CineForum - Movie Forum Website
July 10, 2025
ASP.NET Core MVCC#EF CoreBootstrap
About the Website
CineForum is a movie review forum built with ASP.NET Core MVC. Users can browse movies, directors, and categories, leave star-rated comments, and manage their own reviews. Admin users can create, edit, and delete movies, directors, and categories.
What I learned
This project follows the Repository pattern on top of ASP.NET Core MVC, with EF Core and a SQLite database managed through code-first migrations. I used ASP.NET Core Identity for cookie-based authentication and set up role-based authorization so only admins can manage content. I also built paginated listings for movies and directors, and a movie detail page combining star ratings with a comment thread. The frontend uses Bootstrap 5 with Razor views.