💰 BudgetBuddy

BudgetBuddy is a personal finance management web application built with ASP.NET Core MVC. It empowers users to track bank accounts, credit cards, investments, and digital wallets—all in one place.

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🚀 Features

• 🔐 Secure user authentication (local + external providers like Google/GitHub)
• 🧾 Account dashboard with real-time balance summaries
• 💳 Support for multiple account types: bank, credit card, investment, wallet, cash
• 📊 Investment tracking with performance metrics
• 🧠 Profile initials and image support for personalized UI
• 📁 Razor views with shared layout and runtime compilation
• 🌐 Responsive design for desktop and mobile

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🛠️ Tech Stack

• Backend: ASP.NET Core MVC, Identity
• Frontend: Razor Views, Bootstrap, custom CSS (site.css)
• Database: Entity Framework Core (SQL Server or SQLite)
• Authentication: ASP.NET Core Identity + External OAuth providers

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📂 Folder Structure

Financy/ ├── Controllers/ │ └── AccountController.cs ├── Models/ │ └── User.cs, ViewModels/ ├── Views/ │ ├── Account/ │ │ └── Login.cshtml, Register.cshtml │ ├── Shared/ │ │ └── _Layout.cshtml │ └── Transactions/ │ └── Index.cshtml ├── wwwroot/ │ └── css/ │ └── site.css ├── Program.cs └── appsettings.json

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🧪 Getting Started

1. Clone the repo

   git clone https://github.com/yourusername/BudgetBuddy.git
   cd BudgetBuddy
   

2. Install dependencies

    dotnet restore
   

3. Run the app with Hot Reload

    dotnet watch run
   

4. Access locally

    http://localhost:5291
   

👥 Team Members

Name	Role	GitHub Username
Loris J. Ndonga	Software Developer	@ndongaloris
Alexander Cyril	Database Architect	@tobefilled