🌿 Agri-Energy Connect Platform

Agri-Energy Connect is a prototype web application designed to empower farmers by bridging the gap between sustainable agricultural practices and green energy solutions. The platform supports two main user roles: Employees and Farmers, offering unique functionality tailored to each.

📦 Project Overview

This system was developed using ASP.NET Core MVC, Entity Framework Core, and SQL Server (Azure-hosted), and is structured to be scalable, maintainable, and user-friendly for both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

🌿 References:

Microsoft Docs. 2022. Hash passwords in ASP.NET Core. [online] Available at: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/security/data-protection/consumer-apis/password-hashing?view=aspnetcore-9.0 [Accessed 12 May 2025]

• This was used to securely store user passwords in the system using industry-standard hashing techniques.

Microsoft. 2024. Use cookie authentication without ASP.NET Core Identity. [Online] Available at: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/security/authentication/cookie?view=aspnetcore-9.0 [Accessed 12 May 2025]

• i am using cookies to manage and maintain a user's login session.

Microsoft. 2025. ClaimsPrincipal Class. [Online] Available at: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.security.claims.claimsprincipal?view=net-9.0 [Accessed 12 May 2025]

• Im using this to represent the currently logged-in user.

Microsoft. 2025. ClaimsIdentity. 2025. [online] Available at: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.security.claims.claimsidentity?view=net-9.0 [Accessed 12 May 2025]

• an object that holds all the facts (claims) about the user.

Microsoft. 2024. Role-based authorization in ASP.NET Core. [Online]. Available at: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/security/authorization/roles?view=aspnetcore-9.0. [Accessed 12 May 2025]

• restricts access to certain parts of my application based on the role of the user.

Microsoft. 2024. HtmlHelper.AntiForgeryToken Method. [Online]. Available at:https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.web.mvc.htmlhelper.antiforgerytoken?view=aspnet-mvc-5.2 [Accessed 12 May 2025]

• built-in helper in ASP.NET MVC and Razor Pages that helps protect my forms from hackers

🛠️ Tech Stack

• Frontend: ASP.NET Core MVC (Razor Pages, Bootstrap)

• Backend: ASP.NET Core

• Database: Azure SQL Database (via Entity Framework Core)

🚀 Getting Started

🔧 Prerequisites

Make sure the following tools are installed:

• .NET 8 SDK
• SQL Server or Azure SQL
• Visual Studio 2022+ with ASP.NET and EF workloads
• Docker Desktop (optional but recommended)

🖥️ Setting Up the Development Environment

1. Clone the Repository git clone https://github.com/your-username/agri-energy-platform.git cd agri-energy-platform

2. Configure the Database Connection

   • Open appsettings.json
   • Replace the connection string under "DefaultConnection" with your local or Azure SQL details: "ConnectionStrings": { "DefaultConnection": "Server=your-server;Database=AgriEnergyDB;User Id=your-user;Password=your-password;" }

3. Apply Database Migrations dotnet ef database update

4. Run the Application dotnet run