cq-demo-app-003

cq-demo-app-003 — Employee & Payroll Management API (C# / ASP.NET Core)

Code Quality demo application with intentional code quality violations for scanner training and workshop demonstrations.

Intentional Violations

Category	Count	Files
High Cyclomatic Complexity (CCN > 10)	3	EmployeeService.cs, EmployeesController.cs, DataValidator.cs
Code Duplication	4	PayrollService.cs ↔ EmployeeService.cs, PayrollController.cs ↔ EmployeesController.cs
.NET Analyzer Warnings	10+	DataValidator.cs, ReportGenerator.cs
Low Test Coverage (< 50%)	1	Only EmployeesControllerTests.cs — services and utils untested

Total expected findings: 18+

API Endpoints

Method	Route	Description
GET	/api/employees	List all employees
GET	/api/employees/{id}	Get employee by ID
POST	/api/employees	Create employee
POST	/api/employees/{id}/action	Process employee action (hire, fire, promote, etc.)
GET	/api/payroll	List payroll records
POST	/api/payroll/calculate	Calculate payroll for employee

Run Locally

Build and run with Docker (works in GitHub Codespaces):

docker build -t cq-demo-app-003 .
docker run -p 8080:8080 cq-demo-app-003

Open http://localhost:8080 in your browser.

Run with .NET CLI

cd src
dotnet run

Open http://localhost:8080 in your browser.

Project Structure

cq-demo-app-003/
├── src/
│   ├── Controllers/        # API controllers
│   ├── Services/            # Business logic
│   ├── Models/              # Data models
│   └── Utils/               # Utility classes
├── tests/                   # Unit tests (intentionally incomplete)
├── infra/                   # Azure Bicep templates
├── Dockerfile               # Multi-stage container build
└── CqDemoApp003.sln         # Solution file

Deployment

Deployed as a Docker container to Azure Web App for Containers via GitHub Actions. See .github/workflows/deploy.yml.