PeerCraft

A web platform for students to manage, showcase, and get feedback on academic and personal projects. Built with ASP.NET Core MVC, PeerCraft provides a collaborative space to track progress, assign tasks, and discuss ideas.

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Core Features

• User Authentication: Secure user registration and login system using cookie-based authentication and password hashing.
• Project Management: Users can create, edit, and delete their own projects, providing details like title, description, and a GitHub link.
• Team Collaboration: Project owners can add or remove other users as team members to their projects.
• Task Tracking: Create, assign, and track tasks within each project. The dashboard highlights overdue and upcoming tasks for the logged-in user.
• Project Discovery: A "Discover" page where users can browse all public projects and filter them by the technologies used.
• Feedback System: A complete discussion section on each project page for comments and nested replies.
• Dynamic Dashboard: A personalized dashboard for each user showing their owned projects, team projects, and a recent activity feed from all their projects.

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Tech Stack

• Framework: ASP.NET Core 3.1 (MVC)
• Database: Entity Framework Core with SQL Server (LocalDB)
• Authentication: ASP.NET Core Cookie Authentication
• Password Hashing: BCrypt.Net-Next
• Frontend: Bootstrap 5, HTML, CSS, JavaScript

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Getting Started

To run this project locally, follow these steps:

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone [https://github.com/dhruvalpatel-dev/PeerCraft.git](https://github.com/dhruvalpatel-dev/PeerCraft.git)
   cd PeerCraft/PeerCraft

2. Prerequisites:

   • Ensure you have the .NET Core 3.1 SDK installed.
   • Ensure you have SQL Server (Express or LocalDB) installed.

3. Update Database Connection:

   • Open appsettings.json and verify the DefaultConnection connection string points to your SQL Server instance. The default is set to use (localdb)\mssqllocaldb.

4. Run Database Migrations:

   • Open a terminal in the project directory (PeerCraft/PeerCraft) and run the following command to create and seed the database:

   dotnet ef database update

5. Run the application:

   dotnet run

   The application will be running at https://localhost:5001.

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Team Contributions

This project was a collaborative effort by:

• Dhruval Patel (dhruvalpatel-dev)

  • Responsibilities: Backend Architecture & Core Logic.
  • Designed and implemented the database schema using Entity Framework Core.
  • Developed the complete user authentication system (registration, login, password hashing).
  • Implemented the core backend logic for project, task, and team member management in the ProjectController.
  • Built the dynamic user dashboard logic in the HomeController.
  • Implemented the comment and reply system backend.

• Rudra Dave (rudradave490-design)

  • Responsibilities: UI/UX & Frontend Development.
  • Designed the overall site layout, navigation, and user interface using _Layout.cshtml and Bootstrap 5.
  • Created the UI and ViewModels for the Project Creation, Details, and Edit pages.
  • Implemented the "Discover" page functionality, including the controller and view for filtering projects.
  • Handled all CSS styling and static asset management.
  • Developed the UI for the user profile page.