namespace MergeAssembliesIntoWPF.ViewModels
{
    public class ViewModel1
    {
        public string Data { set; get; }

        public ViewModel1()
        {
            Data = "Test";
        }
    }
}

<UserControl x:Class="MergeAssembliesIntoWPF.Shell.View1"
             xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
             xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
             xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006" 
             xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008" 
             mc:Ignorable="d" 
             xmlns:VM="clr-namespace:MergeAssembliesIntoWPF.ViewModels;assembly=MergeAssembliesIntoWPF.ViewModels"
             d:DesignHeight="300" d:DesignWidth="300">
    <UserControl.Resources>
        <VM:ViewModel1 x:Key="ViewModel1" />
    </UserControl.Resources>
    <Grid DataContext="{Binding Source={StaticResource ViewModel1}}">
        <TextBlock Text="{Binding Data}" />
    </Grid>
</UserControl>

<Window x:Class="MergeAssembliesIntoWPF.MainWindow"
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        xmlns:V="clr-namespace:MergeAssembliesIntoWPF.Shell;assembly=MergeAssembliesIntoWPF.Shell"
        Title="MainWindow" Height="350" Width="525">
    <Window.Resources>
        <V:View1 x:Key="View1" />
    </Window.Resources>
    <Grid>
        <V:View1 />
    </Grid>
</Window>

 <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />

  <Target Name="AfterResolveReferences">
    <ItemGroup>
      <EmbeddedResource Include="@(ReferenceCopyLocalPaths)" Condition="'%(ReferenceCopyLocalPaths.Extension)' == '.dll'">
        <LogicalName>%(ReferenceCopyLocalPaths.DestinationSubDirectory)%(ReferenceCopyLocalPaths.Filename)%(ReferenceCopyLocalPaths.Extension)</LogicalName>
      </EmbeddedResource>
    </ItemGroup>
  </Target>

using System;
using System.Globalization;
using System.Reflection;

namespace MergeAssembliesIntoWPF
{
    public class Program
    {
        [STAThreadAttribute]
        public static void Main()
        {
            AppDomain.CurrentDomain.AssemblyResolve += OnResolveAssembly;
            App.Main();
        }

        private static Assembly OnResolveAssembly(object sender, ResolveEventArgs args)
        {
            var executingAssembly = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly();
            var assemblyName = new AssemblyName(args.Name);

            var path = assemblyName.Name + ".dll";
            if (assemblyName.CultureInfo.Equals(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture) == false)
            {
                path = String.Format(@"{0}\{1}", assemblyName.CultureInfo, path);
            }

            using (var stream = executingAssembly.GetManifestResourceStream(path))
            {
                if (stream == null)
                    return null;

                var assemblyRawBytes = new byte[stream.Length];
                stream.Read(assemblyRawBytes, 0, assemblyRawBytes.Length);
                return Assembly.Load(assemblyRawBytes);
            }
        }
    }
}

var members = context.Members
                                    .Select(member => new { Name = member.Surname + ", " + member.FirstName })
                                    .ToList();

var facilities = context.Facilities
                                        .Where(facility => facility.Name.StartsWith("Tennis"))
                                        .ToList();

var members = context.Members
                                    .Select(member => new { member.MemId, member.Telephone })
                                    .Where(member => member.Telephone.Contains("(")
                                                    && member.Telephone.Contains(")"))
                                    .ToList();

members = context.Members
                                    .Select(member => new { member.MemId, member.Telephone })
                                    .Where(member => EF.Functions.Like(member.Telephone, "%[()]%"))
                                    .ToList();

SELECT   CONVERT (NVARCHAR (MAX), [m].[ZipCode]) AS [Zip]
FROM     [Members] AS [m]
ORDER BY CONVERT (NVARCHAR (MAX), [m].[ZipCode]);

var members = context.Members
                                    .Select(member => new { ZipCode = Convert.ToString(member.ZipCode) })
                                    .OrderBy(m => m.ZipCode)
                                    .ToList();
// Now using LINQ to Objects
members = members.Select(member => new { ZipCode = member.ZipCode.PadLeft(5, '0') })
                                                    .OrderBy(m => m.ZipCode)
                                                    .ToList();

