample.
For some background cf e.g. https://elanderson.net/2018/04/run-multiple-projects-in-visual-studio-code/

Launch settings are considered to be a local thing, and are therefore excluded git in .gitignore. However, without Visual Studio it's convenient to start from an existing file. Launch settings must be in a file called launchSettings.json and must be in a Properties subfolder.

Copy the file Configuration\server.json to Server\Properties\launchSettings.json

Copy the file Configuration\identity.json to Identity\Properties\launchSettings.json

When debugging Identity Server simultaneously is not needed, an alternative approach is to run the project simply from the command line with the following command

Identity>dotnet run

Press F5, and choose Server as the project to run and debug. Or modify .vscode\launch.json. VS Code will add this section to launch.json

"env": {
    "ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT": "Development"
}

Either remove it, or change the environment to "dev"

VS Code will by default open http://0.0.0.0:6001, but you should use the HTTPS urls https://localhost:6101 and https://localhost:6103.