From f154859db8864c7c156dccd3624e344b5f21c017 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Courtney Frey <courtneyb.frey@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2023 15:17:21 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 01/11] contains final code for views lesson

---
 CodingEvents/CodingEvents.csproj             |  9 +++++
 CodingEvents/Controllers/EventsController.cs | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++
 CodingEvents/Properties/launchSettings.json  |  2 +-
 CodingEvents/Views/Events/Add.cshtml         | 12 ++++++
 CodingEvents/Views/Events/Index.cshtml       | 18 +++++++++
 5 files changed, 79 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 CodingEvents/Controllers/EventsController.cs
 create mode 100644 CodingEvents/Views/Events/Add.cshtml
 create mode 100644 CodingEvents/Views/Events/Index.cshtml

diff --git a/CodingEvents/CodingEvents.csproj b/CodingEvents/CodingEvents.csproj
index b775b09..dcf267a 100644
--- a/CodingEvents/CodingEvents.csproj
+++ b/CodingEvents/CodingEvents.csproj
@@ -6,4 +6,13 @@
     <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
+  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' ">
+    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <None Remove="Views\Events\" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Folder Include="Views\Events\" />
+  </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/CodingEvents/Controllers/EventsController.cs b/CodingEvents/Controllers/EventsController.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..58452cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CodingEvents/Controllers/EventsController.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
+
+// For more information on enabling MVC for empty projects, visit https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=397860
+
+namespace CodingEvents.Controllers
+{
+    public class EventsController : Controller
+    {
+        static private List<string> Events = new List<string>();
+
+        // GET: /<controller>/
+        public IActionResult Index()
+        {
+            ViewBag.events = Events;
+
+            return View();
+        }
+
+        [HttpGet]
+        public IActionResult Add()
+        {
+            return View();
+        }
+
+        [HttpPost]
+        [Route("/Events/Add")]
+        public IActionResult NewEvent(string name)
+        {
+            Events.Add(name);
+
+            return Redirect("/Events");
+        }
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/CodingEvents/Properties/launchSettings.json b/CodingEvents/Properties/launchSettings.json
index f91f5dd..6c90c7e 100644
--- a/CodingEvents/Properties/launchSettings.json
+++ b/CodingEvents/Properties/launchSettings.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     "CodingEvents": {
       "commandName": "Project",
       "launchBrowser": true,
-      "applicationUrl": "https://localhost:7029;http://localhost:5015",
+      "applicationUrl": "https://localhost:5001;http://localhost:5000",
       "environmentVariables": {
         "ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT": "Development"
       }
diff --git a/CodingEvents/Views/Events/Add.cshtml b/CodingEvents/Views/Events/Add.cshtml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc80f5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CodingEvents/Views/Events/Add.cshtml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+@*
+    For more information on enabling MVC for empty projects, visit https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=397860
+*@
+@{
+}
+
+<h1>Add Event</h1>
+
+<form method="post">
+    <input name="name" type="text" />
+    <input type="submit" value="Add Event" />
+</form>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CodingEvents/Views/Events/Index.cshtml b/CodingEvents/Views/Events/Index.cshtml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d10a2bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CodingEvents/Views/Events/Index.cshtml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+@*
+    For more information on enabling MVC for empty projects, visit https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=397860
+*@
+@{
+}
+
+<h1>Coding Events</h1>
+
+<p>
+    <a asp-controller="Events" asp-action="Add">Add Event</a>
+</p>
+
+<ul>
+    @foreach (string meeting in ViewBag.events)
+    {
+        <li>@meeting</li>
+    }
+</ul>
\ No newline at end of file

From b9ae4799a23e602e665b4dafcbdbfd2a83078ae9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sally Steuterman <sally.steuterman@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2023 14:00:19 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 02/11] Setup for Models and Model Binding

---
 CodingEvents/Controllers/EventsController.cs |  6 ++--
 CodingEvents/Views/Events/Add.cshtml         |  9 +++++-
 CodingEvents/Views/Events/Index.cshtml       | 30 ++++++++++++++++----
 CodingEvents/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml     |  9 ++----
 4 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CodingEvents/Controllers/EventsController.cs b/CodingEvents/Controllers/EventsController.cs
index 58452cd..ccce65a 100644
--- a/CodingEvents/Controllers/EventsController.cs
+++ b/CodingEvents/Controllers/EventsController.cs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ namespace CodingEvents.Controllers
 {
     public class EventsController : Controller
     {
-        static private List<string> Events = new List<string>();
+        static private Dictionary<string, string> Events = new Dictionary<string, string>();
 
         // GET: /<controller>/
         public IActionResult Index()
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ public IActionResult Add()
 
         [HttpPost]
         [Route("/Events/Add")]
-        public IActionResult NewEvent(string name)
+        public IActionResult NewEvent(string name, string desc = "")
         {
-            Events.Add(name);
+            Events.Add(name, desc);
 
             return Redirect("/Events");
         }
diff --git a/CodingEvents/Views/Events/Add.cshtml b/CodingEvents/Views/Events/Add.cshtml
index fc80f5d..942aecb 100644
--- a/CodingEvents/Views/Events/Add.cshtml
+++ b/CodingEvents/Views/Events/Add.cshtml
@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@
 <h1>Add Event</h1>
 
 <form method="post">
-    <input name="name" type="text" />
+    <div class="form-group">
+        <label for="name">Name</label>
+        <input name="name" type="text" />
+    </div>
+    <div class="form-group">
+        <label for="desc">Description</label>
+        <input name="desc" />
+    </div>
     <input type="submit" value="Add Event" />
 </form>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CodingEvents/Views/Events/Index.cshtml b/CodingEvents/Views/Events/Index.cshtml
index d10a2bb..26ff0cd 100644
--- a/CodingEvents/Views/Events/Index.cshtml
+++ b/CodingEvents/Views/Events/Index.cshtml
@@ -10,9 +10,27 @@
     <a asp-controller="Events" asp-action="Add">Add Event</a>
 </p>
 
-<ul>
-    @foreach (string meeting in ViewBag.events)
-    {
-        <li>@meeting</li>
-    }
-</ul>
\ No newline at end of file
+@if (ViewBag.events.Count == 0)
+{
+    <p>No events yet!</p>
+}
+else
+{
+    <table class="table">
+        <tr>
+            <th>
+                Name
+            </th>
+            <th>
+                Description
+            </th>
+        </tr>
+        @foreach (var evt in ViewBag.events)
+        {
+            <tr>
+                <td>@evt.Key</td>
+                <td>@evt.Value</td>
+            </tr>
+        }
+    </table>
+}
diff --git a/CodingEvents/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml b/CodingEvents/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml
index 97c916e..62933e1 100644
--- a/CodingEvents/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml
+++ b/CodingEvents/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml
@@ -12,19 +12,14 @@
     <header>
         <nav class="navbar navbar-expand-sm navbar-toggleable-sm navbar-light bg-white border-bottom box-shadow mb-3">
             <div class="container-fluid">
-                <a class="navbar-brand" asp-area="" asp-controller="Home" asp-action="Index">CodingEvents</a>
+                <a class="navbar-brand" asp-area="" asp-controller="Events" asp-action="Index">CodingEvents</a>
                 <button class="navbar-toggler" type="button" data-bs-toggle="collapse" data-bs-target=".navbar-collapse" aria-controls="navbarSupportedContent"
                         aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Toggle navigation">
                     <span class="navbar-toggler-icon"></span>
                 </button>
                 <div class="navbar-collapse collapse d-sm-inline-flex justify-content-between">
                     <ul class="navbar-nav flex-grow-1">
-                        <li class="nav-item">
-                            <a class="nav-link text-dark" asp-area="" asp-controller="Home" asp-action="Index">Home</a>
-                        </li>
-                        <li class="nav-item">
-                            <a class="nav-link text-dark" asp-area="" asp-controller="Home" asp-action="Privacy">Privacy</a>
-                        </li>
+                        <a class="nav-link text-dark" asp-area="" asp-controller="Events" asp-action="Add">Add</a>
                     </ul>
                 </div>
             </div>

From 8c84cc4f054fab7d6f138ddcd092d12167b75977 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sally Steuterman <sally.steuterman@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2023 10:12:39 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 03/11] Walkthrough of models chapter

