𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗜 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄-𝗨𝗽 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝗷𝗼𝗯 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗽𝗽!

While researching how to manage follow-ups, I faced a few challenges:

✅ Associating a follow-up with a specific job application

✅ Restricting status selection (`NotStarted`, `InProgress`) during creation

✅ Updating to `Completed`, `Deferred`, or `Cancelled` only during edit

✅ Dynamically loading dropdowns with enums and job applications

Here’s a quick look at how I solved it:

// Load FollowUpStatus dropdown

ViewBag.FollowUpStatusList = Enum.GetValues(typeof(FollowUpStatus))

.Cast<FollowUpStatus>()

.Select(s => new SelectListItem { Value = ((int)s).ToString(), Text = s.ToString() });

// Load JobApplication dropdown

ViewBag.JobApplicationList = _context.JobApplications

.Select(j => new SelectListItem { Value = j.Id.ToString(), Text = j.CompanyName });

In the view:

l@Html.DropDownListFor(model => model.JobApplicationId,

(IEnumerable<SelectListItem>)ViewBag.JobApplicationList,

"-- Select Application --")

@Html.DropDownListFor(model => model.Status,

(IEnumerable<SelectListItem>)ViewBag.FollowUpStatusList,

"-- Select Status --")

💬 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄-𝘂𝗽𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗷𝗼𝗯 𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀? 𝗗𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴?