Dentistry Web Application

Dentistry is a comprehensive web application designed to streamline dental practice management and enhance patient care. The application follows a vertical slice architectural pattern, which promotes modularity and separation of concerns. It allows for independent development and deployment of individual features or slices of functionality.

Architecture Overview

The Dentistry web application is built using a combination of server-side technologies. The server-side is developed using the .NET 7 framework.

The application follows the vertical slice architecture, which organizes code by features rather than layers. Each vertical slice represents a self-contained module that incorporates all the necessary components (backend and database) to implement a specific feature or functionality.

Backend

The backend of Dentistry consists of the following components:

• API Layer: This layer provides a RESTful API for client applications to interact with the server. It handles incoming requests, performs authentication and authorization, and delegates business logic to the appropriate vertical slice.
• Vertical Slices: Each vertical slice represents a specific feature or functionality of the application, such as appointments, patient records, treatment plans, and billing. Each slice contains its own set of controllers, services, and data access components.
• Data Access Layer: This layer is responsible for interacting with the database and performing CRUD operations. It utilizes an ORM (Object-Relational Mapping) framework, such as Entity Framework Core, to simplify database access and management.

Deployment

Dentistry can be deployed using Docker, which allows for containerized deployment and easy management of the application. The deployment process involves creating a Docker image of the application and running containers based on that image.

To deploy Dentistry using Docker, follow these steps:

1. Install Docker on your deployment server.
2. Build the Docker image by running the following command in the project's root directory:

   docker build -t dentistry .
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   This command builds the Docker image using the provided Dockerfile in the project.
   

3. Run a Docker container based on the built image:

   docker run -d -p 8080:80 dentistry-app
   

   This command starts a Docker container based on the image and maps port 8080 on the host to port 80 inside the container.
4. Access Dentistry by navigating to http://localhost:8080 in your web browser.

Note: Make sure to configure the necessary environment variables and connection strings for the application to connect to the database and other required services.

Contributing

Contributions to Dentistry are welcome! If you have any suggestions, bug reports, or feature requests, please feel free to open an issue or submit a pull request on the project's GitHub repository.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.