---
 CodingEvents/CodingEvents.csproj             |  2 +
 CodingEvents/Controllers/EventsController.cs | 28 ++++++++++---
 CodingEvents/Data/EventData.cs               | 35 ++++++++++++++++
 CodingEvents/Models/Event.cs                 | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++
 CodingEvents/Views/Events/Add.cshtml         | 14 ++++---
 CodingEvents/Views/Events/Delete.cshtml      | 21 ++++++++++
 CodingEvents/Views/Events/Index.cshtml       | 12 +++++-
 7 files changed, 141 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 CodingEvents/Data/EventData.cs
 create mode 100644 CodingEvents/Models/Event.cs
 create mode 100644 CodingEvents/Views/Events/Delete.cshtml

diff --git a/CodingEvents/CodingEvents.csproj b/CodingEvents/CodingEvents.csproj
index dcf267a..7916200 100644
--- a/CodingEvents/CodingEvents.csproj
+++ b/CodingEvents/CodingEvents.csproj
@@ -11,8 +11,10 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <None Remove="Views\Events\" />
+    <None Remove="Data\" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Folder Include="Views\Events\" />
+    <Folder Include="Data\" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/CodingEvents/Controllers/EventsController.cs b/CodingEvents/Controllers/EventsController.cs
index ccce65a..5e8a89a 100644
--- a/CodingEvents/Controllers/EventsController.cs
+++ b/CodingEvents/Controllers/EventsController.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using CodingEvents.Data;
+using CodingEvents.Models;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
 
 // For more information on enabling MVC for empty projects, visit https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=397860
@@ -10,12 +12,10 @@ namespace CodingEvents.Controllers
 {
     public class EventsController : Controller
     {
-        static private Dictionary<string, string> Events = new Dictionary<string, string>();
-
         // GET: /<controller>/
         public IActionResult Index()
         {
-            ViewBag.events = Events;
+            ViewBag.events = EventData.GetAll();
 
             return View();
         }
@@ -28,9 +28,27 @@ public IActionResult Add()
 
         [HttpPost]
         [Route("/Events/Add")]
-        public IActionResult NewEvent(string name, string desc = "")
+        public IActionResult NewEvent(Event newEvent)
+        {
+            EventData.Add(newEvent);
+
+            return Redirect("/Events");
+        }
+
+        public IActionResult Delete()
+        {
+            ViewBag.events = EventData.GetAll();
+
+            return View();
+        }
+
+        [HttpPost]
+        public IActionResult Delete(int[] eventIds)
         {
-            Events.Add(name, desc);
+            foreach (int eventId in eventIds)
+            {
+                EventData.Remove(eventId);
+            }
 
             return Redirect("/Events");
         }
diff --git a/CodingEvents/Data/EventData.cs b/CodingEvents/Data/EventData.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e0662a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CodingEvents/Data/EventData.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+using System;
+using CodingEvents.Models;
+
+namespace CodingEvents.Data
+{
+	public class EventData
+	{
+		static private Dictionary<int, Event> Events = new Dictionary<int, Event>();
+
+		// Fetch all the events
+		public static IEnumerable<Event> GetAll()
+		{
+			return Events.Values;
+		}
+
+		// Add a new event to my dictionary
+		public static void Add(Event newEvent)
+		{
+			Events.Add(newEvent.Id, newEvent);
+		}
+
+		// Remove an event from my dictionary
+		public static void Remove(int id)
+		{
+			Events.Remove(id);
+		}
+
+		// Fetch a specific event
+		public static Event GetById(int id)
+		{
+			return Events[id];
+		}
+	}
+}
+
diff --git a/CodingEvents/Models/Event.cs b/CodingEvents/Models/Event.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..57ed41c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CodingEvents/Models/Event.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+using System;
+namespace CodingEvents.Models
+{
+	public class Event
+	{
+		public string Name { get; set; }
+		public string Description { get; set; }
+
+		public int Id { get; set; }
+		static private int nextId = 1;
+
+		public Event()
+		{
+			Id = nextId;
+			nextId++;
+		}
+
+		public Event(string name, string description)
+		{
+			Name = name;
+			Description = description;
+			Id = nextId;
+			nextId++;
+		}
+
+        public override string ToString()
+        {
+            return Name;
+        }
+
+        public override bool Equals(object? obj)
+        {
+			return obj is Event @event && Id == @event.Id;
+        }
+
+        public override int GetHashCode()
+        {
+			return HashCode.Combine(Id);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/CodingEvents/Views/Events/Add.cshtml b/CodingEvents/Views/Events/Add.cshtml
index 942aecb..5b72ade 100644
--- a/CodingEvents/Views/Events/Add.cshtml
+++ b/CodingEvents/Views/Events/Add.cshtml
@@ -8,12 +8,14 @@
 
 <form method="post">
     <div class="form-group">
-        <label for="name">Name</label>
-        <input name="name" type="text" />
-    </div>
-    <div class="form-group">
-        <label for="desc">Description</label>
-        <input name="desc" />
+        <label>
+            Name
+            <input type="text" name="name" />
+        </label>
+        <label>
+            Description
+            <input type="text" name="description" />
+        </label>
     </div>
     <input type="submit" value="Add Event" />
 </form>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CodingEvents/Views/Events/Delete.cshtml b/CodingEvents/Views/Events/Delete.cshtml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1b7564c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CodingEvents/Views/Events/Delete.cshtml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+@*
+    For more information on enabling MVC for empty projects, visit https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=397860
+*@
+@{
+}
+
+<h1>Delete Event</h1>
+
+<form method="post">
+    @foreach (var evt in ViewBag.events)
+{
+            <div class="form-group">
+                <label>
+                    <span>@evt.Name</span>
+                    <input type="checkbox" name="eventIds" value="@evt.Id" />
+                </label>
+            </div>
+}
+
+    <input type="submit" value="Delete Selected Events" class="btn btn-danger" />
+</form>
diff --git a/CodingEvents/Views/Events/Index.cshtml b/CodingEvents/Views/Events/Index.cshtml
index 26ff0cd..8132138 100644
--- a/CodingEvents/Views/Events/Index.cshtml
+++ b/CodingEvents/Views/Events/Index.cshtml
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@
     <a asp-controller="Events" asp-action="Add">Add Event</a>
 </p>
 
+<p>
+    <a asp-controller="Events" asp-action="Delete">Delete Event</a>
+</p>
+
 @if (ViewBag.events.Count == 0)
 {
     <p>No events yet!</p>
@@ -18,6 +22,9 @@ else
 {
     <table class="table">
         <tr>
+            <th>
+                Id
+            </th>
             <th>
                 Name
             </th>
@@ -28,8 +35,9 @@ else
         @foreach (var evt in ViewBag.events)
         {
             <tr>
-                <td>@evt.Key</td>
-                <td>@evt.Value</td>
+                <td>@evt.Id</td>
+                <td>@evt.Name</td>
+                <td>@evt.Description </td>
             </tr>
         }
     </table>

From 2d2795c43148c0e5aa70d3adc0fa255b7024f5db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Courtney Frey <courtneyb.frey@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2023 13:15:54 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 04/11] vm created, views and controllers updated

---
 CodingEvents/CodingEvents.csproj             |  2 ++
 CodingEvents/Controllers/EventsController.cs | 17 +++++++++++----
 CodingEvents/Models/Event.cs                 |  7 +++---
 CodingEvents/ViewModels/AddEventViewModel.cs | 12 ++++++++++
 CodingEvents/Views/Events/Add.cshtml         | 23 ++++++++------------
 CodingEvents/Views/Events/Index.cshtml       | 11 ++++------
 6 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 CodingEvents/ViewModels/AddEventViewModel.cs

diff --git a/CodingEvents/CodingEvents.csproj b/CodingEvents/CodingEvents.csproj
index 7916200..8b352bf 100644
--- a/CodingEvents/CodingEvents.csproj
+++ b/CodingEvents/CodingEvents.csproj
@@ -12,9 +12,11 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <None Remove="Views\Events\" />
     <None Remove="Data\" />
+    <None Remove="ViewModels\" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Folder Include="Views\Events\" />
     <Folder Include="Data\" />
+    <Folder Include="ViewModels\" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/CodingEvents/Controllers/EventsController.cs b/CodingEvents/Controllers/EventsController.cs
index 5e8a89a..b9484b8 100644
--- a/CodingEvents/Controllers/EventsController.cs
+++ b/CodingEvents/Controllers/EventsController.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 using CodingEvents.Data;
 using CodingEvents.Models;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
+using CodingEvents.ViewModels;
 
 // For more information on enabling MVC for empty projects, visit https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=397860
 
@@ -15,21 +16,29 @@ public class EventsController : Controller
         // GET: /<controller>/
         public IActionResult Index()
         {
-            ViewBag.events = EventData.GetAll();
+            List<Event> events = new List<Event>(EventData.GetAll());
 
-            return View();
+            return View(events);
         }
 
         [HttpGet]
         public IActionResult Add()
         {
-            return View();
+            AddEventViewModel addEventViewModel = new AddEventViewModel();
+
+            return View(addEventViewModel);
         }
 
