SmartLocate.Desktop.Admin

This project is a desktop application that provides an interface for the Admin Users of the SmartLocate application to manage the application.

It is primarily a WPF desktop application that uses Blazor and WebView2 to provide a web-based administration panel, that communicates with the backend microservices through the API Gateway.

Prerequisites

• .NET 8.0 SDK
• Windows 7 or above
• Webview2 Runtime (Comes pre-installed in Windows 11)
• Already running microservices from the SmartLocate.Backend repository

Running the application

Using Visual Studio or Rider

• Open the solution in Visual Studio or Rider
• Set the SmartLocate.Desktop.Admin project as the startup project
• Run the application. Just like any other WPF application, it will open a window with the application running.

Using the command line

• Open the command line in the root of the repository
• Run the following command to build the application

  dotnet build src/SmartLocate.Desktop.Admin/SmartLocate.Desktop.Admin.csproj

• Run the following command to run the application

  dotnet run --project src/SmartLocate.Desktop.Admin/SmartLocate.Desktop.Admin.csproj

Note: Ensure running the microservices from the SmartLocate.Backend repository before running this project.