01 - The Basics
02 - TreeViews and Value Converters
03 - View Model MVVM Basics
04 - Custom Window Chrome and Styles
05 - Creating Login Form Sign Up Screen
06 - Attached Properties
07 - Storyboard Animations
08 - Advanced View Models Real World
09 - User Controls Side Menu Content
10 - ItemsControl Chat List & Design Time Data
11 - Dependency Injection & Multiple Projects
12 - MVVM View Model Binding to Animations
13 - Complete Page Animation
14 - Create Chat Message Bubbles
15 - Adaptive Control Design with View Model Binding
16 - Chat Message Title Bar Menu
17 - Chat Message Input Box Control
18 - Styling Scrollbars Custom
19 - Creating Popup Menus
20 - Creating Vertical Popup Menu
21 - Custom Dialog System Message Box Popup
22 - Slide Up Settings Menu
23 - Settings Page UI
24 - Advanced Edit Text Control
25 - Advanced Cross-Control Syncing

Source could be also accessed from GitHub -> https://github.com/fpetru/WebApiMongoDB.

Problem / solution format brings an easier understanding on how to build things, giving an immediate feedback. Starting from this idea, the blog post will present step by step how to build

a web application to store your ideas in an easy way, adding text notes, either from desktop or mobile, with few characteristics: run fast, save on the fly whatever you write, and be reasonably reliable and secure.

This blog post will implement just the backend, WebApi and the database access, in the most simple way. Next blog post will cover the front end, using Angular. Then, there will be an additional article on how to increase the performance and the security. 

//_BlogPartial.cshtml

@inherits EntityFormRazorPage<BlogModel>
@{
    Layout = "_EntityFormLayout";
    EntityName = "Blog";
    DeletePermission = PermissionNames.Blogs_Delete;
    CreatePermission = PermissionNames.Blogs_Create;
    EditPermission = PermissionNames.Blogs_Edit;
    EntityDisplayName = "Blog";
}

namespace KendoUI07.Models
{
    public class Registration
    {
        public int Id { set; get; }
        public string UserName { set; get; }
        public string CourseName { set; get; }
        public int Credit { set; get; }
        public string Email { set; get; }
        public string Tel { set; get; }
    }
}

    <script type="text/javascript">
        $(function () {
            var model = kendo.data.Model.define({
                id: "Id",
                fields: {
                    Id: { type: 'number' }, // leave this set to 0 or undefined, so Kendo knows it is new.
                    UserName: { type: 'string' },
                    CourseName: { type: 'string' },
                    Credit: { type: 'number' },
                    Email: { type: 'string' },
                    Tel: { type: 'string' }
                }
            });
        });
    </script>

    <script type="text/javascript">
        $(function () {
            var viewModel = kendo.observable({
                accepted: false,
                course: new model()
            });
        });
    </script>

    <script type="text/javascript">
        $(function () {
            var model = kendo.data.Model.define({
            // ...
            });

            var viewModel = kendo.observable({
            // ...
            });

            kendo.bind($("#coursesSection"), viewModel);
        });
    </script>

<input type="text" id="UserName" name="UserName" class="k-textbox"
       data-bind="value:course.UserName"
       required />

<input type="checkbox" name="Accept"
       data-bind="checked:accepted"
       required />

<button class="k-button"
        data-bind="enabled: accepted, click: doSave"
        type="submit">
       ارسال
</button>

    <script type="text/javascript">
        $(function () {
            var model = kendo.data.Model.define({
                //...
            });

            var dataSource = new kendo.data.DataSource({
                type: 'json',
                transport: {
                    read: {
                        url: "api/registrations",
                        dataType: "json",
                        contentType: 'application/json; charset=utf-8',
                        type: 'GET'
                    },
                    create: {
                        url: "api/registrations",
                        contentType: 'application/json; charset=utf-8',
                        type: "POST"
                    },
                    update: {
                        url: function (course) {
                            return "api/registrations/" + course.Id;
                        },
                        contentType: 'application/json; charset=utf-8',
                        type: "PUT"
                    },
                    destroy: {
                        url: function (course) {
                            return "api/registrations/" + course.Id;
                        },
                        contentType: 'application/json; charset=utf-8',
                        type: "DELETE"
                    },
                    parameterMap: function (data, type) {
                        // Convert to a JSON string.  Without this step your content will be form encoded.
                        return JSON.stringify(data);
                    }
                },
                schema: {
                    model: model
                },
                error: function (e) {
                    alert(e.errorThrown);
                },
                change: function (e) {
                    // فراخوانی در زمان دریافت اطلاعات از سرور و یا تغییرات محلی
                    viewModel.set("coursesDataSourceRows", new kendo.data.ObservableArray(this.view()));
                }
            });