         [HttpPost]
         [Route("/Events/Add")]
-        public IActionResult NewEvent(Event newEvent)
+        public IActionResult NewEvent(AddEventViewModel addEventViewModel)
         {
+            Event newEvent = new Event
+            {
+                Name = addEventViewModel.Name,
+                Description = addEventViewModel.Description
+            };
+
             EventData.Add(newEvent);
 
             return Redirect("/Events");
diff --git a/CodingEvents/Models/Event.cs b/CodingEvents/Models/Event.cs
index 57ed41c..63339e2 100644
--- a/CodingEvents/Models/Event.cs
+++ b/CodingEvents/Models/Event.cs
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ namespace CodingEvents.Models
 {
 	public class Event
 	{
-		public string Name { get; set; }
-		public string Description { get; set; }
+		public string? Name { get; set; }
+		public string? Description { get; set; }
 
 		public int Id { get; set; }
 		static private int nextId = 1;
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ public Event(string name, string description)
 			nextId++;
 		}
 
-        public override string ToString()
+        public override string? ToString()
         {
             return Name;
         }
@@ -40,3 +40,4 @@ public override int GetHashCode()
     }
 }
 
+//added null op.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CodingEvents/ViewModels/AddEventViewModel.cs b/CodingEvents/ViewModels/AddEventViewModel.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d20295
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CodingEvents/ViewModels/AddEventViewModel.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+using System;
+namespace CodingEvents.ViewModels
+{
+	public class AddEventViewModel
+	{
+		public string? Name { get; set; }
+		public string? Description { get; set; }
+	}
+}
+
+
+//added nullable operators
diff --git a/CodingEvents/Views/Events/Add.cshtml b/CodingEvents/Views/Events/Add.cshtml
index 5b72ade..765a31a 100644
--- a/CodingEvents/Views/Events/Add.cshtml
+++ b/CodingEvents/Views/Events/Add.cshtml
@@ -1,21 +1,16 @@
-@*
-    For more information on enabling MVC for empty projects, visit https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=397860
-*@
-@{
-}
+@using CodingEvents.ViewModels
+@model AddEventViewModel
 
 <h1>Add Event</h1>
 
-<form method="post">
+<form asp-controller="Events" asp-action="Add" method="post">
     <div class="form-group">
-        <label>
-            Name
-            <input type="text" name="name" />
-        </label>
-        <label>
-            Description
-            <input type="text" name="description" />
-        </label>
+        <label asp-for="Name"></label>
+        <input asp-for="Name" />
+    </div>
+    <div class="form-group">
+        <label asp-for="Description"></label>
+        <input asp-for="Description" />
     </div>
     <input type="submit" value="Add Event" />
 </form>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CodingEvents/Views/Events/Index.cshtml b/CodingEvents/Views/Events/Index.cshtml
index 8132138..5290321 100644
--- a/CodingEvents/Views/Events/Index.cshtml
+++ b/CodingEvents/Views/Events/Index.cshtml
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
-@*
-    For more information on enabling MVC for empty projects, visit https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=397860
-*@
-@{
-}
+@using CodingEvents.Models
+@model List<Event>
 
 <h1>Coding Events</h1>
 
@@ -14,7 +11,7 @@
     <a asp-controller="Events" asp-action="Delete">Delete Event</a>
 </p>
 
-@if (ViewBag.events.Count == 0)
+@if (Model.Count == 0)
 {
     <p>No events yet!</p>
 }
@@ -32,7 +29,7 @@ else
                 Description
             </th>
         </tr>
-        @foreach (var evt in ViewBag.events)
+        @foreach (var evt in Model)
         {
             <tr>
                 <td>@evt.Id</td>

From b106add9c66c438710aa0a3f20ee1420adcb4883 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Courtney Frey <courtneyb.frey@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2023 14:55:15 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 05/11] validation added

---
 CodingEvents/Controllers/EventsController.cs | 20 +++++++++++++-------
 CodingEvents/Models/Event.cs                 |  4 +++-
 CodingEvents/ViewModels/AddEventViewModel.cs | 14 ++++++++++++--
 CodingEvents/Views/Events/Add.cshtml         | 11 +++++++++--
 CodingEvents/Views/Events/Index.cshtml       |  4 ++++
 CodingEvents/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml     |  3 +++
 6 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CodingEvents/Controllers/EventsController.cs b/CodingEvents/Controllers/EventsController.cs
index b9484b8..b241fc4 100644
--- a/CodingEvents/Controllers/EventsController.cs
+++ b/CodingEvents/Controllers/EventsController.cs
@@ -31,17 +31,23 @@ public IActionResult Add()
 
         [HttpPost]
         [Route("/Events/Add")]
-        public IActionResult NewEvent(AddEventViewModel addEventViewModel)
+        public IActionResult Add(AddEventViewModel addEventViewModel)
         {
-            Event newEvent = new Event
+            if (ModelState.IsValid)
             {
-                Name = addEventViewModel.Name,
-                Description = addEventViewModel.Description
-            };
+                Event newEvent = new Event
+                {
+                    Name = addEventViewModel.Name,
+                    Description = addEventViewModel.Description,
+                    ContactEmail = addEventViewModel.ContactEmail
+                };
 
-            EventData.Add(newEvent);
+                EventData.Add(newEvent);
 
-            return Redirect("/Events");
+                return Redirect("/Events");
+            }
+
+            return View(addEventViewModel);
         }
 
         public IActionResult Delete()
diff --git a/CodingEvents/Models/Event.cs b/CodingEvents/Models/Event.cs
index 63339e2..aafddeb 100644
--- a/CodingEvents/Models/Event.cs
+++ b/CodingEvents/Models/Event.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ public class Event
 	{
 		public string? Name { get; set; }
 		public string? Description { get; set; }
+		public string? ContactEmail { get; set; }
 
 		public int Id { get; set; }
 		static private int nextId = 1;
@@ -15,10 +16,11 @@ public Event()
 			nextId++;
 		}
 
-		public Event(string name, string description)
+		public Event(string name, string description, string contactEmail)
 		{
 			Name = name;
 			Description = description;
+			ContactEmail = contactEmail;
 			Id = nextId;
 			nextId++;
 		}
diff --git a/CodingEvents/ViewModels/AddEventViewModel.cs b/CodingEvents/ViewModels/AddEventViewModel.cs
index 0d20295..b0f530d 100644
--- a/CodingEvents/ViewModels/AddEventViewModel.cs
+++ b/CodingEvents/ViewModels/AddEventViewModel.cs
@@ -1,10 +1,20 @@
 using System;
+using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
+
 namespace CodingEvents.ViewModels
 {
 	public class AddEventViewModel
 	{
-		public string? Name { get; set; }
-		public string? Description { get; set; }
+        [Required(ErrorMessage = "Name is required.")]
+        [StringLength(50, MinimumLength = 3, ErrorMessage = "Name must be between 3 and 50 characters.")]
+        public string? Name { get; set; }
+
+        [Required(ErrorMessage = "Please enter a description for your event.")]
+        [StringLength(500, ErrorMessage = "Description is too long!")]
+        public string? Description { get; set; }
+
+		[EmailAddress]
+		public string? ContactEmail { get; set; }
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/CodingEvents/Views/Events/Add.cshtml b/CodingEvents/Views/Events/Add.cshtml
index 765a31a..3b6b7eb 100644
--- a/CodingEvents/Views/Events/Add.cshtml
+++ b/CodingEvents/Views/Events/Add.cshtml
@@ -6,11 +6,18 @@
 <form asp-controller="Events" asp-action="Add" method="post">
     <div class="form-group">
         <label asp-for="Name"></label>
-        <input asp-for="Name" />
+        <input asp-for="Name" class="form-control"/>
+        <span asp-validation-for="Name" class="text-danger"></span>
     </div>
     <div class="form-group">
         <label asp-for="Description"></label>
-        <input asp-for="Description" />
+        <input asp-for="Description" class="form-control"/>
+        <span asp-validation-for="Description" class="text-danger"></span>
+    </div>
+    <div class="form-group">
+        <label asp-for="ContactEmail">Contact Email</label>
+        <input asp-for="ContactEmail" class="form-control"/>
+        <span asp-validation-for="ContactEmail" class="text-danger"></span>
     </div>
     <input type="submit" value="Add Event" />
 </form>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CodingEvents/Views/Events/Index.cshtml b/CodingEvents/Views/Events/Index.cshtml
index 5290321..6961e51 100644
--- a/CodingEvents/Views/Events/Index.cshtml
+++ b/CodingEvents/Views/Events/Index.cshtml
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ else
             <th>
                 Description
             </th>
+            <th>
+                Contact Email
+            </th>
         </tr>
         @foreach (var evt in Model)
         {
@@ -35,6 +38,7 @@ else
                 <td>@evt.Id</td>
                 <td>@evt.Name</td>
                 <td>@evt.Description </td>
+                <td>@evt.ContactEmail</td>
             </tr>
         }
     </table>
diff --git a/CodingEvents/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml b/CodingEvents/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml
index 62933e1..9d9d7b1 100644
--- a/CodingEvents/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml
+++ b/CodingEvents/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
     <div class="container">
         <main role="main" class="pb-3">
             @RenderBody()
+            <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.6.0/jquery.js"></script>
+            <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery-validate/1.19.3/jquery.validate.js"></script>
+            <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery-validation-unobtrusive/3.2.12/jquery.validate.unobtrusive.js"></script>
         </main>
     </div>
 

