public static DateTime UnixTimeStampToDateTime(this double unixTimeStamp)
        {
            // Unix timestamp is seconds past epoch
            System.DateTime dtDateTime = new DateTime(1970, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, System.DateTimeKind.Utc);
            dtDateTime = dtDateTime.AddSeconds(unixTimeStamp).ToLocalTime();
            return dtDateTime;
        }
           public static int DateTimeToUnixTimeStamp(this DateTime time)
        {
            //create Timespan by subtracting the value provided from
            //the Unix Epoch
            TimeSpan span = (time - new DateTime(1970, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0).ToLocalTime());

            //return the total seconds (which is a UNIX timestamp)
            return (Int32)span.TotalSeconds;
        }

    public static class ApmWrapper
    {
        public static Task<int> ReadAsync(this Stream stream, byte[] data, int offset, int count)
        {
            return Task<int>.Factory.FromAsync(stream.BeginRead, stream.EndRead, data, offset, count, null);
        }
    }

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace Async06
{
    public static class ApmWrapper
    {
        public static Task<int> ReadAsync(this Stream stream, byte[] data, int offset, int count)
        {
            return Task<int>.Factory.FromAsync(stream.BeginRead, stream.EndRead, data, offset, count, null);
        }
    }

    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            using (var stream = File.OpenRead(@"..\..\program.cs"))
            {
                var data = new byte[10000];
                var task = stream.ReadAsync(data, 0, data.Length);
                Console.WriteLine("Read bytes: {0}", task.Result);
            }
        }
    }
}

using (var stream = File.OpenRead(@"..\..\program.cs"))
{
    var data = new byte[10000];
    var task = stream.ReadAsync(data, 0, data.Length);
    task.ContinueWith(t => Console.WriteLine("Read bytes: {0}", t.Result)).Wait();
}

    public static class WebClientExtensions
    {
        public static Task<string> DownloadTextTaskAsync(this WebClient web, string url)
        {
            var tcs = new TaskCompletionSource<string>();

            DownloadStringCompletedEventHandler handler = null;
            handler = (sender, args) =>
            {
                web.DownloadStringCompleted -= handler;

                if (args.Cancelled)
                {
                    tcs.SetCanceled();
                }
                else if(args.Error!=null)
                {
                    tcs.SetException(args.Error);
                }
                else
                {
                    tcs.SetResult(args.Result);
                }
            };

            web.DownloadStringCompleted += handler;
            web.DownloadStringAsync(new Uri(url));

            return tcs.Task;
        }
    }

using System;

namespace EFCoreDbFunctionsSample.Entities
{
    public class Person
    {
        public int Id { get; set; }

        public string Name { get; set; }

        public DateTime AddDate { get; set; }
    }
}

var usersInfo = context.People.Where(person => (DateTime.Now - person.AddDate).Days <= 10).ToList();

'The LINQ expression 'DbSet<Person>.Where(p => (DateTime.Now - p.AddDate).Days <= 10)'
could not be translated. Either rewrite the query in a form that can be translated,
or switch to client evaluation explicitly by inserting a call to either
AsEnumerable(), AsAsyncEnumerable(), ToList(), or ToListAsync().
See https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2101038 for more information.'

SELECT [p].[Id], [p].[AddDate], [p].[Name]
FROM [People] AS [p]
WHERE DATEDIFF(Day, [p].[AddDate], GETDATE()) <= 10

namespace EFCoreDbFunctionsSample.DataLayer
{
    public enum SqlDateDiff
    {
        Year,
        Quarter,
        Month,
        DayOfYear,
        Day,
        Week,
        Hour,
        Minute,
        Second,
        MilliSecond,
        MicroSecond,
        NanoSecond
    }

    public static class SqlDbFunctionsExtensions
    {
        public static int SqlDateDiff(SqlDateDiff interval, DateTime initial, DateTime end)
            => throw new InvalidOperationException($"{nameof(SqlDateDiff)} method cannot be called from the client side.");
        public static readonly MethodInfo SqlDateDiffMethodInfo = typeof(SqlDbFunctionsExtensions)
            .GetRuntimeMethod(
                nameof(SqlDbFunctionsExtensions.SqlDateDiff),
                new[] { typeof(SqlDateDiff), typeof(DateTime), typeof(DateTime) }
            );
    }
}

