📚 Litigator 🐊

Litigator is a mock legal case management system designed to demonstrate basic compentance with full stack C# devlopment. It demonstrates a full-stack web application using ASP.NET Core, Entity Framework Core, and an Angular frontend.

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🧰 Tech Stack

• Backend: ASP.NET Core Web API (.NET 8)
• ORM: Entity Framework Core (code-first)
• Database: SQL Server
• Testing: xUnit, Bogus for seeding/mock data
• Documentation: Swagger (OpenAPI)
• Frontend: (WIP) Angular with TypeScript

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⚖️ Features

• Manage clients, attorneys, courts, cases, deadlines, and documents
• RESTful API with full CRUD support
• Search functionality for clients and cases
• Deadline tracking with upcoming and overdue filters
• Swagger UI for API testing
• Seed data support using Bogus

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🛠️ Getting Started

Prerequisites

• .NET SDK
• SQL Server
• (Optional) Angular CLI

Backend Setup

1. Clone the repo:

   git clone https://github.com/yourname/litigator.git

2. Run the Web API — Swagger UI will be available at http://localhost:5000/swagger

   cd Litigator/
   cd Litigator-WebAPI/
   cd Litigator/
   dotnet run

🧪 Running Tests

• dotnet test or dotnet test ../Tests/Tests.csproj based on which directory you are in.
• Tests live in /Tests, separated by service and controller concerns using xUnit.

📁 Project Structure

Litigator/
├── Controllers/         # API endpoints
├── Services/            # Business logic & interfaces
├── DataAccess/          # DbContext, Entities, Seeder
├── Models/              # DTOs and ECF message models
├── Tests/               # xUnit test projects
└── Program.cs           # Entry point and DI setup

📦 Future Enhancements

• Angular frontend with form management and UI validation
• Role-based authentication (JWT or Identity)
• Document upload and file storage support
• Audit logging

Lorelai Lyons 2025