From 20982114f2d4d82d9f801136abf92d28042cce61 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Courtney Frey <courtneyb.frey@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2023 16:30:30 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 06/11] removed resolved comment

---
 CodingEvents/Models/Event.cs                 | 4 +---
 CodingEvents/ViewModels/AddEventViewModel.cs | 3 ---
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CodingEvents/Models/Event.cs b/CodingEvents/Models/Event.cs
index aafddeb..6772b18 100644
--- a/CodingEvents/Models/Event.cs
+++ b/CodingEvents/Models/Event.cs
@@ -40,6 +40,4 @@ public override int GetHashCode()
 			return HashCode.Combine(Id);
         }
     }
-}
-
-//added null op.
\ No newline at end of file
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CodingEvents/ViewModels/AddEventViewModel.cs b/CodingEvents/ViewModels/AddEventViewModel.cs
index b0f530d..5e657bb 100644
--- a/CodingEvents/ViewModels/AddEventViewModel.cs
+++ b/CodingEvents/ViewModels/AddEventViewModel.cs
@@ -17,6 +17,3 @@ public class AddEventViewModel
 		public string? ContactEmail { get; set; }
 	}
 }
-
-
-//added nullable operators

From 8edcab47121d9b465fa64bf5ee595a995c1d38eb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Courtney Frey <courtneyb.frey@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2023 14:43:32 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 07/11] updates for controller and view

---
 CodingEvents/Controllers/EventsController.cs | 1 -
 CodingEvents/Views/Events/Index.cshtml       | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CodingEvents/Controllers/EventsController.cs b/CodingEvents/Controllers/EventsController.cs
index b241fc4..49ec466 100644
--- a/CodingEvents/Controllers/EventsController.cs
+++ b/CodingEvents/Controllers/EventsController.cs
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ public IActionResult Add()
         }
 
         [HttpPost]
-        [Route("/Events/Add")]
         public IActionResult Add(AddEventViewModel addEventViewModel)
         {
             if (ModelState.IsValid)
diff --git a/CodingEvents/Views/Events/Index.cshtml b/CodingEvents/Views/Events/Index.cshtml
index 6961e51..5f61f68 100644
--- a/CodingEvents/Views/Events/Index.cshtml
+++ b/CodingEvents/Views/Events/Index.cshtml
@@ -42,4 +42,4 @@ else
             </tr>
         }
     </table>
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file

From eacfddba7f9585dded12e2219fa88d4310bec6c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Courtney Frey <courtneyb.frey@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2023 14:43:53 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 08/11] code for orm 1 added

---
 CodingEvents/CodingEvents.csproj              | 13 ++++
 .../Controllers/EventCategoryController.cs    | 32 ++++++++++
 CodingEvents/Controllers/EventsController.cs  | 21 +++++--
 CodingEvents/Data/EventData.cs                | 35 -----------
 CodingEvents/Data/EventDbContext.cs           | 18 ++++++
 ...0230308200850_InitialMigration.Designer.cs | 46 ++++++++++++++
 .../20230308200850_InitialMigration.cs        | 44 +++++++++++++
 ...08201656_ContextAddedMigration.Designer.cs | 46 ++++++++++++++
 .../20230308201656_ContextAddedMigration.cs   | 22 +++++++
 ...02707_EventCategoryDbMigration.Designer.cs | 60 ++++++++++++++++++
 ...20230308202707_EventCategoryDbMigration.cs | 37 +++++++++++
 ...204054_EnumsCodeAddedMigration.Designer.cs | 63 +++++++++++++++++++
 .../20230308204054_EnumsCodeAddedMigration.cs | 29 +++++++++
 .../Migrations/EventDbContextModelSnapshot.cs | 60 ++++++++++++++++++
 CodingEvents/Models/Event.cs                  |  6 +-
 CodingEvents/Models/EventCategory.cs          | 20 ++++++
 CodingEvents/Models/EventType.cs              | 12 ++++
 CodingEvents/Program.cs                       | 11 +++-
 CodingEvents/ViewModels/AddEventViewModel.cs  | 14 ++++-
 CodingEvents/Views/EventCategory/Index.cshtml | 15 +++++
 CodingEvents/Views/Events/Add.cshtml          | 10 ++-
 CodingEvents/Views/Events/Index.cshtml        |  4 ++
 22 files changed, 568 insertions(+), 50 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 CodingEvents/Controllers/EventCategoryController.cs
 delete mode 100644 CodingEvents/Data/EventData.cs
 create mode 100644 CodingEvents/Data/EventDbContext.cs
 create mode 100644 CodingEvents/Migrations/20230308200850_InitialMigration.Designer.cs
 create mode 100644 CodingEvents/Migrations/20230308200850_InitialMigration.cs
 create mode 100644 CodingEvents/Migrations/20230308201656_ContextAddedMigration.Designer.cs
 create mode 100644 CodingEvents/Migrations/20230308201656_ContextAddedMigration.cs
 create mode 100644 CodingEvents/Migrations/20230308202707_EventCategoryDbMigration.Designer.cs
 create mode 100644 CodingEvents/Migrations/20230308202707_EventCategoryDbMigration.cs
 create mode 100644 CodingEvents/Migrations/20230308204054_EnumsCodeAddedMigration.Designer.cs
 create mode 100644 CodingEvents/Migrations/20230308204054_EnumsCodeAddedMigration.cs
 create mode 100644 CodingEvents/Migrations/EventDbContextModelSnapshot.cs
 create mode 100644 CodingEvents/Models/EventCategory.cs
 create mode 100644 CodingEvents/Models/EventType.cs
 create mode 100644 CodingEvents/Views/EventCategory/Index.cshtml

diff --git a/CodingEvents/CodingEvents.csproj b/CodingEvents/CodingEvents.csproj
index 8b352bf..6c57bdb 100644
--- a/CodingEvents/CodingEvents.csproj
+++ b/CodingEvents/CodingEvents.csproj
@@ -13,10 +13,23 @@
     <None Remove="Views\Events\" />
     <None Remove="Data\" />
     <None Remove="ViewModels\" />
+    <None Remove="Pomelo.EntityFrameworkCore.MySql" />
+    <None Remove="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Relational" />
+    <None Remove="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design" />
+    <None Remove="Views\EventCategory\" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Folder Include="Views\Events\" />
     <Folder Include="Data\" />
     <Folder Include="ViewModels\" />
+    <Folder Include="Views\EventCategory\" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="Pomelo.EntityFrameworkCore.MySql" Version="7.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Relational" Version="7.0.3" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design" Version="7.0.3">
+      <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
+      <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
+    </PackageReference>
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/CodingEvents/Controllers/EventCategoryController.cs b/CodingEvents/Controllers/EventCategoryController.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..72731c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CodingEvents/Controllers/EventCategoryController.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using CodingEvents.Data;
+using CodingEvents.Models;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
+
+// For more information on enabling MVC for empty projects, visit https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=397860
+
+namespace CodingEvents.Controllers
+{
+    public class EventCategoryController : Controller
+    {
+        private EventDbContext context;
+
+        public EventCategoryController(EventDbContext dbContext)
+        {
+            context = dbContext;
+        }
+
+        // GET: /<controller>/
+        [HttpGet]
+        public IActionResult Index()
+        {
+            //ViewBag.title = "All Categories";
+            List<EventCategory> categories = context.Categories.ToList();
+            return View(categories);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/CodingEvents/Controllers/EventsController.cs b/CodingEvents/Controllers/EventsController.cs
index 49ec466..865e0ae 100644
--- a/CodingEvents/Controllers/EventsController.cs
+++ b/CodingEvents/Controllers/EventsController.cs
@@ -13,10 +13,16 @@ namespace CodingEvents.Controllers
 {
     public class EventsController : Controller
     {
+        private EventDbContext context;
+
+        public EventsController(EventDbContext dbContext)
+        {
+            context = dbContext;
+        }
         // GET: /<controller>/
         public IActionResult Index()
         {
-            List<Event> events = new List<Event>(EventData.GetAll());
+            List<Event> events = context.Events.ToList();
 
             return View(events);
         }
@@ -38,10 +44,12 @@ public IActionResult Add(AddEventViewModel addEventViewModel)
                 {
                     Name = addEventViewModel.Name,
                     Description = addEventViewModel.Description,
-                    ContactEmail = addEventViewModel.ContactEmail
+                    ContactEmail = addEventViewModel.ContactEmail,
+                    Type = addEventViewModel.Type
                 };
 
