A robust and cleanly architected web application built with ASP.NET Core 8 and Razor Views, designed to consume real-time and historical market data through the Finnhub API. This project demonstrates solid software engineering practices for building maintainable and production-ready web applications in .NET.

This application focuses on demonstrating practical skills in:

• Clean Architecture design in ASP.NET Core
• MVC pattern with Razor Views
• API consumption and data integration using HttpClient
• UI modularization with View Components and Tag Helpers
• Data validation, Filters, Logging, and Dependency Injection (DI)
• Automated testing with xUnit
• Working with external data providers (Finnhub)

✔️ Real-time and historical stock data from Finnhub
✔️ Search for stock symbols and view detailed market information
✔️ Interactive and dynamic UI with Razor + Tailwind
✔️ Clean Architecture with clear separation of concerns
✔️ View Components for reusable market widgets
✔️ Custom Tag Helpers for UI consistency
✔️ Server-side validation and Filters
✔️ Logging using Serilog
✔️ Full test coverage of core components using xUnit
✔️ Responsive UI with Tailwind 4

• .NET 8 (ASP.NET Core MVC + Razor Views)
• Finnhub API (external financial data provider)
• Entity Framework Core
• xUnit (unit testing)
• Clean Architecture
• HttpClient & typed services
• Dependency Injection
• Logging & Filters
• Tailwind 4
• SQL Server

• Visual Studio 2022
• .NET 8 SDK
• Finnhub API Key
• SQL Server

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/ejbpz/stock-app.git

2. Navigate to the project directory:

cd stock-app

3. Restore packages:

dotnet restore

4. Apply migrations and update the database:

dotnet ef database update

5. Run the application:

dotnet run

This project is open-source. Feel free to use, modify, or improve it in personal or commercial environments.