Rust – the Ultimate Programming Language?

What makes a good programming language? Syntax? Compiler? Tools and ecosystem? It is tempting to say “all of that” but in that case, why there are so many different programming languages? All these components are very important but they alone can’t make the language “good”. One of essential things is the purpose — like languages for rapid development, or development of distributed algorithms, or general purpose for high-level and low-level applications, or easy to learn, or safe to use and so on.

Learn ASP.NET Core MVC (.NET 8) - The Complete Guide

In this Complete Guide course, we will learn MVC (Model-View-Controller) with .NET 8.

When we are working with .NET Core Web Applications,  there are two common ways of building website.
1. MVC (Model-View-Controller) Web Application
2. Razor Pages Web Application

In this course we will learn the basics of .NET Core (.NET 8) and then learn basics of MVC and Razor Pages as we enhance MVC Application to a more complex final project!.

Topics Covered
- Fundamentals of .NET Core
- MVC Application
- Razor Pages
- Entity Framework Core
- Repository Pattern
- ViewBag
- ViewData
- TempData
- Taostr and sweet alerts in .NET Core
- Datatables in .NET Core
- Assignments
- Errors and how to solve them! 

In this short video Nate shows us how to use Entity Framework 7 in a cross platform way (on a mac in this case). One of the guiding principles (as outlined by Rowan in an earlier video) was the ability to use EF7 on any kind of device. This video shows the culmination of that work.

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">
  <ItemGroup>
    <PackageReference Include="Parbad.AspNetCore" Version="1.1.0" />
    <PackageReference Include="Parbad.Storage.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="1.2.0" />
  </ItemGroup>
</Project>

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">
  <ItemGroup>
    <PackageReference Include="Parbad.Storage.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="1.2.0" />
  </ItemGroup>
</Project>

namespace BlazorWasm.WebApi
{
    public class Startup
    {
        // ...

        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
           // ...

            var connectionString = Configuration.GetConnectionString("DefaultConnection");

            services.AddParbad()
                    .ConfigureHttpContext(httpContextBuilder => httpContextBuilder.UseDefaultAspNetCore())
                    .ConfigureGateways(gatewayBuilder =>
                    {
                        gatewayBuilder
                            .AddParbadVirtual()
                            .WithOptions(gatewayOptions => gatewayOptions.GatewayPath = "/MyVirtualGateway");
                    })
                    .ConfigureStorage(storageBuilder =>
                    {
                        storageBuilder.UseEfCore(efCoreOptions =>
                            {
                                var assemblyName = typeof(ApplicationDbContext).Assembly.GetName().Name;
                                efCoreOptions.ConfigureDbContext = db =>
                                    db.UseSqlServer(
                                        connectionString,
                                        sqlServerOptionsAction: sqlOptions => sqlOptions.MigrationsAssembly(assemblyName)
                                    );
                            });
                    })
                    .ConfigureAutoTrackingNumber(opt => opt.MinimumValue = 1)
                    .ConfigureOptions(parbadOptions =>
                    {
                        // parbadOptions.Messages.PaymentSucceed = "YOUR MESSAGE";
                    });

           // ...
        }

        // This method gets called by the runtime. Use this method to configure the HTTP request pipeline.
        public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IWebHostEnvironment env)
        {
           // ...

            app.UseEndpoints(endpoints =>
            {
                endpoints.MapControllers();
            });

            if (env.IsDevelopment())
            {
                app.UseParbadVirtualGatewayWhenDeveloping();
            }
            else
            {
                app.UseParbadVirtualGateway();
            }
        }
    }
}

using System;
using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.Schema;

namespace BlazorServer.Entities
{
    public class RoomOrderDetail
    {
        // ...