-                EventData.Add(newEvent);
+                context.Events.Add(newEvent);
+                context.SaveChanges();
 
                 return Redirect("/Events");
             }
@@ -51,7 +59,7 @@ public IActionResult Add(AddEventViewModel addEventViewModel)
 
         public IActionResult Delete()
         {
-            ViewBag.events = EventData.GetAll();
+            ViewBag.events = context.Events.ToList();
 
             return View();
         }
@@ -61,9 +69,12 @@ public IActionResult Delete(int[] eventIds)
         {
             foreach (int eventId in eventIds)
             {
-                EventData.Remove(eventId);
+                Event? theEvent = context.Events.Find(eventId);
+                context.Events.Remove(theEvent);
             }
 
+            context.SaveChanges();
+
             return Redirect("/Events");
         }
     }
diff --git a/CodingEvents/Data/EventData.cs b/CodingEvents/Data/EventData.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index e0662a6..0000000
--- a/CodingEvents/Data/EventData.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-using System;
-using CodingEvents.Models;
-
-namespace CodingEvents.Data
-{
-	public class EventData
-	{
-		static private Dictionary<int, Event> Events = new Dictionary<int, Event>();
-
-		// Fetch all the events
-		public static IEnumerable<Event> GetAll()
-		{
-			return Events.Values;
-		}
-
-		// Add a new event to my dictionary
-		public static void Add(Event newEvent)
-		{
-			Events.Add(newEvent.Id, newEvent);
-		}
-
-		// Remove an event from my dictionary
-		public static void Remove(int id)
-		{
-			Events.Remove(id);
-		}
-
-		// Fetch a specific event
-		public static Event GetById(int id)
-		{
-			return Events[id];
-		}
-	}
-}
-
diff --git a/CodingEvents/Data/EventDbContext.cs b/CodingEvents/Data/EventDbContext.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a5323d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CodingEvents/Data/EventDbContext.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+using System;
+using CodingEvents.Models;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+
+namespace CodingEvents.Data
+{
+	public class EventDbContext : DbContext
+	{
+		public DbSet<Event> Events { get; set; }
+		public DbSet<EventCategory> Categories { get; set; }
+
+
+ 		public EventDbContext(DbContextOptions<EventDbContext> options) : base(options)
+		{
+		}
+	}
+}
+
diff --git a/CodingEvents/Migrations/20230308200850_InitialMigration.Designer.cs b/CodingEvents/Migrations/20230308200850_InitialMigration.Designer.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..65fe7d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CodingEvents/Migrations/20230308200850_InitialMigration.Designer.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+// <auto-generated />
+using CodingEvents.Data;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Infrastructure;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Storage.ValueConversion;
+
+#nullable disable
+
+namespace CodingEvents.Migrations
+{
+    [DbContext(typeof(EventDbContext))]
+    [Migration("20230308200850_InitialMigration")]
+    partial class InitialMigration
+    {
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void BuildTargetModel(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
+        {
+#pragma warning disable 612, 618
+            modelBuilder
+                .HasAnnotation("ProductVersion", "7.0.3")
+                .HasAnnotation("Relational:MaxIdentifierLength", 64);
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("CodingEvents.Models.Event", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("int");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("ContactEmail")
+                        .HasColumnType("longtext");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Description")
+                        .HasColumnType("longtext");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Name")
+                        .HasColumnType("longtext");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.ToTable("Events");
+                });
+#pragma warning restore 612, 618
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/CodingEvents/Migrations/20230308200850_InitialMigration.cs b/CodingEvents/Migrations/20230308200850_InitialMigration.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..254227c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CodingEvents/Migrations/20230308200850_InitialMigration.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+
+#nullable disable
+
+namespace CodingEvents.Migrations
+{
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public partial class InitialMigration : Migration
+    {
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void Up(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
+        {
+            migrationBuilder.AlterDatabase()
+                .Annotation("MySql:CharSet", "utf8mb4");
+
+            migrationBuilder.CreateTable(
+                name: "Events",
+                columns: table => new
+                {
+                    Id = table.Column<int>(type: "int", nullable: false)
+                        .Annotation("MySql:ValueGenerationStrategy", MySqlValueGenerationStrategy.IdentityColumn),
+                    Name = table.Column<string>(type: "longtext", nullable: true)
+                        .Annotation("MySql:CharSet", "utf8mb4"),
+                    Description = table.Column<string>(type: "longtext", nullable: true)
+                        .Annotation("MySql:CharSet", "utf8mb4"),
+                    ContactEmail = table.Column<string>(type: "longtext", nullable: true)
+                        .Annotation("MySql:CharSet", "utf8mb4")
+                },
+                constraints: table =>
+                {
+                    table.PrimaryKey("PK_Events", x => x.Id);
+                })
+                .Annotation("MySql:CharSet", "utf8mb4");
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void Down(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
+        {
+            migrationBuilder.DropTable(
+                name: "Events");
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/CodingEvents/Migrations/20230308201656_ContextAddedMigration.Designer.cs b/CodingEvents/Migrations/20230308201656_ContextAddedMigration.Designer.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7e602e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CodingEvents/Migrations/20230308201656_ContextAddedMigration.Designer.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+// <auto-generated />
+using CodingEvents.Data;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Infrastructure;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Storage.ValueConversion;
+
+#nullable disable
+
+namespace CodingEvents.Migrations
+{
+    [DbContext(typeof(EventDbContext))]
+    [Migration("20230308201656_ContextAddedMigration")]
+    partial class ContextAddedMigration
+    {
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void BuildTargetModel(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
+        {
+#pragma warning disable 612, 618
+            modelBuilder
+                .HasAnnotation("ProductVersion", "7.0.3")
+                .HasAnnotation("Relational:MaxIdentifierLength", 64);
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("CodingEvents.Models.Event", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("int");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("ContactEmail")
+                        .HasColumnType("longtext");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Description")
+                        .HasColumnType("longtext");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Name")
+                        .HasColumnType("longtext");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.ToTable("Events");
+                });
+#pragma warning restore 612, 618
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/CodingEvents/Migrations/20230308201656_ContextAddedMigration.cs b/CodingEvents/Migrations/20230308201656_ContextAddedMigration.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1db35fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CodingEvents/Migrations/20230308201656_ContextAddedMigration.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+
+#nullable disable
+
+namespace CodingEvents.Migrations
+{
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public partial class ContextAddedMigration : Migration
+    {
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void Up(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
+        {
+
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void Down(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
+        {
+
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/CodingEvents/Migrations/20230308202707_EventCategoryDbMigration.Designer.cs b/CodingEvents/Migrations/20230308202707_EventCategoryDbMigration.Designer.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7dea4cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CodingEvents/Migrations/20230308202707_EventCategoryDbMigration.Designer.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+// <auto-generated />
+using CodingEvents.Data;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Infrastructure;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Storage.ValueConversion;
+
+#nullable disable
+
+namespace CodingEvents.Migrations
+{
+    [DbContext(typeof(EventDbContext))]
+    [Migration("20230308202707_EventCategoryDbMigration")]
+    partial class EventCategoryDbMigration
+    {
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void BuildTargetModel(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
+        {
+#pragma warning disable 612, 618
+            modelBuilder
+                .HasAnnotation("ProductVersion", "7.0.3")
+                .HasAnnotation("Relational:MaxIdentifierLength", 64);
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("CodingEvents.Models.Event", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("int");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("ContactEmail")
+                        .HasColumnType("longtext");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Description")
+                        .HasColumnType("longtext");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Name")
+                        .HasColumnType("longtext");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.ToTable("Events");
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("CodingEvents.Models.EventCategory", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("int");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Name")
+                        .HasColumnType("longtext");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.ToTable("Categories");
+                });
+#pragma warning restore 612, 618
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/CodingEvents/Migrations/20230308202707_EventCategoryDbMigration.cs b/CodingEvents/Migrations/20230308202707_EventCategoryDbMigration.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..04d7f14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CodingEvents/Migrations/20230308202707_EventCategoryDbMigration.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+
+#nullable disable
+
+namespace CodingEvents.Migrations
+{
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public partial class EventCategoryDbMigration : Migration
+    {
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void Up(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
+        {
+            migrationBuilder.CreateTable(
+                name: "Categories",
+                columns: table => new
+                {
+                    Id = table.Column<int>(type: "int", nullable: false)
+                        .Annotation("MySql:ValueGenerationStrategy", MySqlValueGenerationStrategy.IdentityColumn),
+                    Name = table.Column<string>(type: "longtext", nullable: true)
+                        .Annotation("MySql:CharSet", "utf8mb4")
+                },
+                constraints: table =>
+                {
+                    table.PrimaryKey("PK_Categories", x => x.Id);
+                })
+                .Annotation("MySql:CharSet", "utf8mb4");
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void Down(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
+        {
+            migrationBuilder.DropTable(
+                name: "Categories");
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/CodingEvents/Migrations/20230308204054_EnumsCodeAddedMigration.Designer.cs b/CodingEvents/Migrations/20230308204054_EnumsCodeAddedMigration.Designer.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..84b256b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CodingEvents/Migrations/20230308204054_EnumsCodeAddedMigration.Designer.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+// <auto-generated />
+using CodingEvents.Data;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Infrastructure;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Storage.ValueConversion;
+
+#nullable disable
+
+namespace CodingEvents.Migrations
+{
+    [DbContext(typeof(EventDbContext))]
+    [Migration("20230308204054_EnumsCodeAddedMigration")]
+    partial class EnumsCodeAddedMigration
+    {
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void BuildTargetModel(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
+        {
+#pragma warning disable 612, 618
+            modelBuilder
+                .HasAnnotation("ProductVersion", "7.0.3")
+                .HasAnnotation("Relational:MaxIdentifierLength", 64);
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("CodingEvents.Models.Event", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("int");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("ContactEmail")
+                        .HasColumnType("longtext");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Description")
+                        .HasColumnType("longtext");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Name")
+                        .HasColumnType("longtext");
+
+                    b.Property<int>("Type")
+                        .HasColumnType("int");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.ToTable("Events");
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("CodingEvents.Models.EventCategory", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("int");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Name")
+                        .HasColumnType("longtext");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.ToTable("Categories");
+                });
+#pragma warning restore 612, 618
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/CodingEvents/Migrations/20230308204054_EnumsCodeAddedMigration.cs b/CodingEvents/Migrations/20230308204054_EnumsCodeAddedMigration.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5d748c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CodingEvents/Migrations/20230308204054_EnumsCodeAddedMigration.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+
+#nullable disable
+
+namespace CodingEvents.Migrations
+{
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public partial class EnumsCodeAddedMigration : Migration
+    {
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void Up(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
+        {
+            migrationBuilder.AddColumn<int>(
+                name: "Type",
+                table: "Events",
+                type: "int",
+                nullable: false,
+                defaultValue: 0);
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void Down(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
+        {
+            migrationBuilder.DropColumn(
+                name: "Type",
+                table: "Events");
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/CodingEvents/Migrations/EventDbContextModelSnapshot.cs b/CodingEvents/Migrations/EventDbContextModelSnapshot.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ec479bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CodingEvents/Migrations/EventDbContextModelSnapshot.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+// <auto-generated />
+using CodingEvents.Data;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Infrastructure;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Storage.ValueConversion;
+
+#nullable disable
+
+namespace CodingEvents.Migrations
+{
+    [DbContext(typeof(EventDbContext))]
+    partial class EventDbContextModelSnapshot : ModelSnapshot
+    {
+        protected override void BuildModel(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
+        {
+#pragma warning disable 612, 618
+            modelBuilder
+                .HasAnnotation("ProductVersion", "7.0.3")
+                .HasAnnotation("Relational:MaxIdentifierLength", 64);
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("CodingEvents.Models.Event", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("int");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("ContactEmail")
+                        .HasColumnType("longtext");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Description")
+                        .HasColumnType("longtext");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Name")
+                        .HasColumnType("longtext");
+
+                    b.Property<int>("Type")
+                        .HasColumnType("int");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.ToTable("Events");
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("CodingEvents.Models.EventCategory", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("int");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Name")
+                        .HasColumnType("longtext");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.ToTable("Categories");
+                });
+#pragma warning restore 612, 618
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/CodingEvents/Models/Event.cs b/CodingEvents/Models/Event.cs
index 6772b18..e42ccab 100644
--- a/CodingEvents/Models/Event.cs
+++ b/CodingEvents/Models/Event.cs
@@ -6,14 +6,12 @@ public class Event
 		public string? Name { get; set; }
 		public string? Description { get; set; }
 		public string? ContactEmail { get; set; }
+		public EventType Type { get; set; }
 
