Brew Controller Update 2 - Admin

Posted on April 10, 2024 • 2 min read • 249 words

Update #1 on the Admin UI for the Brew Controller suite.

So going to be looking at the Admin UI for the Brew Controller application, specifically looking at the look and feel of the UI and then various functions that will be available.

Design  

As said in the previous update, I have chosen to go with Microsoft’s Fluent UI design framework, specifically, the Blazor port of it since i am using Blazor to create the UI, more info on it can be found at Fluent UI Blazor Components library.

Navigation  

An admin dashboard layout has been adopted for the admin UI, which means the main navigation is on the left with the content to the right of it. The navigation will have collapsing areas to help simply the view to a degree.

Pages  

The pages will come in two forms for now, either a list style or single record style page. Most of the single style pages, with a few exceptions, will be implemented as modal dialogs that are accessed from list view pages. Here is an example of what the pages could potentially look like:

What’s next?  

Will continue to plug in the API and get the recipe and Fermentation Profiles fully functional in the admin portal. Once that is complete I will start working on the Batch side of the portal. After that, I may switch sides to the controller components to complete off the Recipe and Batch loop before expanding on the API and admin portal.