        [Required]
        public long ParbadTrackingNumber { get; set; }

        public bool IsPaymentSuccessful { get; set; }

        public string Status { get; set; }
    }
}

dotnet tool update --global dotnet-ef --version 5.0.4
dotnet build

dotnet ef migrations --startup-project ../../BlazorWasm/BlazorWasm.WebApi/ add AddParbadFields --context ApplicationDbContext
dotnet ef migrations --startup-project ../../BlazorWasm/BlazorWasm.WebApi/ add AddParbad --context Parbad.Storage.EntityFrameworkCore.Context.ParbadDataContext

dotnet ef --startup-project ../../BlazorWasm/BlazorWasm.WebApi/ database update --context ApplicationDbContext
dotnet ef --startup-project ../../BlazorWasm/BlazorWasm.WebApi/ database update --context Parbad.Storage.EntityFrameworkCore.Context.ParbadDataContext

https://localhost:5001/api/ParbadPayment/PayRoomOrder?orderId=1&amount=1000

https://localhost:5002/payment-result/OrderId/TrackingNumber/Message

https://localhost:5001/api/ParbadPayment/PayRoomOrder?orderId=1&amount=1000

namespace BlazorWasm.WebApi.Controllers
{
    [Route("api/[controller]/[action]")]
    [ApiController]
    public class ParbadPaymentController : Controller
    {
        private readonly IConfiguration _configuration;
        private readonly IOnlinePayment _onlinePayment;
        private readonly IRoomOrderDetailsService _roomOrderService;

        public ParbadPaymentController(
            IConfiguration configuration,
            IOnlinePayment onlinePayment,
            IRoomOrderDetailsService roomOrderService)
        {
            _configuration = configuration;
            _onlinePayment = onlinePayment ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(onlinePayment));
            _roomOrderService = roomOrderService ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(roomOrderService));
        }

        [HttpGet]
        public async Task<IActionResult> PayRoomOrder(int orderId, long amount)
        {
            var verifyUrl = Url.Action(
                    action: nameof(ParbadPaymentController.VerifyRoomOrderPayment),
                    controller: nameof(ParbadPaymentController).Replace("Controller", string.Empty),
                    values: null, protocol: Request.Scheme);

            var result = await _onlinePayment.RequestAsync(invoiceBuilder =>
                invoiceBuilder.UseAutoIncrementTrackingNumber()
                            .SetAmount(amount)
                            .SetCallbackUrl(verifyUrl)
                            .UseParbadVirtual()
            );

            if (result.IsSucceed)
            {
                await _roomOrderService.UpdateRoomOrderTrackingNumberAsync(orderId, result.TrackingNumber);

                // It will redirect the client to the gateway.
                return result.GatewayTransporter.TransportToGateway();
            }
            else
            {
                return Redirect(getClientReturnUrl(orderId, result.TrackingNumber, result.Message));
            }
        }

        [HttpGet, HttpPost]
        public async Task<IActionResult> VerifyRoomOrderPayment()
        {
            var invoice = await _onlinePayment.FetchAsync();
            var orderDetail = await _roomOrderService.GetOrderDetailByTrackingNumberAsync(invoice.TrackingNumber);
            if (invoice.Status == PaymentFetchResultStatus.AlreadyProcessed)
            {
                return Redirect(getClientReturnUrl(orderDetail.Id, invoice.TrackingNumber, "The payment is already processed."));
            }

            var verifyResult = await _onlinePayment.VerifyAsync(invoice);
            if (verifyResult.Status == PaymentVerifyResultStatus.Succeed)
            {
                var result = await _roomOrderService.MarkPaymentSuccessfulAsync(verifyResult.TrackingNumber, verifyResult.Amount);
                if (result == null)
                {
                    return Redirect(getClientReturnUrl(orderDetail.Id, verifyResult.TrackingNumber, "Can not mark payment as successful"));
                }
                return Redirect(getClientReturnUrl(orderDetail.Id, verifyResult.TrackingNumber, verifyResult.Message));
            }
            return Redirect(getClientReturnUrl(orderDetail.Id, verifyResult.TrackingNumber, verifyResult.Message));
        }

        private string getClientReturnUrl(int orderId, long trackingNumber, string errorMessage)
        {
            var clientBaseUrl = _configuration.GetValue<string>("Client_URL");
            return new Uri(new Uri(clientBaseUrl),
                $"/payment-result/{orderId}/{trackingNumber}/{WebUtility.UrlEncode(errorMessage)}").ToString();
        }
    }
}