namespace EFCorePgExercises.Utils
{
    public static class SqlDbFunctionsExtensions
    {
        public static string SqlReplicate(string expression, int count)
            => throw new InvalidOperationException($"{nameof(SqlReplicate)} method cannot be called from the client side.");

        private static readonly MethodInfo _sqlReplicateMethodInfo = typeof(SqlDbFunctionsExtensions)
            .GetRuntimeMethod(
                nameof(SqlDbFunctionsExtensions.SqlReplicate),
                new[] { typeof(string), typeof(int) }
            );


        public static void AddCustomSqlFunctions(this ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
        {
            modelBuilder.HasDbFunction(_sqlReplicateMethodInfo)
                .HasTranslation(args =>
                {
                    return SqlFunctionExpression.Create("REPLICATE",
                        args,
                        _sqlReplicateMethodInfo.ReturnType,
                        typeMapping: null);
                });
        }
    }
}

namespace EFCorePgExercises.DataLayer
{
    public class ApplicationDbContext : DbContext
    {
         // ...

        protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
        {
         // ...
            modelBuilder.AddCustomSqlFunctions();
         // ...
        }
    }
}

var newMembers = context.Members
                                        .Select(member => new
                                        {
                                            ZipCode =
                                                SqlDbFunctionsExtensions.SqlReplicate(
                                                    "0", 5 - Convert.ToString(member.ZipCode).Length)
                                                + member.ZipCode
                                        })
                        .OrderBy(m => m.ZipCode)
                        .ToList();

var members = context.Members
                                    .Select(member => new { Letter = member.Surname.Substring(0, 1) })
                                    .GroupBy(m => m.Letter)
                                    .Select(g => new
                                    {
                                        Letter = g.Key,
                                        Count = g.Count()
                                    })
                                    .OrderBy(r => r.Letter)
                                    .ToList();

select memid, regexp_replace(telephone, '[^0-9]', '', 'g') as telephone
from members
order by memid;

var members = context.Members
                                .Select(member => new
                                {
                                    member.MemId,
                                    Telephone = member.Telephone.Replace("-", "")
                                                        .Replace("(", "")
                                                        .Replace(")", "")
                                                        .Replace(" ", "")
                                })
                                .OrderBy(r => r.MemId)
                                .ToList();

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

        public string Title { get; set; }

        public string ISBN { get; set; }
    }

public interface IBookRepository
    {
        IList<Book> GetBooks();
    }

 [Export( typeof( IBookRepository ) )]
    public class BookRepository
    {
        public IList<Book> GetBooks()
        {
            List<Book> listOfBooks = new List<Book>( 3 );
            listOfBooks.AddRange( new Book[] 
            {
                new Book(){Id=1 , Title="Book1"},
                new Book(){Id=2 , Title="Book2"},
                new Book(){Id=3 , Title="Book3"},
            } );
            return listOfBooks;
        }
    }

 [Export]
    [PartCreationPolicy( CreationPolicy.NonShared )]
    public class BookController : Controller
    {
        [Import( typeof( IBookRepository ) )]        
        BookRepository bookRepository;

        public BookController()
        {
        }

        public ActionResult Index()
        {
            return View( this.bookRepository.GetBooks() );
        }        
    }

public class MEFControllerFactory : DefaultControllerFactory
    {
        private readonly CompositionContainer _compositionContainer;

        public MEFControllerFactory( CompositionContainer compositionContainer )
        {
            _compositionContainer = compositionContainer;
        }

        protected override IController GetControllerInstance( RequestContext requestContext, Type controllerType )
        {
            var export = _compositionContainer.GetExports( controllerType, null, null ).SingleOrDefault();

