Releases

1. 1.0.0

   Released 16.06.2025

   We are excited to announce our initial release of Centias, a .NET toolbox designed to help developers rapidly implement fully functional admin panels in C#.

   New Features

   • Added Resources as starting point for representing your entity models.
   • Added a collection of Fields to build your admin panels with:
     • BooleanField for representing boolean data
     • CountryField for storing and representing information regarding countries
     • CurrencyField for representing currencies based on their 3-letter ISO code, such as USD for US Dollars
     • DateOnlyField for dates without an hourly component
     • DateTimeOffsetField for dates including the hourly component, e.g. 6/16/2025 12:30:00 PM
     • EmailField for valid email addresses
     • EnumField for custom C# Enums
     • FileField for uploading and representing non-image files
     • IdField for representing the unique database identifier of an entity
     • ImageField for uploading and representing typical image-based files such as JPEGs, PNGs or GIFs
     • NumberField for numeric representations, such as int, double or float
     • PasswordField used for managing local accounts
     • TextField for short one-liner texts
     • TextAreaField for longer multi-line texts
   • Added Dashboard functionality along with four new Metrics to visualize your data with:
     • Added DistributionMetric to display the distribution of values across different categories
     • Added ProgressMetric to visualize the progress towards a pre-defined target value
     • Added TrendMetric to show the development of values over time
     • Added ValueMetric to display an absolute value at the current point of time
   • Added Search functionality so you can quickly find entities based on your specified Fields.
   • Added Actions as feature so you can simplify and streamline complex data modifications.
   • Added Filter functionality for different Fields so you can more easily focus on the data that matters to you.
   • Added Sorting for Fields in ascending or descending order. This feature supports multiple data types, including strings, numbers, and dates.
   • Added Entra authentication which allows you to quickly implement login mechanics based on Microsoft Entra.
   • Added Identity mechanics which makes it easy to implement authentication with local accounts:
     • Added IdentityUserResource to create and manage local user accounts
     • Added IdentityRoleResource to create and manage account roles for role-based authentication