Freelance Project Management Platform

A C# MVC + MySQL freelance collaboration system that connects clients and freelancers from project posting to final review. Designed with clean separation of logic, modular classes, and practical workflow automation.

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🚀 Features

Role Selection (Client / Freelancer)

Users choose a role via image buttons. The selected role is stored in MySQL and passed to the registration page.

Project Posting (Client)

Clients can create projects with:

• Title
• Description
• Budget
• Deadline

Bid Submission (Freelancer)

Freelancers browse available projects and submit bids linked to their user ID.

Project Acceptance

Clients review bids and accept one freelancer. Status changes to Accepted.

Deadline-Based Auto Completion

When a bid is accepted, the project's deadline becomes fixed. When the date is reached, the system auto-updates status to Completed.

Freelancer Work Panel

Freelancers see:

• Pending bids
• Accepted projects
• In-progress projects
• Completed projects

Accepted projects include a Mark as Completed action.

Client Review System

Clients see completed projects in a card-style UI (FlowLayoutPanel):

• ⭐ Star rating
• ✏️ Comment
• ✔️ Submit review

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🧱 Technical Stack

Frontend: Windows Forms (C#) Backend: C# .NET using MVC structure Database: MySQL

Structure

• role.cs — pure model
• class/ — business logic (project, bids, roles, deadlines)
• review_projects.cs — review module
• bid_projects.cs — freelancer project module
• loginattempt_control.cs — login attempt handling

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📦 Setup

1. Clone the repository.
2. Import the SQL schema into MySQL.
3. Configure the connection string in your DB handler or App.config.
4. Run the project from Visual Studio.

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🛡️ License

MIT License.