 		public int Id { get; set; }
-		static private int nextId = 1;
 
 		public Event()
 		{
-			Id = nextId;
-			nextId++;
 		}
 
 		public Event(string name, string description, string contactEmail)
@@ -21,8 +19,6 @@ public Event(string name, string description, string contactEmail)
 			Name = name;
 			Description = description;
 			ContactEmail = contactEmail;
-			Id = nextId;
-			nextId++;
 		}
 
         public override string? ToString()
diff --git a/CodingEvents/Models/EventCategory.cs b/CodingEvents/Models/EventCategory.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d3a294a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CodingEvents/Models/EventCategory.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+using System;
+namespace CodingEvents.Models
+{
+	public class EventCategory
+	{
+		public int Id { get; set; }
+		public string? Name { get; set; }
+
+
+		public EventCategory()
+		{
+		}
+
+		public EventCategory(string name)
+		{
+			Name = name;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
diff --git a/CodingEvents/Models/EventType.cs b/CodingEvents/Models/EventType.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa25a82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CodingEvents/Models/EventType.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+using System;
+namespace CodingEvents.Models
+{
+	public enum EventType
+	{
+        Conference,
+        Meetup,
+        Workshop,
+        Social
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/CodingEvents/Program.cs b/CodingEvents/Program.cs
index 9fbb57d..2aa7935 100644
--- a/CodingEvents/Program.cs
+++ b/CodingEvents/Program.cs
@@ -1,8 +1,17 @@
-var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);
+using CodingEvents.Data;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+
+var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);
 
 // Add services to the container.
 builder.Services.AddControllersWithViews();
 
+var connectionString = "server=localhost;user=codingevents;password=codingevents;database=coding-events";
+var serverVersion = new MySqlServerVersion(new Version(8, 0, 29));
+
+builder.Services.AddDbContext<EventDbContext>(dbContextOptions => dbContextOptions.UseMySql(connectionString, serverVersion));
+
+
 var app = builder.Build();
 
 // Configure the HTTP request pipeline.
diff --git a/CodingEvents/ViewModels/AddEventViewModel.cs b/CodingEvents/ViewModels/AddEventViewModel.cs
index 5e657bb..68ee651 100644
--- a/CodingEvents/ViewModels/AddEventViewModel.cs
+++ b/CodingEvents/ViewModels/AddEventViewModel.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
+using CodingEvents.Models;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Rendering;
 
 namespace CodingEvents.ViewModels
 {
@@ -15,5 +17,15 @@ public class AddEventViewModel
 
 		[EmailAddress]
 		public string? ContactEmail { get; set; }
-	}
+
+        public EventType Type { get; set; }
+
+        public List<SelectListItem> EventTypes { get; set; } = new List<SelectListItem>
+        {
+           new SelectListItem(EventType.Conference.ToString(), ((int)EventType.Conference).ToString()),
+           new SelectListItem(EventType.Meetup.ToString(), ((int)EventType.Meetup).ToString()),
+           new SelectListItem(EventType.Social.ToString(), ((int)EventType.Social).ToString()),
+           new SelectListItem(EventType.Workshop.ToString(), ((int)EventType.Workshop).ToString())
+        };
+    }
 }
diff --git a/CodingEvents/Views/EventCategory/Index.cshtml b/CodingEvents/Views/EventCategory/Index.cshtml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..175f59b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CodingEvents/Views/EventCategory/Index.cshtml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+@model List<CodingEvents.Models.EventCategory>
+
+<h1>All Event Categories</h1>
+
+<table>
+    <tr>
+        <th>Category Name</th>
+    </tr>
+    @foreach (EventCategory category in Model)
+    {
+        <tr>
+            <td>@category.Name</td>
+        </tr>
+    }
+</table>
diff --git a/CodingEvents/Views/Events/Add.cshtml b/CodingEvents/Views/Events/Add.cshtml
index 3b6b7eb..8fb89be 100644
--- a/CodingEvents/Views/Events/Add.cshtml
+++ b/CodingEvents/Views/Events/Add.cshtml
@@ -6,18 +6,22 @@
 <form asp-controller="Events" asp-action="Add" method="post">
     <div class="form-group">
         <label asp-for="Name"></label>
-        <input asp-for="Name" class="form-control"/>
+        <input asp-for="Name" class="form-control" />
         <span asp-validation-for="Name" class="text-danger"></span>
     </div>
     <div class="form-group">
         <label asp-for="Description"></label>
-        <input asp-for="Description" class="form-control"/>
+        <input asp-for="Description" class="form-control" />
         <span asp-validation-for="Description" class="text-danger"></span>
     </div>
     <div class="form-group">
         <label asp-for="ContactEmail">Contact Email</label>
-        <input asp-for="ContactEmail" class="form-control"/>
+        <input asp-for="ContactEmail" class="form-control" />
         <span asp-validation-for="ContactEmail" class="text-danger"></span>
     </div>
+    <div class="form-group">
+        <label asp-for="Type">Event Type</label>
+        <select asp-for="Type" asp-items="Model.EventTypes"></select>
+    </div>
     <input type="submit" value="Add Event" />
 </form>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CodingEvents/Views/Events/Index.cshtml b/CodingEvents/Views/Events/Index.cshtml
index 5f61f68..9bbcff6 100644
--- a/CodingEvents/Views/Events/Index.cshtml
+++ b/CodingEvents/Views/Events/Index.cshtml
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ else
             <th>
                 Contact Email
             </th>
+            <th>
+                Event Type
+            </th>
         </tr>
         @foreach (var evt in Model)
         {
@@ -39,6 +42,7 @@ else
                 <td>@evt.Name</td>
                 <td>@evt.Description </td>
                 <td>@evt.ContactEmail</td>
+                <td>@evt.Type</td>
             </tr>
         }
     </table>