            IController result;

            if ( export != null )
            {
                result = export.Value as IController;
            }
            else
            {
                result = base.GetControllerInstance( requestContext, controllerType );
                _compositionContainer.ComposeParts( result );
            } 
        }
    }

public class MefDependencyResolver : IDependencyResolver
    {
        private readonly CompositionContainer _container;

        public MefDependencyResolver( CompositionContainer container )
        {
            _container = container;
        }

        public IDependencyScope BeginScope()
        {
            return this;
        }

        public object GetService( Type serviceType )
        {
            var export = _container.GetExports( serviceType, null, null ).SingleOrDefault();

            return null != export ? export.Value : null;
        }

        public IEnumerable<object> GetServices( Type serviceType )
        {
            var exports = _container.GetExports( serviceType, null, null );
            var createdObjects = new List<object>();

            if ( exports.Any() )
            {
                foreach ( var export in exports )
                {
                    createdObjects.Add( export.Value );
                }
            }

            return createdObjects;
        }

        public void Dispose()
        {
          
        }
    }

public class Plugin
    {
        public void Setup()
        {           
            var container = new CompositionContainer( new DirectoryCatalog( HostingEnvironment.MapPath( "~/bin" ) ) );

            CompositionBatch batch = new CompositionBatch();

            batch.AddPart( this );

            ControllerBuilder.Current.SetControllerFactory( new MEFControllerFactory( container ) );
            
            System.Web.Http.GlobalConfiguration.Configuration.DependencyResolver = new MefDependencyResolver( container );

            container.Compose( batch );
        }
    }

var container = new CompositionContainer( new AssemblyCatalog( Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly() ) );

ControllerBuilder.Current.SetControllerFactory( new MEFControllerFactory( container ) );

System.Web.Http.GlobalConfiguration.Configuration.DependencyResolver = new MefDependencyResolver( container );

protected void Application_Start()
        {
            Plugin myPlugin = new Plugin();
            myPlugin.Setup();

            AreaRegistration.RegisterAllAreas();
            
            RegisterRoutes( RouteTable.Routes );
        }

        public static void RegisterRoutes( RouteCollection routes )
        {
            routes.IgnoreRoute( "{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}" );        

            routes.MapRoute(
                "Default", // Route name
                "{controller}/{action}/{id}", // URL with parameters
                new { controller = "Book", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional } // Parameter defaults
            );          
        }

    public struct Optional<T>
    {
        public bool HasValue { get; }
        public T Value { get; }
    }

class ConsoleWriteLineWalker : CSharpSyntaxWalker
{
    public ConsoleWriteLineWalker()
    {
        Arguments = new List<ExpressionSyntax>();
    }
 
    public List<ExpressionSyntax> Arguments { get; }
 
    public override void VisitInvocationExpression(InvocationExpressionSyntax node)
    {
        var member = node.Expression as MemberAccessExpressionSyntax;
        var type = member?.Expression as IdentifierNameSyntax;
        if (type != null && type.Identifier.Text == "Console" && member.Name.Identifier.Text == "WriteLine")
        {
            if (node.ArgumentList.Arguments.Count == 1)
            {
                var arg = node.ArgumentList.Arguments.Single().Expression;
                Arguments.Add(arg);
                return;
            }
        }
 
        base.VisitInvocationExpression(node);
    }
}

static void getConstantValue()
{
    // Get the syntax tree.
    var code = @"
                using System;
 
                class Foo
                {
                    void Bar(int x)
                    {
                        Console.WriteLine(3.14);
                        Console.WriteLine(""qux"");
                        Console.WriteLine('c');
                        Console.WriteLine(null);
                        Console.WriteLine(x * 2 + 1);
                    }
                }
                ";
 
    var tree = CSharpSyntaxTree.ParseText(code);
    var root = tree.GetRoot();
 
    // Get the semantic model from the compilation.
    var mscorlib = MetadataReference.CreateFromFile(typeof(object).Assembly.Location);
    var comp = CSharpCompilation.Create("Demo").AddSyntaxTrees(tree).AddReferences(mscorlib);
    var model = comp.GetSemanticModel(tree);
 
    // Traverse the tree.
    var walker = new ConsoleWriteLineWalker();
    walker.Visit(root);
 
 
    // Analyze the constant argument (if any).
    foreach (var arg in walker.Arguments)
    {
        var val = model.GetConstantValue(arg);
        if (val.HasValue)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(arg + " has constant value " + (val.Value ?? "null") + " of type " + (val.Value?.GetType() ?? typeof(object)));
        }
        else
        {
            Console.WriteLine(arg + " has no constant value");
        }
    }
}

