Bootstrap v5.1.2 is here with a handful of improvements across our components, plus a fix for an issue in another project that prevented our Sass from compiling properly. Keep reading for the highlights. 

Bootstrap v5.1.1 has landed with a handful of bug fixes and documentation improvements. Following this release, we’ll be shipping another bugfix and docs update before moving onto additional new features. Keep reading for the highlights. 

using System.IO;
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.Serialization;

namespace DNTViewer.Common.Toolkit
{
    public static class Serializer
    {
        public static string Serialize<T>(T type)
        {
            var serializer = new XmlSerializer(type.GetType());
            using (var stream = new MemoryStream())
            {
                serializer.Serialize(stream, type);
                stream.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
                using (var reader = new StreamReader(stream))
                {
                    return reader.ReadToEnd();
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

        private string createXmlFile(string dir)
        {
            var xLinq = new XElement("ArrayOfPost",
                        _blogPosts
                            .AsNoTracking()
                            .Include(x => x.Comments)
                            .Include(x => x.User)
                            .Include(x => x.Tags)
                            .OrderBy(x => x.Id)
                            .ToList()
                            .Select(x => new XElement("Post", postXElement(x)))
                            );

            var xmlFile = Path.Combine(dir, "dot-net-tips-database.xml");
            xLinq.Save(xmlFile);
            return xmlFile;
        }

        private static XElement[] postXElement(BlogPost x)
        {
            return new XElement[]
            {
                new XElement("Id", x.Id),
                new XElement("Title", x.Title),
                new XElement("Body", x.Body),
                new XElement("CreatedOn", x.CreatedOn),
                tagElement(x),
                new XElement("User",
                                new XElement("Id", x.UserId.Value),
                                new XElement("FriendlyName", x.User.FriendlyName))
            }.Where(item => item != null).ToArray();
        }

        private static XElement tagElement(BlogPost x)
        {
            var tags = x.Tags.Any() ?
                            x.Tags.Select(y =>
                                        new XElement("Tag",
                                                new XElement("Id", y.Id),
                                                new XElement("Name", y.Name)))
                                  .ToArray() : null;
            if (tags == null)
                return null;

            return new XElement("Tags", tags);
        }

ReScript is not new. In a way it’s as old as JavaScript itself. ReScript is a rebranding of ReasonML (Facebook) and BuckleScript (Bloomberg), which wrap OCaml on both ends. The former is an interface of the OCaml syntax, while the latter makes sure to compile the AST into JavaScript. ReasonML was created by Jordan Walke, the creator of React. ReasonML still exists as a parallel project to ReScript, with a slightly different syntax and mission. 

We are very pleased to announce the launch of our Open Source project - Fast Report Open Source.
We are hoping to develop a friendly community of .Net Core developers who will share our eagerness to create fast, powerful and convenient reporting tool for Windows, Windows Server, Linux and MacOS.
We also encourage you to be a part of the global reporting team! Join us on GitHub: github.com/FastReports/FastReport 

My last post investigated ways to build a .NET Core desktop/console app with a web-rendered UI without bringing in the full weight of Electron. This seems to have interested a lot of people, so I decided to upgrade it to newer technologies and add cross-platform support.

The result is a little NuGet package called WebWindow that you can add to any .NET Core console app. It can open a native OS window (Windows/Mac/Linux) containing web-based UI, without your app having to bundle either Node or Chromium.