Created a checkout system from scratch using such tools like:

  • Blazor Server
  • ASP.net
  • Visual Studio
  • Git
  • CI/CD
  • dotnet tools

Functionality:

  • Ability to add future reservations ontop of current reservation
    • This required some brain power
  • Automatic color changes depending on status of item
  • Send an automated email to a specific address about the status of an item
  • Search through Active Directoy (or LDAP) for users at the organization

Lessons Learned:

  • Making a usable and effective UI is achieved by getting advice from many testers of your application
  • It is preferred to at least pair program with one other individual or use the “Rubber Ducky debugger” where you talk design problems out to understand them better
  • C# is a very diverse language with many features
  • Visual Studio is not my preferred IDE
  • ASP.net framework feels a little clunky, but dotnet tools are easy to use
  • ASP.net libraries can be a burden to use with version mis-matching errors
  • Learned how to publish a .NET app through IIS Server on Windows Server with an Microsoft SQL database
  • Learned how to build a .NET app in a container and use MySQL instead and connect two or more containers together