 3.14 has constant value 3.14 of type System.Double
"qux" has constant value qux of type System.String
'c' has constant value c of type System.Char
null has constant value null of type System.Object
x * 2 + 1 has no constant value

static void workingWithSymbols()
{
    // Get the syntax tree.
    var code = @"
                using System;
 
                class Foo
                {
                    void Bar(int x)
                    {
                        // #insideBar
                    }
                }
 
                class Qux
                {
                    protected int Baz { get; set; }
                }
                ";
 
    var tree = CSharpSyntaxTree.ParseText(code);
    var root = tree.GetRoot();
 
    // Get the semantic model from the compilation.
    var mscorlib = MetadataReference.CreateFromFile(typeof(object).Assembly.Location);
    var comp = CSharpCompilation.Create("Demo").AddSyntaxTrees(tree).AddReferences(mscorlib);
    var model = comp.GetSemanticModel(tree);
 
    // Traverse enclosing symbol hierarchy.
    var cursor = code.IndexOf("#insideBar");
    var barSymbol = model.GetEnclosingSymbol(cursor);
    for (var symbol = barSymbol; symbol != null; symbol = symbol.ContainingSymbol)
    {
        Console.WriteLine(symbol);
    }
 
    // Analyze accessibility of Baz inside Bar.
    var bazProp = ((CompilationUnitSyntax)root)
        .Members.OfType<ClassDeclarationSyntax>()
        .Single(m => m.Identifier.Text == "Qux")
        .Members.OfType<PropertyDeclarationSyntax>()
        .Single();
    var bazSymbol = model.GetDeclaredSymbol(bazProp);
    var canAccess = model.IsAccessible(cursor, bazSymbol);
}

 Foo.Bar(int)
Foo
<global namespace>
Demo.exe
Demo, Version=0.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null

static void bindingSymbols()
{
    // Get the syntax tree.
    var code = @"
                using System;
 
                class Foo
                {
                    private int y;
 
                    void Bar(int x)
                    {
                        Console.WriteLine(x);
                        Console.WriteLine(y);
 
                        int z = 42;
                        Console.WriteLine(z);
 
                        Console.WriteLine(a);
                    }
                }";
 
    var tree = CSharpSyntaxTree.ParseText(code);
    var root = tree.GetRoot();
 
    // Get the semantic model from the compilation.
    var mscorlib = MetadataReference.CreateFromFile(typeof(object).Assembly.Location);
    var comp = CSharpCompilation.Create("Demo").AddSyntaxTrees(tree).AddReferences(mscorlib);
    var model = comp.GetSemanticModel(tree);
 
    // Traverse the tree.
    var walker = new ConsoleWriteLineWalker();
    walker.Visit(root);
 
    // Bind the arguments.
    foreach (var arg in walker.Arguments)
    {
        var symbol = model.GetSymbolInfo(arg);
        if (symbol.Symbol != null)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(arg + " is bound to " + symbol.Symbol + " of type " + symbol.Symbol.Kind);
        }
        else
        {
            Console.WriteLine(arg + " could not be bound");
        }
    }
}

 x is bound to int of type Parameter
y is bound to Foo.y of type Field
z is bound to z of type Local
a could not be bound

                <li class="transcript-module">
                    Introduction to ASP.NET MVC 4
                    <ul>
                            <li class="transcript-clip" data-p="author=scott-allen&amp;name=mvc4-building-m1-intro&amp;mode=live&amp;clip=0&amp;course=mvc4-building"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="LaunchPlayerWindow('http://pluralsight.com/training', 'author=scott-allen&amp;name=mvc4-building-m1-intro&amp;mode=live&amp;clip=0&amp;course=mvc4-building');">Introduction</a><br />
                                <div>
                                        <a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="p(this);" data-s="1.636">Hi, this is Scott Allen and this is the first module in the course design</a>
                                </div>
                            </li>
                            <li class="transcript-clip" data-p="author=scott-allen&amp;name=mvc4-building-m1-intro&amp;mode=live&amp;clip=1&amp;course=mvc4-building"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="LaunchPlayerWindow('http://pluralsight.com/training', 'author=scott-allen&amp;name=mvc4-building-m1-intro&amp;mode=live&amp;clip=1&amp;course=mvc4-building');">Web Platform Installer</a><br />
                                <div>
                                ...