            var viewModel = kendo.observable({
                //...
            });

            kendo.bind($("#coursesSection"), viewModel);
            dataSource.read(); // دریافت لیست موجود از سرور در آغاز کار
        });
    </script>

    <script type="text/javascript">
        $(function () {
            $("#coursesSection").kendoValidator({
                // ...
            });

            var model = kendo.data.Model.define({
                // ...
            });

            var dataSource = new kendo.data.DataSource({
                // ...
            });

            var viewModel = kendo.observable({
                accepted: false,
                course: new model(),
                doSave: function (e) {
                    e.preventDefault();
                    console.log("this", this.course);
                    var validator = $("#coursesSection").data("kendoValidator");
                    if (validator.validate()) {
                        if (this.course.Id == 0) {
                            dataSource.add(this.course);
                        }
                        dataSource.sync(); // push to the server
                        this.set("course", new model()); // reset controls
                    }
                },
                resetModel: function (e) {
                    e.preventDefault();
                    this.set("course", new model());
                }            
             });

            kendo.bind($("#coursesSection"), viewModel);
            dataSource.read(); // دریافت لیست موجود از سرور در آغاز کار
        });
    </script>

<button class="k-button"
        data-bind="enabled: accepted, click: doSave"
        type="submit">
       ارسال
</button>
<button class="k-button" data-bind="click: resetModel">از نو</button>

using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Net;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Web.Http;
using KendoUI07.Models;

namespace KendoUI07.Controllers
{
    public class RegistrationsController : ApiController
    {
        public HttpResponseMessage Delete(int id)
        {
            var item = RegistrationsDataSource.LatestRegistrations.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Id == id);
            if (item == null)
                return Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.NotFound);

            RegistrationsDataSource.LatestRegistrations.Remove(item);
            return Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK, item);
        }

        public IEnumerable<Registration> Get()
        {
            return RegistrationsDataSource.LatestRegistrations;
        }

        public HttpResponseMessage Post(Registration registration)
        {
            if (!ModelState.IsValid)
                return Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.BadRequest);

            var id = 1;
            var lastItem = RegistrationsDataSource.LatestRegistrations.LastOrDefault();
            if (lastItem != null)
            {
                id = lastItem.Id + 1;
            }
            registration.Id = id;
            RegistrationsDataSource.LatestRegistrations.Add(registration);

            // ارسال آی دی مهم است تا از ارسال رکوردهای تکراری جلوگیری شود
            return Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.Created, registration);
        }

        [HttpPut] // Add it to fix this error: The requested resource does not support http method 'PUT'
        public HttpResponseMessage Update(int id, Registration registration)
        {
            var item = RegistrationsDataSource.LatestRegistrations
                                        .Select(
                                            (prod, index) =>
                                                new
                                                {
                                                    Item = prod,
                                                    Index = index
                                                })
                                        .FirstOrDefault(x => x.Item.Id == id);
            if (item == null)
                return Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.NotFound);


            if (!ModelState.IsValid || id != registration.Id)
                return Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.BadRequest);

            RegistrationsDataSource.LatestRegistrations[item.Index] = registration;
            return Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK);
        }
    }
}

    <script type="text/javascript">
        $(function () {
            // ...
            var viewModel = kendo.observable({
                accepted: false,
                course: new model(),
                coursesDataSourceRows: new kendo.data.ObservableArray([]),
                doSave: function (e) {
                       // ...
                },
                resetModel: function (e) {
                      // ...
                },
                totalPrice: function () {
                    var sum = 0;
                    $.each(this.get("coursesDataSourceRows"), function (index, item) {
                        sum += item.Credit;
                    });
                    return sum;
                },
                deleteCourse: function (e) {
                    // the current data item is passed as the "data" field of the event argument
                    var course = e.data;
                    dataSource.remove(course);
                    dataSource.sync(); // push to the server
                },
                editCourse: function(e) {
                    // the current data item is passed as the "data" field of the event argument
                    var course = e.data;
                    this.set("course", course);
                }
            });

            kendo.bind($("#coursesSection"), viewModel);
            dataSource.read(); // دریافت لیست موجود از سرور در آغاز کار
        });
    </script>

    <script type="text/javascript">
        $(function () {
            var dataSource = new kendo.data.DataSource({
                //...
                change: function (e) {
                    // فراخوانی در زمان دریافت اطلاعات از سرور و یا تغییرات محلی
                    viewModel.set("coursesDataSourceRows", new kendo.data.ObservableArray(this.view()));
                }
            });
        });
    </script>

[HttpGet("/.well-known/acme-challenge/{id}")]
public IActionResult LetsEncrypt(string id, [FromServices] IHostingEnvironment env)
{
   id = Path.GetFileName(id); // security cleaning
   var file = Path.Combine(env.ContentRootPath, ".well-known", "acme-challenge", id);
   return PhysicalFile(file, "text/plain");
}

[Route(".well-known/acme-challenge/{id}")]
public ActionResult LetsEncrypt(string id)
{
   id = Path.GetFileName(id); // security cleaning
   var file = Path.Combine(Server.MapPath("~/.well-known/acme-challenge"), id);
   return File(file, "text/plain", id);
}

Type:http
Port:80
IP address:All Unassigned

 N: Create new certificate
 M: Create new certificate with advanced options
 L: List scheduled renewals
 R: Renew scheduled
 S: Renew specific
 A: Renew *all*
 V: Revoke certificate
 C: Cancel scheduled renewal
 X: Cancel *all* scheduled renewals
 Q: Quit

 [INFO] Running in Simple mode

 1: Single binding of an IIS site
 2: SAN certificate for all bindings of an IIS site
 3: SAN certificate for all bindings of multiple IIS sites
 4: Manually input host names
 C: Cancel

 1: Default Web Site
 C: Cancel

 Choose site: 1

 * www.dotnettips.info
 * dotnettips.info

 Press enter to include all listed hosts, or type a comma-separated lists of exclusions:

 [INFO] Adding renewal for Default Web Site
 [INFO] Next renewal scheduled at 2018/7/21 4:19:20 AM

 N: Create new certificate
 M: Create new certificate with advanced options
 L: List scheduled renewals
 R: Renew scheduled
 S: Renew specific
 A: Renew *all*
 V: Revoke certificate
 C: Cancel scheduled renewal
 X: Cancel *all* scheduled renewals
 Q: Quit

 [INFO] Running in Simple mode

 1: Single binding of an IIS site
 2: SAN certificate for all bindings of an IIS site
 3: SAN certificate for all bindings of multiple IIS sites
 4: Manually input host names
 C: Cancel

 Enter comma-separated list of host names, starting with the primary one: dotnettips.info, www.dotnettips.info

1: Default Web Site
2: mysiteName
Choose site to create new bindings: 1

<form #f="ngForm" (ngSubmit)="onSubmit(f.form)">
    <div class="panel panel-default">
        <div class="panel-heading">
            <h3 class="panel-title">
                Add Product
            </h3>
        </div>
        <div class="panel-body form-horizontal">
            <div class="form-group">
                <label for="productName" class="col col-md-2 control-label">Name</label>
                <div class="controls col col-md-10">
                    <input ngControl="productName" id="productName" required
                           #productName="ngForm"
                           (change)="log(productName)"
                           minlength="3"
                           type="text" class="form-control"
                           [(ngModel)]="productModel.productName"/>
                    <div *ngIf="productName.touched && productName.errors">
                        <label class="text-danger" *ngIf="productName.errors.required">
                            Name is required.
                        </label>
                        <label class="text-danger" *ngIf="productName.errors.minlength">
                            Name should be minimum {{ productName.errors.minlength.requiredLength }} characters.
                        </label>
                    </div>
                </div>
            </div>
            <div class="form-group">
                <label for="productCode" class="col col-md-2 control-label">Code</label>
                <div class="controls col col-md-10">
                    <input ngControl="productCode" id="productCode" required
                           #productCode="ngForm"
                           type="text" class="form-control"
                           [(ngModel)]="productModel.productCode"/>
                    <label class="text-danger" *ngIf="productCode.touched && !productCode.valid">
                        Code is required.
                    </label>
                </div>
            </div>
            <div class="form-group">
                <label for="releaseDate" class="col col-md-2 control-label">Release Date</label>
                <div class="controls col col-md-10">
                    <input ngControl="releaseDate" id="releaseDate" required
                           #releaseDate="ngForm"
                           type="text" class="form-control"
                           [(ngModel)]="productModel.releaseDate"/>
                    <label class="text-danger" *ngIf="releaseDate.touched && !releaseDate.valid">
                        Release Date is required.
                    </label>
                </div>
            </div>
            <div class="form-group">
                <label for="price" class="col col-md-2 control-label">Price</label>
                <div class="controls col col-md-10">
                    <input ngControl="price" id="price" required
                           #price="ngForm"
                           type="text" class="form-control"
                           [(ngModel)]="productModel.price"/>
                    <label class="text-danger" *ngIf="price.touched && !price.valid">
                        Price is required.
                    </label>
                </div>
            </div>
            <div class="form-group">
                <label for="description" class="col col-md-2 control-label">Description</label>
                <div class="controls col col-md-10">
                    <textarea ngControl="description" id="description" required
                              #description="ngForm"
                              rows="10" type="text" class="form-control"
                              [(ngModel)]="productModel.description"></textarea>
                    <label class="text-danger" *ngIf="description.touched && !description.valid">
                        Description is required.
                    </label>
                </div>
            </div>
            <div class="form-group">
                <label for="imageUrl" class="col col-md-2 control-label">Image</label>
                <div class="controls col col-md-10">
                    <input ngControl="imageUrl" id="imageUrl" required
                           #imageUrl="ngForm"
                           type="text" class="form-control"
                           [(ngModel)]="productModel.imageUrl"/>
                    <label class="text-danger" *ngIf="imageUrl.touched && !imageUrl.valid">
                        Image is required.
                    </label>
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
        <footer class="panel-footer">
            <button [disabled]="!f.valid"
                    type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">
                Submit
            </button>
        </footer>
    </div>
</form>

import { Component } from 'angular2/core';
import { Router } from 'angular2/router';
import { IProduct } from './product';
import { ProductService } from './product.service';
 
@Component({
    //selector: 'product-form',
    templateUrl: 'app/products/product-form.component.html'
})
export class ProductFormComponent {
 
    productModel = <IProduct>{}; // creates an empty object of an interface
 
    constructor(private _productService: ProductService, private _router: Router) { }
 
    log(productName): void {
        console.log(productName);
    }
 
    onSubmit(form): void {
        console.log(form);
        console.log(this.productModel);
 
        this._productService.addProduct(this.productModel)
            .subscribe((product: IProduct) => {
                console.log(`ID: ${product.productId}`);
                this._router.navigate(['Products']);
            });
    }
}

<div class="form-group">
    <label for="description" class="col col-md-2 control-label">Description</label>
    <div class="controls col col-md-10">
        <textarea ngControl="description" id="description" required
                  #description="ngForm"
                  rows="10" type="text" class="form-control"
                  [(ngModel)]="productModel.description"></textarea>
        <label class="text-danger" *ngIf="description.touched && !description.valid">
            Description is required.
        </label>
    </div>
</div>

<input ngControl="productName" id="productName" required
       #productName="ngForm"
       (change)="log(productName)"
       minlength="3"
       type="text" class="form-control"
       [(ngModel)]="productModel.productName"/>

<textarea ngControl="description" id="description" required
          #description="ngForm"
          rows="10" type="text" class="form-control"></textarea>
<div class="alert alert-danger" *ngIf="description.touched && !description.valid">
    Description is required.
</div>

.ng-touched.ng-invalid{
    border: 1px solid red;
}

<div class="alert alert-danger" *ngIf="productName.touched && !productName.valid">
   Name is required.
</div>

<div *ngIf="productName.touched && productName.errors">
    <div class="alert alert-danger" *ngIf="productName.errors.required">
        Name is required.
    </div>
    <div class="alert alert-danger" *ngIf="productName.errors.minlength">
        Name should be minimum 3 characters.
    </div>
</div>

 <div *ngIf="productName.touched && productName.errors">
  {{ productName.errors | json }}

 Name should be minimum {{ productName.errors.minlength.requiredLength }} characters.

