This post explains some of our plans for evolving our architecture and design tools in Visual Studio, including new capabilities and changes to existing capabilities that we will be delivering in the next major release and subsequent updates

- The 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.ProjectSystem.VS.Implementation.Package.ProjectPackage' package did not load correctly.
- Test.xproj cannot be opened because its project type (.xproj) is not supported by this version of the application.

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Before we dive into the technical details, let’s start with a quick history lesson, courtesy of Don Syme who worked on adding generics to .NET and then went on to design and implement F#, which is a pretty impressive set of achievements!!

Background and History

• 1999 Initial research, design and planning
  • .NET/C# Generics History: Some Photos From Feb 1999
• 1999 First ‘white paper’ published
  • More C#/.NET Generics Research Project History – The MSR white paper
  • MSR White Paper: Proposed Extensions to COM+ VOS (Draft) (pdf)
• 2001 C# Language Design Specification created
  • Some History: 2001 “GC#” (Generic C#) research project draft
  • MSR - .NET Generics Research Project - Generic C# Specification (pdf)
• 2001 Research paper published
  • Design and Implementation of Generics for the .NET CLR (pdf)
• 2004 Work completed and all bugs fixed
  • Some more .NET/C# Generics Research Project History 

In this article we are going to discuss how to insert, update and delete data into database using ASP.NET MVC 4.0. There is a Layout page and Data base script that we are going to use for this but we are not going to discuss much  how to create a Layout page and database script here in detail. 

Today, we’re excited to introduce GitHub Package Registry, a package management service that makes it easy to publish public or private packages next to your source code.

GitHub Package Registry is fully integrated with GitHub, so you can use the same search, browsing, and management tools to find and publish packages as you do for your repositories. You can also use the same user and team permissions to manage code and packages together. GitHub Package Registry provides fast, reliable downloads backed by GitHub’s global CDN. And it supports familiar package management tools: JavaScript (npm), Java (Maven), Ruby (RubyGems), .NET (NuGet), and Docker images, with more to come.

These are the customer-reported issues addressed in 15.7.2:

• With 15.7, users installing an extension on the command line with a nested extension may see an error installing. This has been addressed in the 15.7.2 servicing release.
• Anaconda fails to uninstall during upgrade and issues warning (Error 87).
• The SSDT 15.6.0 Installer configuration registry key could not be opened..
• Editor performance Issues when editing JavaScript.
• The Code Coverage functionality in Visual Studio 2017 ignores async methods.
• Missing atls.lib in arm/arm64 after update.
• Test Explorer no longer greys out the previously run unit tests.
• Version 15.7.1 debugs .aspx App in a new Chrome instance even if JavaScript debugging is disabled.
• 15.7 compiler fails with Folly.
• ASP project keeps running after closing the web page.
• Chrome Debugger not working and shows an error message, however, the debugger buttons stay active. .
• Rename Python from Rename on the Refactor menu no longer works.
• Visual Studio Installer doesn't work correctly in low disk space conditions.
• Debugger links to browser when previously not set.
• Problems with template argument deduction for class templates.
• C++ constexpr string_view == fails to compile.
• A regression in Type Providers which use native resources (e.g., FSharp.Data.TypeProviders) has been fixed.
• You can now add files to F# ASP.NET Core projects from the UI.
• Listening to Microsoft-Extensions-Logging causes VS diagnostic events window to disconnect with an error message has been fixed in Service Fabric Tools. 