    public class TranscriptClip
    {
        public string Title { set; get; }
        public IList<TranscriptItem> TranscriptItems { set; get; }
    }

    public class TranscriptItem
    {
        public double StartTime { set; get; }
        public string Text { set; get; }
    }

 var nodes = doc.DocumentNode.SelectNodes("//li[@class='transcript-clip']/div");

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Globalization;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
using System.Web;
using HtmlAgilityPack;

namespace PluralsightTranscripts
{
    public class TranscriptClip
    {
        public string Title { set; get; }
        public IList<TranscriptItem> TranscriptItems { set; get; }
    }

    public class TranscriptItem
    {
        public double StartTime { set; get; }
        public string Text { set; get; }
    }

    public class ExtractSubtitle
    {
        public static void ConvertToSrt(string fileName)
        {
            var transcriptClips = extractItems(fileName);
            var itemNumber = 1;
            foreach (var item in transcriptClips)
            {
                transcriptClipToSrt(item, itemNumber);
                itemNumber++;
            }
        }

        private static void transcriptClipToSrt(TranscriptClip item, int itemNumber)
        {                        
            var count = item.TranscriptItems.Count;
            var srtFileContent = transcriptItemsToSrt(item.TranscriptItems, count);
            var fileName = removeIllegalCharacters(string.Format("{0}-{1}.srt", itemNumber.ToString("00"), item.Title));            
            File.WriteAllText(fileName, srtFileContent);
        }

        private static string transcriptItemsToSrt(IList<TranscriptItem> items, int count)
        {
            var lineNumber = 1;
            var sb = new StringBuilder();
            for (int row = 0; row < count; row++)
            {
                sb.AppendLine(lineNumber.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));
                sb.AppendLine(getTimeLine(items, count, row));
                sb.AppendLine(items[row].Text);
                sb.AppendLine(string.Empty);
                lineNumber++;
            }
            return sb.ToString();            
        }

        private static string getTimeLine(IList<TranscriptItem> items, int count, int row)
        {
            var startTs = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(items[row].StartTime);
            var endTs = row + 1 < count ? TimeSpan.FromSeconds(items[row + 1].StartTime) : TimeSpan.FromSeconds(items[row].StartTime + 5);
            return string.Format("{0} --> {1}", timeSpanToString(startTs), timeSpanToString(endTs));
        }

        private static string timeSpanToString(TimeSpan lineTs)
        {
            return string.Format("{0}:{1}:{2},{3}", lineTs.Hours.ToString("D2"), lineTs.Minutes.ToString("D2"), lineTs.Seconds.ToString("D2"), lineTs.Milliseconds.ToString("D3"));
        }

        private static string removeIllegalCharacters(string fileName)
        {
            string regexSearch = string.Format("{0}{1}",
                                               new string(Path.GetInvalidFileNameChars()),
                                               new string(Path.GetInvalidPathChars()));
            var r = new Regex(string.Format("[{0}]", Regex.Escape(regexSearch)));
            return r.Replace(fileName, ".");
        }

        private static IList<TranscriptClip> extractItems(string fileName)
        {
            var htmlContent = File.ReadAllText(fileName);
            var results = new List<TranscriptClip>();

            var doc = new HtmlDocument
            {
                OptionCheckSyntax = true,
                OptionFixNestedTags = true,
                OptionAutoCloseOnEnd = true,
                OptionDefaultStreamEncoding = Encoding.UTF8
            };
            doc.LoadHtml(htmlContent);

            var nodes = doc.DocumentNode.SelectNodes("//li[@class='transcript-clip']/div");

            foreach (var node in nodes)
            {
                var itemsList = new List<TranscriptItem>();
                var title = node.ParentNode.ChildNodes.First(x => x.Name == "a").InnerText;

                foreach (var childNode in node.ChildNodes)
                {
                    if (childNode.Name != "a") continue;

                    var dataS = childNode.Attributes.First(x => x.Name == "data-s");
                    itemsList.Add(new TranscriptItem
                    {
                        StartTime = double.Parse(dataS.Value),
                        Text = HttpUtility.HtmlDecode(childNode.InnerText.Trim())
                    });
                }

                results.Add(new TranscriptClip { TranscriptItems = itemsList, Title = title });
            }

            return results;
        }
    }
}

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Hi, this is Scott Allen and this is the first module in the course design