📚 School Management System - Backend (ASP.NET Core)

The School Management System is a backend service built with ASP.NET Core to manage students, teachers, classrooms, library books, and borrowing operations. It follows Clean Architecture principles, utilizing CQRS, MediatR, Entity Framework Core, and JWT Authentication.

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🚀 Features

✅ Clean Architecture (Domain, Application, Infrastructure, Presentation)
✅ CQRS with MediatR for better separation of commands & queries
✅ Repository & Unit of Work Pattern for efficient data handling
✅ Entity Framework Core with SQL Server
✅ AutoMapper for seamless object mapping
✅ FluentValidation for input validation
✅ JWT Authentication & Role-based Authorization
✅ Swagger UI for API documentation
✅ Global Exception Handling & Logging
✅ Generic Caching Service to handle multiple entities dynamically for optimized performance

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🏗️ Architecture Overview

The project follows Clean Architecture, dividing concerns into multiple layers:

• Core - Contains domain models, DTOs, and core business logic
• Application - Includes CQRS handlers, validators, and application services
• Infrastructure - Handles database persistence, external services, and repositories
• API - Defines controllers, endpoints, and middleware

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🛠️ Technologies Used

• .NET 8
• ASP.NET Core Web API
• Entity Framework Core (Code-First Migrations)
• MediatR for CQRS pattern
• FluentValidation for request validation
• AutoMapper for object mapping
• Serilog for structured logging
• JWT Authentication with role-based access control
• SQL Server as the primary database
• Swagger (NSwag/Swashbuckle) for API documentation

🔥 Getting Started

📌 Prerequisites

• .NET 8
• SQL Server
• Visual Studio / VS Code

🚀 Setup Instructions

1️⃣ Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/YourUsername/SchoolManagementSystem.git
cd SchoolManagementSystem