[HttpGet]
public async Task<IActionResult> PayRoomOrder(int orderId, long amount)

namespace BlazorServer.Services
{
    public class RoomOrderDetailsService : IRoomOrderDetailsService
    {
        // ...

        public async Task UpdateRoomOrderTrackingNumberAsync(int roomOrderId, long trackingNumber)
        {
            var order = await _dbContext.RoomOrderDetails.FindAsync(roomOrderId);
            if (order == null)
            {
                return;
            }

            order.ParbadTrackingNumber = trackingNumber;
            _dbContext.RoomOrderDetails.Update(order);
            await _dbContext.SaveChangesAsync();
        }
    }
}

[HttpGet, HttpPost]
public async Task<IActionResult> VerifyRoomOrderPayment()

namespace BlazorServer.Services
{
    public class RoomOrderDetailsService : IRoomOrderDetailsService
    {
        // ...

        public async Task<RoomOrderDetailsDTO> GetOrderDetailByTrackingNumberAsync(long trackingNumber)
        {
            var roomOrderDetailsDTO = await _dbContext.RoomOrderDetails
                                            .Include(u => u.HotelRoom)
                                                .ThenInclude(x => x.HotelRoomImages)
                                            .ProjectTo<RoomOrderDetailsDTO>(_mapperConfiguration)
                                            .FirstOrDefaultAsync(u => u.ParbadTrackingNumber == trackingNumber);

            roomOrderDetailsDTO.HotelRoomDTO.TotalDays =
                roomOrderDetailsDTO.CheckOutDate.Subtract(roomOrderDetailsDTO.CheckInDate).Days;
            return roomOrderDetailsDTO;
        }
    }
}

namespace BlazorServer.Services
{
    public class RoomOrderDetailsService : IRoomOrderDetailsService
    {
        // ...

        public async Task<RoomOrderDetailsDTO> MarkPaymentSuccessfulAsync(long trackingNumber, long amount)
        {
            var order = await _dbContext.RoomOrderDetails.FirstOrDefaultAsync(x => x.ParbadTrackingNumber == trackingNumber);
            if (order?.IsPaymentSuccessful != false || order.TotalCost != amount)
            {
                return null;
            }

            order.IsPaymentSuccessful = true;
            order.Status = BookingStatus.Booked;
            var markPaymentSuccessful = _dbContext.RoomOrderDetails.Update(order);
            await _dbContext.SaveChangesAsync();
            return _mapper.Map<RoomOrderDetailsDTO>(markPaymentSuccessful.Entity);
        }
    }
}

        private string getClientReturnUrl(int orderId, long trackingNumber, string errorMessage)
        {
            var clientBaseUrl = _configuration.GetValue<string>("Client_URL");
            return new Uri(new Uri(clientBaseUrl),
                $"/payment-result/{orderId}/{trackingNumber}/{WebUtility.UrlEncode(errorMessage)}").ToString();
        }

{
   "Client_URL": "https://localhost:5002/"
}

@page "/hotel-room-details/{Id:int}"

@inject IJSRuntime JsRuntime
@inject ILocalStorageService LocalStorage
@inject IClientHotelRoomService HotelRoomService
@inject IClientRoomOrderDetailsService RoomOrderDetailsService
@inject NavigationManager NavigationManager
@inject HttpClient HttpClient

// ...