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
  <PropertyGroup>
    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
    <NoWarn>RCS1090</NoWarn>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <ProjectReference Include="..\ASPNETCore2JwtAuthentication.WebApp\ASPNETCore2JwtAuthentication.WebApp.csproj" />
  </ItemGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <None Include="..\ASPNETCore2JwtAuthentication.WebApp\appsettings.json" CopyToOutputDirectory="PreserveNewest" />
  </ItemGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <Service Include="{82a7f48d-3b50-4b1e-b82e-3ada8210c329}" />
  </ItemGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <PackageReference Include="fluentassertions" Version="5.10.3" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Testing" Version="3.1.8" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="16.7.1" />
    <PackageReference Include="MSTest.TestAdapter" Version="2.1.2" />
    <PackageReference Include="MSTest.TestFramework" Version="2.1.2" />
  </ItemGroup>
</Project>

using ASPNETCore2JwtAuthentication.WebApp;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Testing;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.TestHost;
using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Extensions;
using Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting;

namespace ASPNETCore2JwtAuthentication.IntegrationTests
{
    public class CustomWebApplicationFactory : WebApplicationFactory<Program>
    {
        protected override IWebHostBuilder CreateWebHostBuilder()
        {
            var builder = base.CreateWebHostBuilder();
            builder.ConfigureLogging(logging =>
            {
                //TODO: ...
            });
            return builder;
        }

        protected override void ConfigureWebHost(IWebHostBuilder builder)
        {
            builder.ConfigureTestServices(services =>
            {
                // Don't run `IHostedService`s when running as a test
                services.RemoveAll(typeof(IHostedService));
            });
        }
    }
}

using System;
using System.Threading;
using System.Net.Http;

namespace ASPNETCore2JwtAuthentication.IntegrationTests
{
    public static class TestsHttpClient
    {
        private static readonly Lazy<HttpClient> _serviceProviderBuilder =
                new Lazy<HttpClient>(getHttpClient, LazyThreadSafetyMode.ExecutionAndPublication);

        /// <summary>
        /// A lazy loaded thread-safe singleton
        /// </summary>
        public static HttpClient Instance { get; } = _serviceProviderBuilder.Value;

        private static HttpClient getHttpClient()
        {
            var services = new CustomWebApplicationFactory();
            return services.CreateClient(); //NOTE: This action is very time consuming, so it should be defined as a singleton.
        }
    }
}

using System.Net.Http;
using System.Net.Http.Headers;
using System.Text;
using System.Text.Json;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using FluentAssertions;
using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;

namespace ASPNETCore2JwtAuthentication.IntegrationTests
{
    [TestClass]
    public class JwtTests
    {
        [TestMethod]
        public async Task TestLoginWorks()
        {
            // Arrange
            var client = TestsHttpClient.Instance;

            // Act
            var token = await doLoginAsync(client);

            // Assert
            token.Should().NotBeNull();
            token.AccessToken.Should().NotBeNullOrEmpty();
            token.RefreshToken.Should().NotBeNullOrEmpty();
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public async Task TestCallProtectedApiWorks()
        {
            // Arrange
            var client = TestsHttpClient.Instance;

            // Act
            var token = await doLoginAsync(client);

            // Assert
            token.Should().NotBeNull();
            token.AccessToken.Should().NotBeNullOrEmpty();
            token.RefreshToken.Should().NotBeNullOrEmpty();

            // Act
            const string protectedApiUrl = "/api/MyProtectedApi";
            client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Bearer", token.AccessToken);
            var response = await client.GetAsync(protectedApiUrl);
            response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();

            // Assert
            var responseString = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
            responseString.Should().NotBeNullOrEmpty();
            var options = new JsonSerializerOptions { PropertyNamingPolicy = JsonNamingPolicy.CamelCase };
            var apiResponse = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<MyProtectedApiResponse>(responseString, options);
            apiResponse.Title.Should().NotBeNullOrEmpty();
            apiResponse.Title.Should().Be("Hello from My Protected Controller! [Authorize]");
        }

        private static async Task<Token> doLoginAsync(HttpClient client)
        {
            const string loginUrl = "/api/account/login";
            var user = new { Username = "Vahid", Password = "1234" };
            var response = await client.SendAsync(new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Post, loginUrl)
            {
                Content = new StringContent(JsonSerializer.Serialize(user), Encoding.UTF8, "application/json")
            });
            response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
            var responseString = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
            responseString.Should().NotBeNullOrEmpty();
            return JsonSerializer.Deserialize<Token>(responseString);
        }
    }
}