𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀 & 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀:

1. 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲: Struggled with binding dropdown list to model property using ViewBag. 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Switched to IEnumerable for strong typing in the ViewModel.

var jobApps = _context.JobApplications
.Select(j => new SelectListItem
{
Value = j.Id.ToString(),
Text = j.CompanyName
}).ToList();
model.JobApplicationList = jobApps;

1. 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲: Missing FollowUp model object in HttpGet Create() method. 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Manually assigned an empty FollowUpViewModel and populated the dropdown list.

var model = new FollowUpViewModel
{
JobApplicationList = jobApps,
FollowUpDate = DateTime.Today // Default value
};

1. 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲: Getting foreign key constraint errors when inserting data. 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Ensured job application IDs existed before inserting follow-up records.

INSERT INTO JobApplications (Id, CompanyName, JobTitle)
VALUES (101, 'TechNova Ltd', 'DOTNET Developer');

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗲 𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗸𝗲𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗺𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗵 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻?