In this tutorial, we’ll walk you through the steps of creating a.NET MVC (Model-View-Controller) application from scratch. MVC is a popular architectural pattern for developing web applications that offers an organised approach to separating concerns and managing application logic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Start by launching Visual Studio and creating a new project. If you don’t already have it, you can download it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Entity Framework Core is an Object-Relational Mapper (ORM) that makes database interactions easier in.NET applications. Here’s how you install it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now let’s add Identity to our MVC application to manage user authentication and authorization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Identity is a membership system that integrates user authentication and authorization features in your application. Install it via the NuGet Package Manager Console:<\/p>\n\n\n Create a class that inherits from IdentityDbContext to represent the application’s database context. This class defines the tables used by Identity.<\/p>\n\n\n In the Create a class that represents the user model. This class should inherit from IdentityUser<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n Use Entity Framework migrations to create the necessary database schema for Identity.<\/p>\n\n\n In the Create views and controllers for user registration, login, logout, and other authentication related actions as needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Use the [Authorise] attribute to safeguard controller operations that need authentication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You have successfully configured a.NET MVC application with Identity user authentication. You can now register users, authenticate them, and restrict access to different portions of your application based on their responsibilities. Feel free to tailor the setup and UI to your application’s needs. if you enjoyed this article why not check out similar articles.<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In this tutorial, we’ll walk you through the steps of creating a.NET MVC (Model-View-Controller) application from scratch. MVC is a popular architectural pattern for developing web applications that offers an organised approach to separating concerns and managing application logic. Step 1: Create a New MVC Project Start by launching Visual Studio and creating a new […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":329,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[24,45,46],"class_list":["post-326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-web-development","tag-net","tag-identity","tag-microsoft"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davagordon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davagordon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davagordon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davagordon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davagordon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=326"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/davagordon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":330,"href":"https:\/\/davagordon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326\/revisions\/330"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davagordon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davagordon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davagordon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davagordon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
File > New > Project<\/code>.<\/li>\n\n\n\nASP.NET Web Application<\/code>.<\/li>\n\n\n\nMVC<\/code> as the project template.<\/li>\n\n\n\nCreate<\/code> to generate the project structure.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\nStep 2: Install Entity Framework Core<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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NuGet Package Manager Console<\/code>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n\nInstall-Package Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer\nInstall-Package Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n
Step 3: Set Up Identity for User Authentication<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Step 3.1: Install Identity Framework<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\nInstall-Package Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.EntityFrameworkCore\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n
Step 3.2: Create Database Context<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\nusing Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.EntityFrameworkCore;\nusing Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;\n\npublic class ApplicationDbContext : IdentityDbContext<ApplicationUser>\n{\n public ApplicationDbContext(DbContextOptions<ApplicationDbContext> options)\n : base(options)\n {\n }\n}\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\nStep 3.3: Configure Identity Services<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Program.cs<\/code> file, configure Identity services by adding the necessary services to the service container.<\/p>\n\n\n\nbuilder.Services.AddDbContext<ApplicationDbContext>(options =>\n options.UseSqlServer(connectionString));\n\nbuilder.Services.AddDefaultIdentity<IdentityUser>(options => options.SignIn.RequireConfirmedAccount = true)\n .AddEntityFrameworkStores<ApplicationDbContext>();\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n
Step 3.4: Set Up User Model<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\nusing Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity;\n\npublic class ApplicationUser : IdentityUser\n{\n \/\/ Additional properties if needed\n}\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\nStep 4: Apply Migrations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\ndotnet ef migrations add InitialCreate\ndotnet ef database update\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n
Step 5: Configure Authentication<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Program.cs<\/code>, just above app.Run();<\/code> add the authentication middleware.<\/p>\n\n\n\napp.UseAuthentication();\napp.UseAuthorization();\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n
Step 6: Create Views and Controllers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Step 7: Secure Controller Actions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n