📚 CourseManager MVC App

Welcome to the CourseManager MVC app – your go-to portal for managing student enrollments without breaking a sweat (or a database). Whether you're wrangling course data or tracking student responses, this web app has your back like a well-placed semicolon.

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🧠 What’s This All About?

Imagine a world where managing courses and enrollments is… pleasant. This ASP.NET Core MVC application features a dynamic 1-to-many data model that lets you easily:

• Add and manage courses 🏫
• Enroll students like a breeze 🎓
• Navigate with a clean UI 🧭
• Notify students automagically via email ✉️
• Track responses like a responsible grown-up ✅

All while keeping things secure with cookie-based session management 🍪.

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🛠️ Tech Stack

Layer	Tech Used
Framework	ASP.NET Core MVC
Backend	C#
ORM	Entity Framework Core
Database	SQL Server (EF Migrations)
Notifications	Gmail SMTP Integration
Sessions	Cookie-Based Auth 🍪

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🚀 Getting Started

Clone the repo and ride:

git clone https://github.com/your-username/CourseManager-MVC.git
cd CourseManager-MVC

Setup Instructions

1. Install Dependencies Make sure you’ve got the .NET SDK installed.

2. Update Database Apply migrations and seed the DB:

   dotnet ef database update

3. Run the App Launch the web app:

   dotnet run

4. Profit 💰 Access it at https://localhost:5001 or http://localhost:5000

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📬 Email Notifications

Yep, we notify students using Gmail SMTP. Configure your appsettings.json like so:

"EmailSettings": {
  "SmtpServer": "smtp.gmail.com",
  "Port": 587,
  "SenderName": "CourseManager",
  "SenderEmail": "your-email@gmail.com",
  "Username": "your-email@gmail.com",
  "Password": "your-app-password"
}

🔐 Use an App Password if you're on Google. Never hardcode real credentials — use secrets or environment variables in production.

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