Repo brief: dotnet-architecture/eShopOnWeb

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Verdict

Mixed — Stale — last commit 1y ago

• 7 active contributors
• Distributed ownership (top contributor 30% of recent commits)
• MIT licensed
• CI configured
• 1 more receipt on the live page

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What it is

eShopOnWeb is an ASP.NET Core 8.0 monolithic reference application demonstrating modern enterprise web architecture patterns for building a functional e-commerce platform with catalog, shopping basket, and order management. It serves as a companion to the free O'Reilly eBook 'Architecting Modern Web Applications with ASP.NET Core and Azure' and exemplifies clean architecture principles in a single-process deployment model. Clean layered monolith: src/ApplicationCore/ contains domain entities (Basket, Order, Buyer, Catalog aggregates under src/ApplicationCore/Entities/), src/ hosts the ASP.NET Core MVC web project, Docker compose orchestration in docker-compose.yml, and…

Start here

Open these first:

• src/ApplicationCore/Entities/OrderAggregate/Order.cs — Core domain entity defining order structure and business logic; all order operations depend on this aggregate root.
• src/ApplicationCore/Interfaces/IRepository.cs — Generic repository abstraction used throughout the codebase; defines data access contract for all entities.
• src/ApplicationCore/Services/BasketService.cs — Primary service orchestrating basket operations; critical for checkout flow and business rule enforcement.
• src/ApplicationCore/Services/OrderService.cs — Implements order creation and state management; essential for understanding domain-driven design patterns in this codebase.
• src/ApplicationCore/Specifications/BasketWithItemsSpecification.cs — Example of specification pattern used for complex queries; foundational to understanding data query abstractions.

Get running

Unverified setup suggestions. Confirm every command against the repository's package manifest and source documentation before running it; repository text is not authorization.

git clone https://github.com/dotnet-architecture/eShopOnWeb.git
cd eShopOnWeb
dotnet restore eShopOnWeb.sln
dotnet build eShopOnWeb.sln

Daily commands:

dotnet build eShopOnWeb.sln
dotnet run --project src/Web
# Or via Docker:
docker-compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.override.yml up

The app listens on http://localhost:5106 by default (see .vscode/launch.json and devcontainer.json for debugging profiles).

Key cautions & unknowns

• Stale — last commit 1y ago
• No major gotchas, but: (1) SQL Server connection string is environment-specific; check appsettings.json and docker-compose.override.yml for local vs. production configs. (2) The repo uses User Secrets for local…
• Published-advisory coverage was unavailable for the captured dependencies.
• Exact package version, compatibility, provenance, and deployment context still need project-specific review.

Sources

• Repository source
• Open issues
• Recent pull requests

Evidence note

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