 <form #f="ngForm" (ngSubmit)="onSubmit(f.form)">

onSubmit(form): void {
   console.log(form);
}

<button [disabled]="!f.valid"
        type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">
    Submit
</button>

//same as before...
import { ProductFormComponent }  from './products/product-form.component';
 
@Component({
    //same as before…
    template: `
                //same as before…
                    <li><a [routerLink]="['AddProduct']">Add Product</a></li>
               //same as before…
    `,
    //same as before…
})
@RouteConfig([
    //same as before…
    { path: '/addproduct', name: 'AddProduct', component: ProductFormComponent }
])
//same as before...

 productModel = <IProduct>{}; // creates an empty object of an interface

<textarea ngControl="description" id="description" required
          #description="ngForm"
          rows="10" type="text" class="form-control"
          [(ngModel)]="productModel.description"></textarea>

addProduct(product: IProduct): Observable<IProduct> {
    let headers = new Headers({ 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }); // for ASP.NET MVC
        let options = new RequestOptions({ headers: headers });
 
    return this._http.post(this._addProductUrl, JSON.stringify(product), options)
        .map((response: Response) => <IProduct>response.json())
        .do(data => console.log("Product: " + JSON.stringify(data)))
        .catch(this.handleError);
}

 [HttpPost]
public ActionResult AddProduct(Product product)
{

 import { Headers, RequestOptions } from 'angular2/http';

//Same as before…
import { IProduct } from './product';
import { ProductService } from './product.service';
 
@Component({
//Same as before…
})
export class ProductFormComponent {
 
    productModel = <IProduct>{}; // creates an empty object of an interface
 
    constructor(private _productService: ProductService, private _router: Router) { }
 
    //Same as before… 

    onSubmit(form): void {
        console.log(form);
        console.log(this.productModel);
 
        this._productService.addProduct(this.productModel)
            .subscribe((product: IProduct) => {
                console.log(`ID: ${product.productId}`);
                this._router.navigate(['Products']);
            });
    }
}

 <title>@ViewBag.Title</title>
@RenderBody()

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width" />
    <title>@ViewBag.Title</title>
    <link href="~/Content/Site.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <script src="~/Scripts/jquery-1.8.2.min.js"></script>
    <script src="~/Scripts/jquery.pjax.js"></script>

    <script type="text/javascript">
        $(function () {
            $(document).pjax('a[withpjax]', '#pjaxContainer', { timeout: 5000 });
        });
    </script>
</head>
    <body>
        <div>Main layout ...</div>
        <div id="pjaxContainer">
            @RenderBody()
        </div>
    </body>
</html>

@{
    if (Request.Headers["X-PJAX"] != null)
    {
        Layout = "~/Views/Shared/_PjaxLayout.cshtml";
    }
    else
    {
        Layout = "~/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml";
    }
}

using System.Web.Mvc;

namespace PajxMvcApp.Controllers
{
    public class HomeController : Controller
    {
        public ActionResult Index()
        {
            return View();
        }

        public ActionResult About()
        {
            return View();
        }
    }
}

 @{
ViewBag.Title = "Index";
}

<h2>Index</h2>

@Html.ActionLink(linkText: "About", actionName:"About", routeValues: null,
                         controllerName:"Home", htmlAttributes: new { withpjax = "with-pjax"})

22. استفاده از  CSS Sprites 

23. استفاده مطلوب از AJAX

24. حذف HTTP modules های اضافی

<httpModules>
    <remove name="OutputCache"/>
    <remove name="Session"/>
    <remove name="WindowsAuthentication"/>
    <remove name="FormsAuthentication"/>
    <remove name="PassportAuthentication"/>
    <remove name="RoleManager"/>
    <remove name="UrlAuthorization"/>
    <remove name="FileAuthorization"/>
    <remove name="AnonymousIdentification"/>
    <remove name="Profile"/>
    <remove name="ErrorHandlerModule"/>
    <remove name="ServiceModel"/>
</httpModules>