@code {

    // ...

    private async Task HandleCheckout()
    {
        if (!await HandleValidation())
        {
            return;
        }

        try
        {
            HotelBooking.OrderDetails.ParbadTrackingNumber = -1;
            HotelBooking.OrderDetails.RoomId = HotelBooking.OrderDetails.HotelRoomDTO.Id;
            HotelBooking.OrderDetails.TotalCost = HotelBooking.OrderDetails.HotelRoomDTO.TotalAmount;
            var roomOrderDetailsSaved = await RoomOrderDetailsService.SaveRoomOrderDetailsAsync(HotelBooking.OrderDetails);

            await LocalStorage.SetItemAsync(ConstantKeys.LocalRoomOrderDetails, roomOrderDetailsSaved);

            var paymentUri = new UriBuilderExt(new Uri(HttpClient.BaseAddress, $"/api/ParbadPayment/PayRoomOrder"))
                            .AddParameter("orderId", roomOrderDetailsSaved.Id.ToString())
                            .AddParameter("amount", roomOrderDetailsSaved.TotalCost.ToString())
                            .Uri;
            NavigationManager.NavigateTo(paymentUri.ToString(), forceLoad: true);
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            await JsRuntime.ToastrError(e.Message);
        }
    }

    // ...
}

namespace BlazorWasm.WebApi.Controllers
{
    [ApiController]
    [Route("api/[controller]/[action]")]
    public class RoomOrderController : Controller
    {
        private readonly IRoomOrderDetailsService _roomOrderService;

        public RoomOrderController(IRoomOrderDetailsService roomOrderService)
        {
            _roomOrderService = roomOrderService ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(roomOrderService));
        }

        [HttpPost]
        public async Task<IActionResult> Create([FromBody] RoomOrderDetailsDTO details)
        {
            var result = await _roomOrderService.CreateAsync(details);
            return Ok(result);
        }

        [HttpGet]
        public async Task<IActionResult> GetOrderDetail(int trackingNumber)
        {
            var result = await _roomOrderService.GetOrderDetailByTrackingNumberAsync(trackingNumber);
            return Ok(result);
        }
    }
}

namespace BlazorServer.Services
{
    public class RoomOrderDetailsService : IRoomOrderDetailsService
    {
        // ...

        public async Task<RoomOrderDetailsDTO> CreateAsync(RoomOrderDetailsDTO details)
        {
            var roomOrder = _mapper.Map<RoomOrderDetail>(details);
            roomOrder.Status = BookingStatus.Pending;
            var result = await _dbContext.RoomOrderDetails.AddAsync(roomOrder);
            await _dbContext.SaveChangesAsync();
            return _mapper.Map<RoomOrderDetailsDTO>(result.Entity);
        }


        public async Task<RoomOrderDetailsDTO> GetOrderDetailByTrackingNumberAsync(long trackingNumber)
        {
            var roomOrderDetailsDTO = await _dbContext.RoomOrderDetails
                                            .Include(u => u.HotelRoom)
                                                .ThenInclude(x => x.HotelRoomImages)
                                            .ProjectTo<RoomOrderDetailsDTO>(_mapperConfiguration)
                                            .FirstOrDefaultAsync(u => u.ParbadTrackingNumber == trackingNumber);

            roomOrderDetailsDTO.HotelRoomDTO.TotalDays =
                roomOrderDetailsDTO.CheckOutDate.Subtract(roomOrderDetailsDTO.CheckInDate).Days;
            return roomOrderDetailsDTO;
        }

       // ...
    }
}

namespace BlazorWasm.Client.Services
{
    public interface IClientRoomOrderDetailsService
    {
        Task<RoomOrderDetailsDTO> SaveRoomOrderDetailsAsync(RoomOrderDetailsDTO details);
        Task<RoomOrderDetailsDTO> GetOrderDetailAsync(long trackingNumber);
    }
}

namespace BlazorWasm.Client.Services
{
    public class ClientRoomOrderDetailsService : IClientRoomOrderDetailsService
    {
        private readonly HttpClient _httpClient;

        public ClientRoomOrderDetailsService(HttpClient httpClient)
        {
            _httpClient = httpClient ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(httpClient));
        }

        public Task<RoomOrderDetailsDTO> GetOrderDetailAsync(long trackingNumber)
        {
            // How to url-encode query-string parameters properly
            var uri = new UriBuilderExt(new Uri(_httpClient.BaseAddress, $"/api/roomorder/GetOrderDetail"))
                            .AddParameter("trackingNumber", trackingNumber.ToString())
                            .Uri;
            return _httpClient.GetFromJsonAsync<RoomOrderDetailsDTO>(uri);