From 8e8ae9bdf260f1e08d89d0a41f795e52de09b9f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Courtney Frey <courtneyb.frey@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2023 14:50:34 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 09/11] connectionString updated

---
 CodingEvents/Program.cs | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CodingEvents/Program.cs b/CodingEvents/Program.cs
index 2aa7935..ec1ea32 100644
--- a/CodingEvents/Program.cs
+++ b/CodingEvents/Program.cs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 // Add services to the container.
 builder.Services.AddControllersWithViews();
 
-var connectionString = "server=localhost;user=codingevents;password=codingevents;database=coding-events";
+var connectionString = "server=localhost;user=coding_events;password=coding_events;database=coding_events";
 var serverVersion = new MySqlServerVersion(new Version(8, 0, 29));
 
 builder.Services.AddDbContext<EventDbContext>(dbContextOptions => dbContextOptions.UseMySql(connectionString, serverVersion));

From b64e792789990a25d8ce67fa8a6e3832c99d5295 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Courtney Frey <courtneyb.frey@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2023 15:35:18 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 10/11] studio added

---
 .../Controllers/EventCategoryController.cs    | 30 ++++++++-
 ...01_EventCategoryAddedMigration.Designer.cs | 63 +++++++++++++++++++
 ...30308211501_EventCategoryAddedMigration.cs | 22 +++++++
 ...4_EventCategoryUpdateMigration.Designer.cs | 63 +++++++++++++++++++
 ...0308213444_EventCategoryUpdateMigration.cs | 22 +++++++
 CodingEvents/Program.cs                       |  2 +-
 .../ViewModels/AddEventCategoryViewModel.cs   | 13 ++++
 .../Views/EventCategory/Create.cshtml         | 12 ++++
 CodingEvents/Views/EventCategory/Index.cshtml | 27 +++++---
 CodingEvents/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml      | 13 +++-
 10 files changed, 255 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 CodingEvents/Migrations/20230308211501_EventCategoryAddedMigration.Designer.cs
 create mode 100644 CodingEvents/Migrations/20230308211501_EventCategoryAddedMigration.cs
 create mode 100644 CodingEvents/Migrations/20230308213444_EventCategoryUpdateMigration.Designer.cs
 create mode 100644 CodingEvents/Migrations/20230308213444_EventCategoryUpdateMigration.cs
 create mode 100644 CodingEvents/ViewModels/AddEventCategoryViewModel.cs
 create mode 100644 CodingEvents/Views/EventCategory/Create.cshtml

diff --git a/CodingEvents/Controllers/EventCategoryController.cs b/CodingEvents/Controllers/EventCategoryController.cs
index 72731c0..cff66f9 100644
--- a/CodingEvents/Controllers/EventCategoryController.cs
+++ b/CodingEvents/Controllers/EventCategoryController.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using CodingEvents.Data;
 using CodingEvents.Models;
+using CodingEvents.ViewModels;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
 
 // For more information on enabling MVC for empty projects, visit https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=397860
@@ -23,10 +24,37 @@ public EventCategoryController(EventDbContext dbContext)
         [HttpGet]
         public IActionResult Index()
         {
-            //ViewBag.title = "All Categories";
             List<EventCategory> categories = context.Categories.ToList();
+
             return View(categories);
         }
+
+        [HttpGet]
+        [Route("EventCategory/Create")]
+        public IActionResult Create()
+        {
+            AddEventCategoryViewModel addEventCategoryViewModel = new AddEventCategoryViewModel();
+
+            return View(addEventCategoryViewModel);
+        }
+
+        [HttpPost]
+        public IActionResult ProcessCreateEventCategoryForm(AddEventCategoryViewModel addEventCategoryViewModel)
+        {
+            if (ModelState.IsValid)
+            {
+                EventCategory theCategory = new EventCategory
+                {
+                    Name = addEventCategoryViewModel.Name
+                };
+
+                context.Categories.Add(theCategory);
+                context.SaveChanges();
+
+                return Redirect("/EventCategory");
+            }
+            return View("Create", addEventCategoryViewModel);
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/CodingEvents/Migrations/20230308211501_EventCategoryAddedMigration.Designer.cs b/CodingEvents/Migrations/20230308211501_EventCategoryAddedMigration.Designer.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6bdd46c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CodingEvents/Migrations/20230308211501_EventCategoryAddedMigration.Designer.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+// <auto-generated />
+using CodingEvents.Data;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Infrastructure;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Storage.ValueConversion;
+
+#nullable disable
+
+namespace CodingEvents.Migrations
+{
+    [DbContext(typeof(EventDbContext))]
+    [Migration("20230308211501_EventCategoryAddedMigration")]
+    partial class EventCategoryAddedMigration
+    {
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void BuildTargetModel(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
+        {
+#pragma warning disable 612, 618
+            modelBuilder
+                .HasAnnotation("ProductVersion", "7.0.3")
+                .HasAnnotation("Relational:MaxIdentifierLength", 64);
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("CodingEvents.Models.Event", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("int");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("ContactEmail")
+                        .HasColumnType("longtext");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Description")
+                        .HasColumnType("longtext");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Name")
+                        .HasColumnType("longtext");
+
+                    b.Property<int>("Type")
+                        .HasColumnType("int");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.ToTable("Events");
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("CodingEvents.Models.EventCategory", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("int");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Name")
+                        .HasColumnType("longtext");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.ToTable("Categories");
+                });
+#pragma warning restore 612, 618
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/CodingEvents/Migrations/20230308211501_EventCategoryAddedMigration.cs b/CodingEvents/Migrations/20230308211501_EventCategoryAddedMigration.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..93dcc62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CodingEvents/Migrations/20230308211501_EventCategoryAddedMigration.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+
+#nullable disable
+
+namespace CodingEvents.Migrations
+{
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public partial class EventCategoryAddedMigration : Migration
+    {
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void Up(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
+        {
+
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void Down(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
+        {
+
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/CodingEvents/Migrations/20230308213444_EventCategoryUpdateMigration.Designer.cs b/CodingEvents/Migrations/20230308213444_EventCategoryUpdateMigration.Designer.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eaefb39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CodingEvents/Migrations/20230308213444_EventCategoryUpdateMigration.Designer.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+// <auto-generated />
+using CodingEvents.Data;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Infrastructure;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Storage.ValueConversion;
+
+#nullable disable
+
+namespace CodingEvents.Migrations
+{
+    [DbContext(typeof(EventDbContext))]
+    [Migration("20230308213444_EventCategoryUpdateMigration")]
+    partial class EventCategoryUpdateMigration
+    {
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void BuildTargetModel(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
+        {
+#pragma warning disable 612, 618
+            modelBuilder
+                .HasAnnotation("ProductVersion", "7.0.3")
+                .HasAnnotation("Relational:MaxIdentifierLength", 64);
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("CodingEvents.Models.Event", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("int");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("ContactEmail")
+                        .HasColumnType("longtext");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Description")
+                        .HasColumnType("longtext");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Name")
+                        .HasColumnType("longtext");
+
+                    b.Property<int>("Type")
+                        .HasColumnType("int");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.ToTable("Events");
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("CodingEvents.Models.EventCategory", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("int");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Name")
+                        .HasColumnType("longtext");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.ToTable("Categories");
+                });
+#pragma warning restore 612, 618
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/CodingEvents/Migrations/20230308213444_EventCategoryUpdateMigration.cs b/CodingEvents/Migrations/20230308213444_EventCategoryUpdateMigration.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f3aa4a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CodingEvents/Migrations/20230308213444_EventCategoryUpdateMigration.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+
+#nullable disable
+
+namespace CodingEvents.Migrations
+{
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public partial class EventCategoryUpdateMigration : Migration
+    {
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void Up(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
+        {
+
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void Down(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
+        {
+
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/CodingEvents/Program.cs b/CodingEvents/Program.cs
index ec1ea32..2aa7935 100644
--- a/CodingEvents/Program.cs
+++ b/CodingEvents/Program.cs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 // Add services to the container.
 builder.Services.AddControllersWithViews();
 
