Contact Manager

A Contact Management application built with a C# .NET Core backend and a React frontend. This app allows users to add, edit, view, and delete contacts, providing an intuitive interface and smooth user experience.

Features

Backend

• C# .NET Core Web API for RESTful CRUD operations
• Entity Framework Core for ORM and database interactions
• LINQ for efficient querying
• Exception handling for robust error management
• Tuples for returning multiple values
• Dictionary for key-value pair storage

Frontend

• React with TypeScript for type-safe, scalable development
• Material-UI for modern, responsive UI components
• CSS for custom styling and layout
• HTML (TSX) for dynamic rendering

Installation

Backend

1. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/username/contact-manager.git
   

2. Navigate to the backend directory

   cd contact-manager/backend
   

3. Restore packages

   dotnet restore
   

4. Migrate Database Tables

   dotnet ef migrations add MigrationName
   dotnet ef database update
   

5. Run the backend

   dotnet run --urls "http://localhost:5000"
   

Frontend

1. Navigate to the frontend directory

   cd contact-manager/frontend
   

2. Install dependencies

   npm install
   

3. Run the frontend

   npm start