        }

        public async Task<RoomOrderDetailsDTO> SaveRoomOrderDetailsAsync(RoomOrderDetailsDTO details)
        {
            details.UserId = "unknown user!";
            var response = await _httpClient.PostAsJsonAsync("api/roomorder/create", details);
            var responseContent = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
            if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
            {
                return JsonSerializer.Deserialize<RoomOrderDetailsDTO>(responseContent);
            }
            else
            {
                //var errorModel = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<ErrorModel>(responseContent);
                throw new InvalidOperationException(responseContent);
            }
        }
    }
}

namespace BlazorWasm.Client
{
    public class Program
    {
        public static async Task Main(string[] args)
        {
            // ...
            builder.Services.AddScoped<IClientRoomOrderDetailsService, ClientRoomOrderDetailsService>();

var paymentUri = new UriBuilderExt(new Uri(HttpClient.BaseAddress, $"/api/ParbadPayment/PayRoomOrder"))
    .AddParameter("orderId", roomOrderDetailsSaved.Id.ToString())
    .AddParameter("amount", roomOrderDetailsSaved.TotalCost.ToString())
    .Uri;
NavigationManager.NavigateTo(paymentUri.ToString(), forceLoad: true);

@page "/payment-result/{OrderId:int}/{TrackingNumber:long}/{Message}"
@inject ILocalStorageService LocalStorage
@inject IClientRoomOrderDetailsService RoomOrderDetailService
@inject IJSRuntime JsRuntime
@inject NavigationManager NavigationManager

@if (IsLoading)
{
    <div style="position:fixed;top:50%;left:50%;margin-top:-50px;margin-left:-100px;">
        <img src="images/ajax-loader.gif" />
    </div>
}
else
{
    <div class="container">
        <div class="row mt-4 pt-4">
            <div class="col-10 offset-1 text-center">
            @if(IsPaymentSuccessful)
            {
                <h2 class="text-success">Booking Confirmed!</h2>
                <p>Your room has been booked successfully with order id @OrderId & tracking number @TrackingNumber .</p>
            }
            else
            {
                <h2 class="text-warning">Booking Failed!</h2>
                <p>@Message</p>
            }
            <a class="btn btn-primary" href="hotel-rooms">Back to rooms</a>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
}

@code
{
    private bool IsLoading;
    private bool IsPaymentSuccessful;

    [Parameter] public int OrderId { set; get; }
    [Parameter] public long TrackingNumber { set; get; }
    [Parameter] public string Message { set; get; }

    protected override async Task OnInitializedAsync()
    {
        IsLoading = true;
        try
        {
            var finalOrderDetail = await RoomOrderDetailService.GetOrderDetailAsync(TrackingNumber);
            var localOrderDetail = await LocalStorage.GetItemAsync<RoomOrderDetailsDTO>(ConstantKeys.LocalRoomOrderDetails);
            if(finalOrderDetail is not null &&
                finalOrderDetail.IsPaymentSuccessful &&
                finalOrderDetail.Status == BookingStatus.Booked &&
                localOrderDetail is not null &&
                localOrderDetail.TotalCost == finalOrderDetail.TotalCost)
            {
                IsPaymentSuccessful = true;
                await LocalStorage.RemoveItemAsync(ConstantKeys.LocalRoomOrderDetails);
                await LocalStorage.RemoveItemAsync(ConstantKeys.LocalInitialBooking);
            }
            else
            {
                IsPaymentSuccessful = false;
            }
        }
        catch(Exception ex)
        {
            await JsRuntime.ToastrError(ex.Message);
        }
        finally
        {
            IsLoading = false;
        }
    }
}

