endpoints.MapGet("/api/authors", async (MinimalBlogDbContext ctx) =>
        {
            var authors = await ctx.Authors.ToListAsync();
            return authors;
        });

        endpoints.MapPost("/api/authors", async (MinimalBlogDbContext ctx, AuthorDto authorDto) =>
        {
            var author = new Author();
            author.FirstName = authorDto.FirstName;
            author.LastName = authorDto.LastName;
            author.Bio = authorDto.Bio;
            author.DateOfBirth = authorDto.DateOfBirth;

            ctx.Authors.Add(author);
            await ctx.SaveChangesAsync();

            return author;
        });

using MediatR;
using MinimalBlog.Domain.Model;

namespace MinimalBlog.Api.Features.Authors;

public class CreateAuthorCommand : IRequest<Author>
{
    public AuthorDto AuthorDto { get; set; } = default!;
}

public interface IRequest<out TResponse> : IBaseRequest

namespace MinimalBlog.Api.Features.Authors;

public class CreateAuthorCommandHandler : IRequestHandler<CreateAuthorCommand, Author>
{
    private readonly MinimalBlogDbContext _context;
    private readonly IMapper _mapper;

    public CreateAuthorCommandHandler(MinimalBlogDbContext context, IMapper mapper)
    {
        _context = context ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(context));
        _mapper = mapper ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(mapper));
    }

    public async Task<Author> Handle(CreateAuthorCommand request, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
    {
        if (request == null)
        {
            throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(request));
        }

        var toAdd = _mapper.Map<Author>(request.AuthorDto);
        _context.Authors.Add(toAdd);
        await _context.SaveChangesAsync(cancellationToken);
        return toAdd;
    }
}

public interface IRequestHandler<in TRequest, TResponse> where TRequest : IRequest<TResponse>

endpoints.MapPost("/api/authors", async (IMediator mediator, AuthorDto authorDto) =>
{
     var command = new CreateAuthorCommand { AuthorDto = authorDto };
     var author = await mediator.Send(command);
     return author;
});

endpoints.MapGet("/api/authors", async (IMediator mediator, CancellationToken ct) =>
        {
            var request = new GetAllAuthorsQuery();
            var authors = await mediator.Send(request, ct);
            return authors;
        });

public class Handler : IRequestHandler<Command>

public interface IRequestHandler<in TRequest> : IRequestHandler<TRequest, Unit> where TRequest : IRequest<Unit>

public async Task<Unit> Handle(Command request, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
{
   // ...
   return Unit.Value;
}

public class Command : IRequest

using MediatR;
using MinimalBlog.Domain.Model;

namespace MinimalBlog.Api.Features.Authors;

public class GetAllAuthorsQuery : IRequest<List<Author>>
{
}

namespace MinimalBlog.Api.Features.Authors;

public class GetAllAuthorsHandler : IRequestHandler<GetAllAuthorsQuery, List<Author>>
{
    private readonly MinimalBlogDbContext _context;

    public GetAllAuthorsHandler(MinimalBlogDbContext context)
    {
        _context = context ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(context));
    }

    public Task<List<Author>> Handle(GetAllAuthorsQuery request, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
    {
        return _context.Authors.ToListAsync(cancellationToken);
    }
}

endpoints.MapGet("/api/authors", async (IMediator mediator) =>
{
   var request = new GetAllAuthorsQuery();
   var authors = await mediator.Send(request);
   return authors;
});

public static class CreateAuthor
{
    public class Command : IRequest<AuthorGetDto>
    {
        // ...
    }

    public class Handler : IRequestHandler<Command, AuthorGetDto>
    {
       // ...
    }
}

var command = new CreateAuthor.Command { AuthorDto = authorDto };
var author = await mediator.Send(command, ct);

public static class GetAllAuthors
{
    public class Query : IRequest<List<AuthorGetDto>>
    {
       //...
    }

    public class Handler : IRequestHandler<Query, List<AuthorGetDto>>
    {
       //...
    }
}

    public partial class SidebarMenuController : Controller
    {
        const int Min15 = 900;

