Test Menus

Project with a console application that creates menus in different ways.

Note

This application is a test to learn how to locate the elements of the VSCode development environment. I will also be practising documenting projects with Markdown and possibly using actions in Git Hub.

Table of content

1. Phases of projects
   • Phase I
   • Phase II
   • Phase III
   • Phase IV

Phases of project

The construction of this project will be divided into different phases.

Pase I

A main menu will be created with three options; basic code with hardcode strings will be used, and we will divide it into different projects.

Project	Description
MainMenu	This is the main project of the solution.
SingleMenu	Build a simple menu.
DictionaryMenu	Build a menu by loading options from a dictionary.
MethodMenu	Build a menu by separating the code into methods.

Here is a diagram of the menu options:

---
title: Calls between menus
---
graph LR;
    MainMenu --> SingleMenu;
    MainMenu --> DictionaryMenu;
    MainMenu --> MethodMenu;

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sequenceDiagram;
    participant Main as MainMenu;
    participant Single as SingleMenu;
    participant Dictionary as DictionaryMenu;
    participant Method as MethodMenu;
    Main-->>Single: Option 1;
    Note over Main,Single: Simple menu;
    Note right of Single: It stays in SingleMenu<br/>as long as you don't select exit!
    activate Single;
    loop Select Option
        Single-->>Single: Option 1 - 4;
        Single-->>Single: Invalid option!;
    end
    Single-->>Main: Exit;
    deactivate Single;
    Main-->>Dictionary: Option 2;
    Note over Main,Dictionary: Menu using a dictionary;
    Note right of Dictionary: It stays in DictionaryMenu<br/>as long as you don't select exit!
    activate Dictionary;
    loop Select Option
        Dictionary-->>Dictionary: Option 1 - 4;
        Dictionary-->>Dictionary: Invalid option!;
    end
    Dictionary-->>Main: Exit;
    deactivate Dictionary;
    Main-->>Method: Option 3;
    Note over Main,Method: Menu split into methods;
    Note right of Method: It stays in MethodMenu<br/>as long as you don't select exit!
    activate Method;
    loop Select Option
        Method-->>Method: Option 1 - 4;
        Method-->>Method: Invalid option!;
    end
    Method-->>Main: Exit;
    deactivate Method;

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Phase II

Added the ability to load menu options from a file; each menu option in the main menu will load a file with different structures, and two additional options are also added.

• Option to add a menu by uploading an XML file.
• Option to add a menu by uploading a JSON file.

Phase III

Interfaces and structures will be added to apply some Design Patterns applicable to this project.

Phase IV

The main menu options will be decoupled, and the project will be modified to dynamically load the different menu options by searching for DLLs that implement a specific interface.