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⚡ DevFlow Backend API

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Enterprise-Grade Developer Workflow Management & Collaboration Platform

An enterprise-grade, high-performance backend platform built with ASP.NET Core (.NET 9) adhering strictly to Clean Architecture, CQRS with MediatR, and Domain-Driven Design (DDD) principles.

Explore Architecture » · Features Overview · Quick Start Guide · API Reference (`details.md`)

.NET 9 C# EF Core 9 SignalR 348 Unit Tests License

⚠️ Project Status: Active Development

Authentication, Workspace Management, Project Management, Project Membership, Task Management, Real-Time Notifications (SignalR), the Workflow Automation Engine, and a Comprehensive Unit Testing Suite (348 Passing Tests) are fully implemented and verified.

The current development focus is Integration Testing and Analytics & Reporting, followed by expanded collaboration features.

📋 Table of Contents

🚀 Overview & Vision

DevFlow is designed as a modern, high-performance developer workflow and project management platform inspired by tools like Jira, Trello, and Linear. It provides software development teams with an extensible ecosystem to manage multi-tenant workspaces, Kanban task boards, domain event notifications, and automated business workflows.

Project Roadmap Status

Completed ✅

  • Authentication & Security: JWT Access Tokens, Refresh Token rotation & revocation, password hashing.
  • Workspace Management: Multi-tenancy, owner/admin authorization enforcement, member invitations.
  • Project & Membership Management: Workspace-scoped projects and role-based project access.
  • Task Management: Kanban status lifecycle (Todo, InProgress, Completed), priority tracking, assignee updates, domain events.
  • Real-Time Notifications: Persistent DB storage + SignalR WebSocket broadcasts (/notificationHub).
  • Workflow Engine: Extensible Strategy Pattern engine intercepting MediatR domain events for rule evaluation and action execution.
  • Unit Testing Suite: 348/348 Unit Tests Passed.

Planned 🚧

  • Integration & End-to-End Testing pipeline.
  • Analytics & Reporting Dashboard endpoints.
  • Activity Tracking & Audit Logs.
  • Webhook Action Executors & External Integrations.

✨ Key Features

Authentication & Security

  • User Registration & JWT Login: Secure authentication issuing short-lived JWT tokens and long-lived refresh tokens.
  • Sliding Expiration: Automated token refresh mechanism.
  • Role-Based Authorization: Hierarchical roles (Admin, Manager, Member).
  • Middleware Pipeline: Global exception handling middleware converting exceptions to standard JSON envelopes (ApiResponse<T>).

Workspace Management

  • Workspace creation, updating, and soft/hard deletion.
  • Role management (Owner, Admin, Member).
  • Paginated queries (GetMyWorkspaces, GetWorkspaceMembers) supporting search and sorting.

Project & Task Management

  • Workspace-scoped projects with project-level membership control (AddProjectMember, RemoveProjectMember).
  • Task management with status lifecycle (Todo, InProgress, Completed) and priority levels (Low, Medium, High).
  • Domain Event Triggers (TaskAssignedEvent, TaskCompletedEvent, ProjectCreatedEvent).

Workflow Automation Engine

Configurable, event-driven business automation without altering core application code.

  • Triggers: Domain event listeners (TaskAssignedEvent, TaskCompletedEvent, ProjectCreatedEvent).
  • Condition Evaluator: Strategy-based operators (Equals, NotEquals, GreaterThan, GreaterThanOrEqual, LessThan, LessThanOrEqual, Contains).
  • Action Executors: Strategy-based action dispatchers (NotifyUser).

Real-Time Notifications

  • In-App Notification persistence in SQL Server.
  • SignalR WebSocket hub (/notificationHub) delivering real-time notification models to connected clients.
  • Unread counter and bulk mark-as-read options.

🏗️ Architecture & Design Patterns

DevFlow strictly isolates domain rules from infrastructure, database, and UI concerns through Clean Architecture principles.

High-Level System Diagram

graph TD
    Client[Client / Web UI / React Frontend]
    API[DevFlow.Api Web API]
    Application[DevFlow.Application CQRS]
    Domain[DevFlow.Domain Entities & Events]
    Infrastructure[DevFlow.Infrastructure EF Core & SignalR]
    SQL[(SQL Server Database)]
    SignalR[(SignalR WebSocket Hub)]
    WorkflowEngine[Workflow Automation Engine]
    Notifications[Notification System]

    Client --> API
    API --> Application
    Application --> Domain
    Application --> Infrastructure
    Infrastructure --> SQL
    Infrastructure --> SignalR
    Domain -->|Domain Events| WorkflowEngine
    WorkflowEngine --> Notifications
    Notifications --> SignalR
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CQRS Request Pipeline

sequenceDiagram
    participant Client
    participant Controller
    participant MediatR
    participant PipelineBehaviors
    participant Handler
    participant Domain
    participant Repository
    participant SignalR