@page "/payment-result/{OrderId:int}/{TrackingNumber:long}/{Message}"

    public class HotelRoomDTO
    {
        public bool IsBooked { get; set; }

        // ...
    }

namespace BlazorServer.Services
{
    public class HotelRoomService : IHotelRoomService
    {
       // ...

        public async Task<List<HotelRoomDTO>> GetAllHotelRoomsAsync(DateTime? checkInDateStr, DateTime? checkOutDatestr)
        {
            var hotelRooms = await _dbContext.HotelRooms
                        .Include(x => x.HotelRoomImages)
                        .Include(x => x.RoomOrderDetails)
                        .ProjectTo<HotelRoomDTO>(_mapperConfiguration)
                        .ToListAsync();

            foreach (var hotelRoom in hotelRooms)
            {
                hotelRoom.IsBooked = isRoomBooked(hotelRoom, checkInDateStr, checkOutDatestr);
            }

            return hotelRooms;
        }

        public async Task<HotelRoomDTO> GetHotelRoomAsync(int roomId, DateTime? checkInDate, DateTime? checkOutDate)
        {
            var hotelRoom = await _dbContext.HotelRooms
                            .Include(x => x.HotelRoomImages)
                            .Include(x => x.RoomOrderDetails)
                            .ProjectTo<HotelRoomDTO>(_mapperConfiguration)
                            .FirstOrDefaultAsync(x => x.Id == roomId);
            hotelRoom.IsBooked = isRoomBooked(hotelRoom, checkInDate, checkOutDate);
            return hotelRoom;
        }

        private bool isRoomBooked(HotelRoomDTO hotelRoom, DateTime? checkInDate, DateTime? checkOutDate)
        {
            if (checkInDate == null || checkOutDate == null)
            {
                return false;
            }

            return hotelRoom.RoomOrderDetails.Any(x => x.IsPaymentSuccessful &&
                        //check if checkin date that user wants does not fall in between any dates for room that is booked
                        ((checkInDate < x.CheckOutDate && checkInDate.Value.Date >= x.CheckInDate)
                        //check if checkout date that user wants does not fall in between any dates for room that is booked
                        || (checkOutDate.Value.Date > x.CheckInDate.Date && checkInDate.Value.Date <= x.CheckInDate.Date))
                    );
        }
    }
}

@if (room.IsBooked)
{
    <button disabled class="btn btn-secondary btn-block">Sold Out</button>
}
else
{
    <a href="@($"hotel-room-details/{room.Id}")" class="btn btn-success btn-block">Book</a>
}

@if (HotelBooking.OrderDetails.HotelRoomDTO.IsBooked)
{
    <button disabled class="btn btn-secondary btn-block">Sold Out</button>
}
else
{
    <button type="submit" class="btn btn-success form-control">Checkout Now</button>
}

Here’s a look at a handful of the changes since our last alpha:

• Overhauled spacing utilities to use a numerical tiering (to avoid confusion with grid tiers).
• Continued refactoring efforts to replace markup-specific selectors with classes across several components (including pagination, lists, and more). Still more to do here with additional components.
• Reverted media queries and grid containers from rems to pixels as viewports are not affected by font-size. See #17403 for details. We’ve got a ton of grid work left, too. Feel free to follow along with#18471.
• Reverted .0625rem width borders to 1px for more consistent component borders that avoid zoom and font-size bugs across browsers.
• Renamed .img-responsive to .img-fluid to avoid future confusion on the various responsive image solutions out there.
• Replaced ZeroClipboard with clipboard.js for Flash-independent copy buttons.
• Inputs and buttons now share the same border variable to ensure components are always sized similarly.
• Updated all pseudo-element selectors to use the spec’s preferred double colon (e.g., ::before as opposed to :before).
• Cards now have outline variants and mixins to support extending base classes further.
• Utility classes for floats and text alignment now have responsive ranges. This means we’ve dropped the non-responsive classes to avoid duplication.
• Added support for jQuery 2.
• And hundreds more Sass improvements, bug fixes, documentation updates, and more. 

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