        [ChildActionOnly]
        [OutputCache(Duration = Min15)]
        public virtual ActionResult Index()
        {
            return PartialView("_SidebarMenu");
        }
    }

using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
using Core1RtmEmptyTest.Services;
 
namespace Core1RtmEmptyTest.ViewComponents
{
    public class SiteCopyright : ViewComponent
    {
        private readonly IMessagesService _messagesService;
 
        public SiteCopyright(IMessagesService messagesService)
        {
            _messagesService = messagesService;
        }
 
        public IViewComponentResult Invoke(int numberToTake)
        {
            var name = _messagesService.GetSiteName();
            return View(viewName: "Default", model: name);
        }
 
        //public async Task<IViewComponentResult> InvokeAsync(int numberToTake)
        //{
        //    return View();
        //}
    }
}

 /Views/Shared/Components/[NameOfComponent]/Default.cshtml

 /Views/[CurrentController]/Components/[NameOfComponent]/Default.cshtml

 <footer>
    <p>@await Component.InvokeAsync("SiteCopyright", new { numberToTake = 5 })</p>
</footer>

[ViewComponent]
public abstract class ViewComponent
{
   protected ViewComponent();
   public HttpContext HttpContext { get; }
   public ModelStateDictionary ModelState { get; }
   public HttpRequest Request { get; }
   public RouteData RouteData { get; }
   public IUrlHelper Url { get; set; }
   public IPrincipal User { get; }

   [Dynamic]  
   public dynamic ViewBag { get; }
   [ViewComponentContext]
   public ViewComponentContext ViewComponentContext { get; set; }
   public ViewContext ViewContext { get; }
   public ViewDataDictionary ViewData { get; }
   public ICompositeViewEngine ViewEngine { get; set; }

   //...
}

public IActionResult AddURLTest()
{
   return ViewComponent("AddURL");
}

$(document).ready (function(){
    $("#LoadSignIn").click(function(){
         $('#UserControl').load("/Home/AddURLTest");
    });
});

"dependencies": {
   "NETStandard.Library": "1.6.0",
   "Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc": "1.0.0",
   "Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Tools": {
   "version": "1.0.0-preview2-final",
   "type": "build"
  }
},
"tools": {
   "Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Tools": "1.0.0-preview2-final"
}

"buildOptions": {
   "embed": "Views/**/*.cshtml"
}

public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
{
   services.AddMvc();
   //Get a reference to the assembly that contains the view components
   var assembly = typeof(ViewComponentLibrary.ViewComponents.SimpleViewComponent).GetTypeInfo().Assembly;
   //Create an EmbeddedFileProvider for that assembly
   var embeddedFileProvider = new EmbeddedFileProvider(assembly,"ViewComponentLibrary");
   //Add the file provider to the Razor view engine
   services.Configure<RazorViewEngineOptions>(options =>
   {
      options.FileProviders.Add(embeddedFileProvider);
   });

 [ViewComponent(Name = "ViewComponentLibrary.Simple")]
public class SimpleViewComponent : ViewComponent

 @await Component.InvokeAsync("ViewComponentLibrary.Simple", new { number = 5 })

public static void PrintSum(int a, int b)
{
    Console.WriteLine("Sum of a {0} b {1} is {2}", a, b, a + b);
}

