Project Overview: Inventory Management System (IMS) in .NET 8 with Blazor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgEjgobtDg0&ab_channel=FrankLiu

Github:

IMS-Blazor-8/IMS.Plugins/IMS.Plugins.EFCoreSqlServer at master · frank-liu-toronto/IMS-Blazor-8

1. Course Foundation & Tech Stack

• Instructor & Platform
  • Developed by Frank Liu, a senior full-stack developer—teaching via Udemy. (Udemy)
• Core Technologies
  • Blazor Server (in .NET 8) — rapid full-stack SPA development using C#, minimal JS. (Udemy)
  • Entity Framework Core with SQL Server — for data access and persistence. (Udemy)
  • ASP.NET Core Identity — for user authentication and policy-based authorization. (Udemy)
  • Clean Architecture — use-case driven, layered architecture; enforces separation of concerns. (Udemy)
  • Plugin-Based Data Store — interchangeable store implementations: In‑Memory vs EF Core SQL Server. (Udemy)
• Key Learning Outcomes
  • Build a functional Inventory Management Web App using Blazor and .NET 8
  • Implement structured, testable architecture (use cases, DI, plugins)
  • Establish secure auth flows with Identity
  • Work with EF Core, utilize migrations, and manage data stores flexibly (Udemy, Microsoft Learn)

2. Architecture Highlights & Component Breakdown

A. Blazor Front-End

• Razor components (.razor files) with:
  • Two-way data binding
  • Event handling (e.g., button clicks, form submissions)
  • Validation using built-in Blazor and custom ValidationAttribute logic (Udemy)
• UI Tooling:
  • HTML + Bootstrap for layout and styling (GitHub)
• Navigation & Layout:
  • Clean component routing, layouts, and state management patterns

B. ASP.NET Core Identity & Security

• Integral authentication/authorization system
• Role and policy-based access control to protect views/actions (Visual Studio Magazine)

C. Clean Architecture + Plugin System

• Use Case Driven Development:
  • Clearly defined interactor/use-case classes encapsulate application logic. UI layer calls into these instead of directly hitting persistence or domain objects. (Udemy)
• Plugin Data Stores:
  • In-Memory Plugin: fast and simple store for development/testing
  • EF Core SQL Server Plugin: production-grade plugin using EF Core + SQL Server
  • Repository pattern wraps data access; plugins implement interfaces to register DI services dynamically