DuesManager

A general-purpose ASP.NET Web Forms application for managing members and payments.
This project was built as a learning exercise to explore core concepts of Web Forms development, including page lifecycle management, state management, data binding, authentication, and caching.

🚀 Purpose

The project simulates a simple membership and dues management system.
It’s designed to help learn and demonstrate:

• CRUD operations using Web Forms and C#
• ASP.NET Web Forms page lifecycle
• State management (ViewState, Session, Cookies)
• Authentication with Forms Authentication (Planned)
• Data caching and output caching
• Validation controls and best practices
• SQL Server database interactions (ADO.NET)

🛠️ Technologies Used

• C#
• ASP.NET Web Forms
• .NET Framework 4.7.2 / 4.8
• SQL Server / LocalDB
• HTML/CSS/JavaScript (Basic for UI interactions)
• IIS Express (For local hosting in development)

📂 Project Structure

/App_Data        → Application wide code
/App_Data        → LocalDB database files  
/Scripts         → JavaScript files 
/Styles          → CSS files  
Login.aspx       → Login page (Planned)
Members.aspx     → Manage members  
Payments.aspx    → Manage member payments  
Reports.aspx     → Reports page  
Web.config       → Project configuration and authentication setup

✅ Features

• Login System using Forms Authentication (Planned)
• Member Management: Create, Read, Update, Delete members
• Payment Management: Track payments made by members
• Page Lifecycle Demonstrations: Logs key lifecycle events
• State Management Examples: ViewState, Session, Application
• Caching: Output caching on reports, data caching for performance
• Validation Controls: Ensures data integrity
• Simple UI with ASP.NET Web Forms server controls (GridView, DropDownList, etc.)

💡 How to Run Locally

1. Open the solution in Visual Studio 2022 (or later)
2. Build the project
3. Run the app with IIS Express (F5 or Ctrl+F5)
4. Access the app via browser (default URL: http://localhost:xxxx)

⚠️ Note: Make sure SQL Server LocalDB is installed for the default DB setup, or adjust the connection string in Web.config for another SQL Server instance.

📌 Future Improvements

• Role-based authorization
• Responsive UI using Bootstrap
• REST API for external integrations
• Improved error handling and logging (Serilog / NLog)

📄 License

This project is for educational purposes.