    Client->>Controller: HTTP Request (POST /PUT /GET)
    Controller->>MediatR: Send Command / Query
    MediatR->>PipelineBehaviors: ValidationBehavior & LoggingBehavior
    PipelineBehaviors->>Handler: Execute Handler
    Handler->>Domain: Mutate Entity & Raise Domain Event
    Handler->>Repository: Save Changes (UnitOfWork)
    Domain-->>SignalR: Dispatch Real-time Notification
    Handler-->>Client: Return ApiResponse<T>
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Solution Directory Structure

DevFlow (Solution)
│
├── DevFlow                      # ASP.NET Core API Project
│   ├── Controllers/             # REST API Controllers (Auth, Workspace, Project, Task, Workflow, Notification)
│   ├── Middleware/              # ExceptionMiddleware (Global exception handling)
│   ├── Program.cs               # Service Registration, Middleware Pipeline & SignalR Mapping
│   └── appsettings.json         # Configuration & DB connection strings
│
├── DevFlow.Application          # Application Layer (CQRS Commands & Queries)
│   ├── Abstractions/            # Interfaces for Repositories & Services
│   ├── Common/                  # Pipeline Behaviors (Validation, Logging), Models (ApiResponse, PagedResult)
│   ├── DomainEvents/            # Domain Event Handlers (TaskAssigned, TaskCompleted, ProjectCreated)
│   ├── Exceptions/              # Custom Exception Definitions
│   ├── Notifications/           # Notification Handlers & Commands
│   ├── ProjectMembers/          # Project Member Management Handlers
│   ├── Projects/                # Project Handlers & Commands
│   ├── Tasks/                   # Task Handlers & Commands
│   ├── Users/                   # Auth, Login & Register Handlers
│   ├── WorkflowAutomation/      # Workflow Engine, Condition Evaluators & Action Executors
│   ├── Workflows/               # Workflow CRUD Handlers
│   └── Workspaces/              # Workspace Handlers & Commands
│
├── DevFlow.Domain               # Pure Domain Layer (Entities, Value Objects, Enums, Domain Events)
│   ├── Entities/                # User, Workspace, Project, TaskItem, Notification, Workflow, RefreshToken
│   ├── Enum/                    # UserRole, WorkspaceRole, ProjectRole, TaskPriority, TaskStatus, etc.
│   └── Events/                  # IDomainEvent implementations
│
├── DevFlow.Infrastructure       # Infrastructure & Persistence Layer
│   ├── Persistence/             # DevFlowDbContext & EF Core Entity Configurations
│   ├── Repositories/            # EF Core Repository Implementations & UnitOfWork
│   ├── Security/                # JwtTokenGenerator, PasswordHasher
│   ├── Services/                # Authorization Services, DomainEventDispatcher
│   └── Hubs/                    # SignalR NotificationHub
│
└── DevFlow.UnitTests            # Comprehensive xUnit Testing Suite (348 Unit Tests)
    ├── Application/             # Handler, Validator & Strategy Tests
    ├── Common/                  # Pipeline Behavior Tests
    └── Domain/                  # Entity & Domain Event Tests

🚀 Getting Started

Prerequisites

  • .NET 9 SDK: Make sure .NET 9 SDK is installed (dotnet --version)
  • SQL Server / LocalDB: SQL Server 2019+ or LocalDB
  • Visual Studio 2022 / VS Code / Rider

Configuration

Open appsettings.json in DevFlow/appsettings.json and configure your local SQL Server connection string and JWT settings:

{
  "ConnectionStrings": {
    "DevFlowDb": "Server=(localdb)\\mssqllocaldb;Database=DevFlowDb;Trusted_Connection=True;MultipleActiveResultSets=true;TrustServerCertificate=True"
  },
  "Jwt": {
    "Key": "YOUR_SUPER_SECRET_STRONG_KEY_32_CHARS_LONG",
    "Issuer": "DevFlowApi",
    "Audience": "DevFlowClient",
    "ExpiryMinutes": 60
  }
}

Database Setup & Migrations

Run EF Core database updates to apply all pending schema migrations:

cd DevFlow
dotnet ef database update --project ../DevFlow.Infrastructure

Running the API

Start the backend API server:

cd DevFlow
dotnet run

The API will start listening at:

  • HTTP: http://localhost:5000
  • HTTPS: https://localhost:7001
  • Swagger / OpenAPI: http://localhost:5000/openapi/v1.json

🧪 Running Unit Tests

DevFlow comes with a comprehensive unit test suite covering Domain Entities, CQRS Handlers, FluentValidation rules, and Strategy Evaluators.

To execute all 348 Unit Tests:

dotnet test

Expected Output:

Passed!  - Failed: 0, Passed: 348, Skipped: 0, Total: 348

🔌 Frontend Integration Reference

For detailed API endpoint documentation, HTTP request/response payloads, frontend Axios setup, and SignalR WebSocket integration guides, refer to the DevFlow Integration Reference (details.md).

📄 License

Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for more information.

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DevFlow is a workflow and project management platform that enables teams to collaborate through shared workspaces, manage projects, track tasks, assign responsibilities, receive notifications, and maintain activity history in a centralized environment.

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