The Complete Guide to ASP.NET Core MVC (.NET 5) - Add Product to Shopping Cart Part 1

The video tutorial explains the process of adding a product to a shopping cart in a web application. It covers the HTTP post method triggered by the 'add to cart' button, the importance of user authorization, and the validation of model state. The tutorial also discusses retrieving user identity and shopping cart details from the database, ensuring each cart is unique per user and product. Finally, it touches on calculating the price based on the quantity of products and hints at further details in the next video.

How is the logged-in user's ID retrieved and stored in the cart object?

What does it indicate if the shopping cart record retrieved from the database is null?

What factors are considered when calculating the price of products in the shopping cart?