Installation

Prerequisites

Before you begin, make sure you have the following installed:

• .NET 9.0 SDK or later
• Visual Studio Code with C# & C# Dev Kit extensions

Installation

1. Install .NET 9.0

• Download and install the .NET 9.0 SDK
• Verify installation by running dotnet --version in your terminal

2. Install C# IDE

   • Recommended: Jetbrains Rider or Visual Studio Code with C# extension

3. Navigate to the backend project directory

cd backend

4. Restore NuGet packages

dotnet restore

5. Configure Supabase connection

• Create a .env file by duplicate the .env.example file in the root of the backend project
• Replace placeholder values with your actual Supabase credentials

SUPABASE_URL=your_supabase_project_url
SUPABASE_KEY=your_supabase_api_key

6. Run the application

dotnet watch run

• The API will be available at https://localhost:5001 by default
• Swagger documentation available at https://localhost:5001/swagger

7. For development purposes, you can use:

dotnet watch run --hot-reload

• This enables hot reload functionality