Building a User Registration System in .NET Core & C#

🚀 My journey into ASP.NET Core: Implementing a User Registration System 🚀

Hey Devs! 👋 I’m learning .NET Core and C# and recently built a user registration system for my web application. I wanted to share my experience and how I implemented the Registe…


This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Clover Luo

🚀 My journey into ASP.NET Core: Implementing a User Registration System 🚀

Hey Devs! 👋 I'm learning .NET Core and C# and recently built a user registration system for my web application. I wanted to share my experience and how I implemented the Register method using ASP.NET Core Identity and Entity Framework.

🔧 Technologies Used

  • ASP.NET Core MVC for building the web application
  • Entity Framework Core for database management
  • SQL Server for user authentication storage
  • ASP.NET Identity for managing users securely

📌 Implementing the Register Method

Step 1: Create the RegisterViewModel
First, I created a view model to handle user registration inputs.
This ensures validation rules like required fields, email format, and password matching.

Step 2: Register Method in AccountController
Now, let's implement the registration logic inside AccountController.cs.

  • Validates the user input
  • Creates a new user in the database using UserManager
  • Redirects to the login page upon successful registration

Step 3: Register View in Register.cshtml
The frontend part is a simple HTML form in Register.cshtml that posts data to the Register method.

  • Uses Razor syntax to bind form inputs to RegisterViewModel
  • Implements validation messages via asp-validation-for
  • Submits form data to the Register method in AccountController.cs

💡 What I Learned

✅ How to validate user input in ASP.NET Core
✅ How to register users using UserManager<>
✅ How to secure passwords with ASP.NET Identity
✅ How to connect the frontend with backend logic

🌍 Full Source Code

You can find the full source code in my GitHub repo:
🔗 https://github.com/cloverluo112/WebApplication1

🚀 Next Steps
In my next post, I'll cover login authentication and securing user sessions with JWT tokens! Stay tuned! 😃

Let me know in the comments if you have any questions or improvements! 🙌


This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Clover Luo


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