Dotnet Skill

VanDaemon targets .NET 10 across all projects. The solution uses a Clean Architecture layout with separate projects for API, Application, Core, Infrastructure, Plugins, and Frontend (Blazor WASM). All projects share consistent nullable reference types, JSON enum serialization, and structured logging patterns.

Quick Start

Build and Run

# Build entire solution
dotnet build VanDaemon.sln

# Run API (terminal 1)
cd src/Backend/VanDaemon.Api && dotnet run

# Run Blazor frontend (terminal 2)
cd src/Frontend/VanDaemon.Web && dotnet run

# Run tests
dotnet test VanDaemon.sln

Create New Project

# Create class library in plugins folder
dotnet new classlib -n VanDaemon.Plugins.NewPlugin -o src/Backend/VanDaemon.Plugins/NewPlugin

# Add to solution
dotnet sln VanDaemon.sln add src/Backend/VanDaemon.Plugins/NewPlugin/VanDaemon.Plugins.NewPlugin.csproj

# Add project reference
dotnet add src/Backend/VanDaemon.Api/VanDaemon.Api.csproj reference src/Backend/VanDaemon.Plugins/NewPlugin/VanDaemon.Plugins.NewPlugin.csproj

Key Concepts

Common Patterns

Project Reference Chain

VanDaemon.Api
  ├── VanDaemon.Application
  │     └── VanDaemon.Core
  ├── VanDaemon.Plugins.Abstractions
  └── VanDaemon.Plugins.* (each plugin)
        └── VanDaemon.Plugins.Abstractions

NuGet Package Management

# Add package to specific project
dotnet add src/Backend/VanDaemon.Api/VanDaemon.Api.csproj package Serilog.AspNetCore

# Update all packages in solution
dotnet outdated --upgrade

Configuration Binding

// appsettings.json section
builder.Services.Configure<MqttLedDimmerOptions>(
    builder.Configuration.GetSection("MqttLedDimmer"));

See Also

• [patterns](references/patterns.md) - Project structure, DI, and build patterns
• [workflows](references/workflows.md) - Build, test, and deployment workflows

Related Skills

• See the csharp skill for language patterns and coding conventions
• See the aspnet-core skill for API configuration and middleware
• See the blazor skill for frontend project setup
• See the docker skill for containerization
• See the xunit skill for test project configuration