Northwind Traders is a sample application built using ASP.NET Core and Entity Framework Core. The architecture and design of the project is explained in the video:

• Developing Enterprise Apps with ASP.NET Core 2.1

The initial construction of this project is explained in the following blog posts:

• Code: Northwind Traders with Entity Framework Core
• Create Northwind Traders Code First with Entity Framework Core – Part 1
• Create Northwind Traders Code First with Entity Framework Core – Part 2

Use these instuctions to get the project up and running.

You will need the following tools:

• Visual Studio Code or 2017
• .NET Core SDK 2.1

Follow these steps to get your development environment set up:

1. Clone the repository
2. At the root directory, restore required packages by running:

   dotnet restore
   

3. Next, build the solution by running:

   dotnet build
   

4. Finally, within the Northwind.WebApi directory, launch the project by running:

   dotnet run
   

5. Finally, launch https://localhost:5211/swagger/ in your browser to view the Swagger UI for the Northwind API.

• .NET Core 2.1
• ASP.NET Core 2.1
• Entity Framework Core 2.1

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file for details.