Running the solution

We can use an IDE or code editor to open the solution, create a database, and run the web application. Open the ProductManagement.sln solution in Visual Studio or your favorite IDE. You will see a solution structure like the one depicted here:

Figure 2.2 – ProductManagement solution in Visual Studio

The solution is layered and contains multiple projects. The test folder has projects to test these layers. Most of these projects are class libraries, while a few of them are executable applications. These are described here:

• ProductManagement.Web is the main web application of the solution.
• ProductManagement.DbMigrator is used to apply database migrations and seeds the initial data.

The solution uses a database. Before creating a database, you may want to check and change the database connection string.

The connection string

A connection string is used to connect to the database and typically includes the...