PeopleThings MVC (ASP.NET MVC)

PeopleThings-MVC is a CRUD-based ASP.NET MVC application designed to manage People and Things using clean models, forms, validation, and Entity Framework-backed data storage. It demonstrates core MVC fundamentals, database operations, layout structure, and Razor-based views.

Features

CRUD for People

• First Name
• Last Name
• Age
• Email
• Validation rules
• Listing, adding, editing, deleting

CRUD for Things

• Item Name
• Category
• Description
• Ownership (optional relation)
• Listing, adding, editing, deleting

MVC Best Practices

• Strongly-typed models
• Form validation using DataAnnotations
• Razor views
• Clean controller routing
• TempData + ViewBag usage
• Proper layout and shared views

SQL Database Integration

• Entity Framework
• Migrations
• LocalDB or SQL Express

Tech Stack

Language: C# Framework: ASP.NET MVC Database: SQL Server / LocalDB Tools: Visual Studio, NuGet, GitHub Frontend: HTML5, Razor, Bootstrap

Project Structure

PeopleThingsMVC/
│
├── App_Data/
├── App_Start/
├── Content/
├── Controllers/
├── Models/
├── Properties/
├── Scripts/
├── Views/
│   ├── People/
│   ├── Things/
│   ├── Shared/
│   └── Home/
│
├── favicon.ico
├── Global.asax
├── Web.config
├── PeopleThingsMVC.csproj
└── PeopleThingsMVC.sln

Future Enhancements

• Add People–Thing relationships (assign items to people)
• Add search and filter functions
• Add pagination
• Add authentication and roles

Author

Branden Maxwell Software Developer (.NET MVC | C# | SQL) GitHub: https://github.com/Maxtheflash