Confab

What is Confab?

Confab is an open source project using modular monolith architecture written in .NET 5.0. The domain revolves around the conference organization including the activities such as managing users, speakers, tickets, call for papers, submissions, agendas and many more.

Depending on the module complexity, different architectural styles are being used, including simple CRUD approach, along with CQRS, Clean Architecture and Domain-Driven Design with the usage of so-called building blocks such as aggregates or domain services.

The modules are integrated with each other based on event-driven architecture, using the local contracts approach (instead of the shared projects which result in dependencies amongst the independent modules).

The database being used is PostgreSQL + EF Core as ORM.

Is there Web UI?

Yes, there's Confab.Web written in Blazor that integrates with exposed Web API.

How to start the solution?

Type the following command:

docker-compose up -d

It will start the required infrastructure using Docker in the background. Then, you can start the application under src/Bootstrapper/Confab.Bootstrapper/ using your favorite IDE or CLI.

cd src/Bootstrapper/Confab.Bootstrapper
dotnet run

What HTTP requests can be sent to the API?

You can find the list of all HTTP requests in Confab.rest file placed in the root folder.

This file is compatible with REST Client plugin for Visual Studio Code.

Is this project being actively developed?

Yes, the overall solution (backend + frontend) is under an active development, as we do plan to add more cool features in the future and also provide the sample transition to the microservices.