-var connectionString = "server=localhost;user=coding_events;password=coding_events;database=coding_events";
+var connectionString = "server=localhost;user=codingevents;password=codingevents;database=coding-events";
 var serverVersion = new MySqlServerVersion(new Version(8, 0, 29));
 
 builder.Services.AddDbContext<EventDbContext>(dbContextOptions => dbContextOptions.UseMySql(connectionString, serverVersion));
diff --git a/CodingEvents/ViewModels/AddEventCategoryViewModel.cs b/CodingEvents/ViewModels/AddEventCategoryViewModel.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2fb4d82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CodingEvents/ViewModels/AddEventCategoryViewModel.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+using System;
+using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
+
+namespace CodingEvents.ViewModels
+{
+	public class AddEventCategoryViewModel
+	{
+		[Required(ErrorMessage ="Please add a category type")]
+		[StringLength(20, MinimumLength =1, ErrorMessage ="Category type should be between 1-20 characters")]
+		public string? Name { get; set; }
+	}
+}
+
diff --git a/CodingEvents/Views/EventCategory/Create.cshtml b/CodingEvents/Views/EventCategory/Create.cshtml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0ae0aa3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CodingEvents/Views/EventCategory/Create.cshtml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+@model CodingEvents.ViewModels.AddEventCategoryViewModel
+
+<h1>Add New Category</h1>
+
+<form asp-controller="EventCategory" asp-action="ProcessCreateEventCategoryForm" method="post">
+    <div class="form-group">
+        <label asp-for="Name"></label>
+        <input asp-for="Name" />
+        <span asp-validation-for="Name"></span>
+    </div>
+    <input type="submit" value="Add Category" />
+</form>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CodingEvents/Views/EventCategory/Index.cshtml b/CodingEvents/Views/EventCategory/Index.cshtml
index 175f59b..41af2f8 100644
--- a/CodingEvents/Views/EventCategory/Index.cshtml
+++ b/CodingEvents/Views/EventCategory/Index.cshtml
@@ -2,14 +2,23 @@
 
 <h1>All Event Categories</h1>
 
-<table>
-    <tr>
-        <th>Category Name</th>
-    </tr>
-    @foreach (EventCategory category in Model)
-    {
+@if (Model.Count == 0)
+{
+    <p>No Event Categories yet!</p>
+}
+else
+{
+    <table class="table">
         <tr>
-            <td>@category.Name</td>
+            <th>Id
+            <th>Category Name</th>
         </tr>
-    }
-</table>
+        @foreach (EventCategory category in Model)
+        {
+            <tr>
+                <td>@category.Id</td>
+                <td>@category.Name</td>
+            </tr>
+        }
+    </table>
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CodingEvents/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml b/CodingEvents/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml
index 9d9d7b1..9480a7f 100644
--- a/CodingEvents/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml
+++ b/CodingEvents/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml
@@ -19,7 +19,18 @@
                 </button>
                 <div class="navbar-collapse collapse d-sm-inline-flex justify-content-between">
                     <ul class="navbar-nav flex-grow-1">
-                        <a class="nav-link text-dark" asp-area="" asp-controller="Events" asp-action="Add">Add</a>
+                        <li class="nav-item">
+                            <a class="nav-link text-dark" asp-area="" asp-controller="Events" asp-action="Index">All Events</a>
+                        </li>
+                        <li class="nav-item">
+                            <a class="nav-link text-dark" asp-area="" asp-controller="Events" asp-action="Add">Add Event</a>
+                        </li>
+                        <li class="nav-item">
+                            <a class="nav-link text-dark" asp-area="" asp-controller="EventCategory" asp-action="Index">All Event Categories</a>
+                        </li>
+                        <li class="nav-item">
+                            <a class="nav-link text-dark" asp-area="" asp-controller="EventCategory" asp-action="Create">Add Category</a>
+                        </li>
                     </ul>
                 </div>
             </div>

From 5981376e682425d6d57c78e1619d46a4dcbdf687 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Courtney Frey <courtneyb.frey@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2023 14:17:35 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 11/11] testing

---
 ...5185642_InitialMigration-NewDB.Designer.cs | 63 +++++++++++++++++++
 .../20230315185642_InitialMigration-NewDB.cs  | 22 +++++++
 .../20230315190856_DBCheck.Designer.cs        | 63 +++++++++++++++++++
 .../Migrations/20230315190856_DBCheck.cs      | 22 +++++++
 CodingEvents/Program.cs                       |  5 +-
 5 files changed, 172 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 CodingEvents/Migrations/20230315185642_InitialMigration-NewDB.Designer.cs
 create mode 100644 CodingEvents/Migrations/20230315185642_InitialMigration-NewDB.cs
 create mode 100644 CodingEvents/Migrations/20230315190856_DBCheck.Designer.cs
 create mode 100644 CodingEvents/Migrations/20230315190856_DBCheck.cs

diff --git a/CodingEvents/Migrations/20230315185642_InitialMigration-NewDB.Designer.cs b/CodingEvents/Migrations/20230315185642_InitialMigration-NewDB.Designer.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..410a877
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CodingEvents/Migrations/20230315185642_InitialMigration-NewDB.Designer.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+// <auto-generated />
+using CodingEvents.Data;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Infrastructure;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Storage.ValueConversion;
+
+#nullable disable
+
+namespace CodingEvents.Migrations
+{
+    [DbContext(typeof(EventDbContext))]
+    [Migration("20230315185642_InitialMigration-NewDB")]
+    partial class InitialMigrationNewDB
+    {
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void BuildTargetModel(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
+        {
+#pragma warning disable 612, 618
+            modelBuilder
+                .HasAnnotation("ProductVersion", "7.0.3")
+                .HasAnnotation("Relational:MaxIdentifierLength", 64);
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("CodingEvents.Models.Event", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("int");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("ContactEmail")
+                        .HasColumnType("longtext");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Description")
+                        .HasColumnType("longtext");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Name")
+                        .HasColumnType("longtext");
+
+                    b.Property<int>("Type")
+                        .HasColumnType("int");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.ToTable("Events");
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("CodingEvents.Models.EventCategory", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("int");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Name")
+                        .HasColumnType("longtext");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.ToTable("Categories");
+                });
+#pragma warning restore 612, 618
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/CodingEvents/Migrations/20230315185642_InitialMigration-NewDB.cs b/CodingEvents/Migrations/20230315185642_InitialMigration-NewDB.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..49d6c47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CodingEvents/Migrations/20230315185642_InitialMigration-NewDB.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+
+#nullable disable
+
+namespace CodingEvents.Migrations
+{
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public partial class InitialMigrationNewDB : Migration
+    {
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void Up(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
+        {
+
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void Down(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
+        {
+
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/CodingEvents/Migrations/20230315190856_DBCheck.Designer.cs b/CodingEvents/Migrations/20230315190856_DBCheck.Designer.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ebbe326
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CodingEvents/Migrations/20230315190856_DBCheck.Designer.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+// <auto-generated />
+using CodingEvents.Data;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Infrastructure;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Storage.ValueConversion;
+
+#nullable disable
+
+namespace CodingEvents.Migrations
+{
+    [DbContext(typeof(EventDbContext))]
+    [Migration("20230315190856_DBCheck")]
+    partial class DBCheck
+    {
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void BuildTargetModel(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
+        {
+#pragma warning disable 612, 618
+            modelBuilder
+                .HasAnnotation("ProductVersion", "7.0.3")
+                .HasAnnotation("Relational:MaxIdentifierLength", 64);
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("CodingEvents.Models.Event", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("int");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("ContactEmail")
+                        .HasColumnType("longtext");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Description")
+                        .HasColumnType("longtext");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Name")
+                        .HasColumnType("longtext");
+
+                    b.Property<int>("Type")
+                        .HasColumnType("int");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.ToTable("Events");
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("CodingEvents.Models.EventCategory", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("int");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Name")
+                        .HasColumnType("longtext");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.ToTable("Categories");
+                });
+#pragma warning restore 612, 618
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/CodingEvents/Migrations/20230315190856_DBCheck.cs b/CodingEvents/Migrations/20230315190856_DBCheck.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ae767c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CodingEvents/Migrations/20230315190856_DBCheck.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+
+#nullable disable
+
+namespace CodingEvents.Migrations
+{
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public partial class DBCheck : Migration
+    {
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void Up(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
+        {
+
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void Down(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
+        {
+
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/CodingEvents/Program.cs b/CodingEvents/Program.cs
index 2aa7935..9425427 100644
--- a/CodingEvents/Program.cs
+++ b/CodingEvents/Program.cs
@@ -6,12 +6,11 @@
 // Add services to the container.
 builder.Services.AddControllersWithViews();
 
-var connectionString = "server=localhost;user=codingevents;password=codingevents;database=coding-events";
-var serverVersion = new MySqlServerVersion(new Version(8, 0, 29));
+var connectionString = "server=localhost;user=test-user;password=test-user;database=coding-events";
+var serverVersion = new MySqlServerVersion(new Version(8, 0,29));
 
 builder.Services.AddDbContext<EventDbContext>(dbContextOptions => dbContextOptions.UseMySql(connectionString, serverVersion));
 
-
 var app = builder.Build();
 
 // Configure the HTTP request pipeline.