 Console::WriteLine(string, object, object, object)

public static void PrintA(int a)
{
   Console.WriteLine("a is " + a);
}

public static void PrintA(int a)
{
   Console.WriteLine("a is {0}", a.ToString());
}

        public static int Sum(IEnumerable<int> list)
        {
            var sum = 0;
            foreach (var number in list)
            {
                sum += number;
            }
            return sum;
        }

public class Rider
{
    public int Id { get; set; }
    public EquineBeast Mount { get; set; }
}

public enum EquineBeast
{
    Donkey,
    Mule,
    Horse,
    Unicorn
}

protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
{
    modelBuilder
        .Entity<Rider>()
        .Property(e => e.Mount)
        .HasConversion(
            v => v.ToString(),
            v => (EquineBeast)Enum.Parse(typeof(EquineBeast), v));
}

var converter = new ValueConverter<EquineBeast, string>(
    v => v.ToString(),
    v => (EquineBeast)Enum.Parse(typeof(EquineBeast), v));
modelBuilder
    .Entity<Rider>()
    .Property(e => e.Mount)
    .HasConversion(converter);

var converter = new EnumToStringConverter<EquineBeast>();
modelBuilder
    .Entity<Rider>()
    .Property(e => e.Mount)
    .HasConversion(converter);

modelBuilder
    .Entity<Rider>()
    .Property(e => e.Mount)
    .HasConversion<string>();

public class Rider
{
    public int Id { get; set; }

    [Column(TypeName = "nvarchar(24)")]
    public EquineBeast Mount { get; set; }
}

namespace DbConfig.Web.DataLayer.Context
{
    public class MyAppContext : DbContext
    {
      // …

        protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder builder)
        {
            var encryptedConverter = new ValueConverter<string, string>(
               convertToProviderExpression: v => new string(v.Reverse().ToArray()), // encrypt
               convertFromProviderExpression: v => new string(v.Reverse().ToArray()) // decrypt
            );

            // Custom application mappings
            builder.Entity<ConfigurationValue>(entity =>
            {
                entity.Property(e => e.Value).IsRequired().HasConversion(encryptedConverter);
            });
        }
    }
}

using System;

namespace Test
{
    [AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Property, Inherited = false, AllowMultiple = false)]
    public sealed class EncryptedAttribute : Attribute
    { }
}

namespace DbConfig.Web.DomainClasses
{
    public class ConfigurationValue
    {
        public int Id { get; set; }
        public string Key { get; set; }

        [Encrypted]
        public string Value { get; set; }
    }
}

namespace DbConfig.Web.DataLayer.Context
{
    public class MyAppContext : DbContext
    {
        protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder builder)
        {
            var encryptedConverter = new ValueConverter<string, string>(
               convertToProviderExpression: v => new string(v.Reverse().ToArray()), // encrypt
               convertFromProviderExpression: v => new string(v.Reverse().ToArray()) // decrypt
            );

            foreach (var entityType in builder.Model.GetEntityTypes())
            {
                foreach (var property in entityType.GetProperties())
                {
                    var attributes = property.PropertyInfo.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(EncryptedAttribute), false);
                    if (attributes.Any())
                    {
                        property.SetValueConverter(encryptedConverter);
                    }
                }
            }
        }

 Executed DbCommand (22ms) 
   [Parameters=[@p1='1', 
                @p0='.tset ot eulav wen A' (Nullable = false) (Size = 4000)],
CommandType='Text', CommandTimeout='180']
SET NOCOUNT ON;
UPDATE [Configurations] SET [Value] = @p0
WHERE [Id] = @p1;
SELECT @@ROWCOUNT;

 db.Set<ConfigurationValue>().Where(x => x.Value.EndsWith("world!"))

SELECT [x].[Id], [x].[Key], [x].[Value]
FROM [Configurations] AS [x]
WHERE RIGHT([x].[Value], LEN(N'world!')) = N'!dlrow'

using System;
using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;

namespace ImageGallery.WebApi.DomainClasses
{
    public class Image
    {
        [Key]
        public Guid Id { get; set; }

        [Required]
        [MaxLength(150)]
        public string Title { get; set; }

        [Required]
        [MaxLength(200)]
        public string FileName { get; set; }

        [Required]
        [MaxLength(50)]
        public string OwnerId { get; set; }
    }
}