Library Portal – Blazor Server App

A web-based library portal built using Blazor for managing books, categories, authors.

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Features

• CRUD operations on books, categories, authors
• Search, filtering, pagination
• Responsive UI using Blazor components
• API integration layer (to backend services)
• Configuration via settings (e.g. API endpoints)

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Architecture & Tech Stack

• Frontend / UI: Blazor Server App
• Backend / API Layer: ASP.NET Core Web API
• Data / Storage: MS SQL Server
• Languages & Tools:
  • C# (Blazor, .NET 9.0)
  • HTML / CSS
  • JSON for configuration

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Getting Started

Prerequisites

Before running, ensure you have:

• [.NET SDK 9.0 ]
• An IDE or code editor (e.g. Visual Studio, VS Code)
• Backend API service running (or mock API endpoints for testing)
• You can use this REST API

Setup & Run

1. Clone this repository:

   git clone https://github.com/rashedulalam46/library-portal-blazor-server-app.git
   cd library-portal-blazor-server-app

2. Open the solution in your IDE (e.g. LibraryPortalBlazorServerApp.sln).

• Configure settings: In appsettings.json / appsettings.Development.json, update the API endpoint or connection string.
• If you have an ApiSettings.cs, adjust base URLs etc.

3. Build & run:

dotnet build
dotnet run

Or run from your IDE with debugging.

4. Navigate to https://localhost:5001 (or the configured port) in your browser.

Project Structure

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├── Components/        # Reusable Blazor components  
├── Models/            # Data models / DTOs  
├── Pages/             # Blazor pages / routing  
├── Services/           # Services (API clients, business logic)  
├── wwwroot/            # Static assets (css, js, images)  
├── ApiSettings.cs      # Configuration helper  
├── Program.cs          # App startup  
├── Routes.razor         # Routing definitions  
├── LibraryPortalBlazorServerApp.csproj  
├── LibraryPortalBlazorServerApp.sln  
├── appsettings.json  
└── appsettings.Development.json  

Configuration

File	Purpose
appsettings.json	Production settings (e.g. API URL, keys)
appsettings.Development.json	Local / development overrides
ApiSettings.cs	Strongly-typed class for API configuration