    #region my model

    [KnownType(typeof(model1))]
    [KnownType(typeof(model2))]
    [KnownType(typeof(model3))]
    public class TaskGroupObjects : List<IBaseObject>
    {
        #region sortFields
        class compare : IComparer<IBaseObject>
        {
            public int Compare(IBaseObjectfield1, IBaseObjectfield2)
            {
                return field1.Order - field2.Order;
            }
        }

        public void sortByOrder()
        {
            Sort(new compare());
        }
        #endregion
    }

public static bool HasProperty(this object your model, string propertyName)
{
    return obj.GetType().GetProperty(propertyName) != null;
}

    public class User
    {
        public User()
        {
            UserRoles = new HashSet<UserRole>();
        }

        public int Id { get; set; }

        public string Username { get; set; }

        public string Password { get; set; }

        public string DisplayName { get; set; }

        public bool IsActive { get; set; }

        public DateTimeOffset? LastLoggedIn { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// every time the user changes his Password,
        /// or an admin changes his Roles or stat/IsActive,
        /// create a new `SerialNumber` GUID and store it in the DB.
        /// </summary>
        public string SerialNumber { get; set; }

        public virtual ICollection<UserRole> UserRoles { get; set; }
    }

    public class Role
    {
        public Role()
        {
            UserRoles = new HashSet<UserRole>();
        }

        public int Id { get; set; }
        public string Name { get; set; }

        public virtual ICollection<UserRole> UserRoles { get; set; }
    }

    public static class CustomRoles
    {
        public const string Admin = nameof(Admin);
        public const string User = nameof(User);
    }

    public class UserRole
    {
        public int UserId { get; set; }
        public int RoleId { get; set; }

        public virtual User User { get; set; }
        public virtual Role Role { get; set; }
    }

    public interface IUnitOfWork : IDisposable
    {
        DbSet<TEntity> Set<TEntity>() where TEntity : class;

        int SaveChanges(bool acceptAllChangesOnSuccess);
        int SaveChanges();
        Task<int> SaveChangesAsync(bool acceptAllChangesOnSuccess, CancellationToken cancellationToken = new CancellationToken());
        Task<int> SaveChangesAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken = new CancellationToken());
    }

    public class ApplicationDbContext : DbContext, IUnitOfWork
    {
        public ApplicationDbContext(DbContextOptions options) : base(options)
        { }

        public virtual DbSet<User> Users { set; get; }
        public virtual DbSet<Role> Roles { set; get; }
        public virtual DbSet<UserRole> UserRoles { get; set; }

        protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder builder)
        {
            // it should be placed here, otherwise it will rewrite the following settings!
            base.OnModelCreating(builder);

            // Custom application mappings
            builder.Entity<User>(entity =>
            {
                entity.Property(e => e.Username).HasMaxLength(450).IsRequired();
                entity.HasIndex(e => e.Username).IsUnique();
                entity.Property(e => e.Password).IsRequired();
                entity.Property(e => e.SerialNumber).HasMaxLength(450);
            });

            builder.Entity<Role>(entity =>
            {
                entity.Property(e => e.Name).HasMaxLength(450).IsRequired();
                entity.HasIndex(e => e.Name).IsUnique();
            });

            builder.Entity<UserRole>(entity =>
            {
                entity.HasKey(e => new { e.UserId, e.RoleId });
                entity.HasIndex(e => e.UserId);
                entity.HasIndex(e => e.RoleId);
                entity.Property(e => e.UserId);
                entity.Property(e => e.RoleId);
                entity.HasOne(d => d.Role).WithMany(p => p.UserRoles).HasForeignKey(d => d.RoleId);
                entity.HasOne(d => d.User).WithMany(p => p.UserRoles).HasForeignKey(d => d.UserId);
            });
        }
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Only used by EF Tooling
    /// </summary>
    public class ApplicationDbContextFactory : IDesignTimeDbContextFactory<ApplicationDbContext>
    {
        public ApplicationDbContext CreateDbContext(string[] args)
        {
            var basePath = Directory.GetCurrentDirectory();
            Console.WriteLine($"Using `{basePath}` as the BasePath");
            var configuration = new ConfigurationBuilder()
                                    .SetBasePath(basePath)
                                    .AddJsonFile("appsettings.json")
                                    .Build();
            var builder = new DbContextOptionsBuilder<ApplicationDbContext>();
            var connectionString = configuration.GetConnectionString("DefaultConnection");
            builder.UseSqlServer(connectionString);
            return new ApplicationDbContext(builder.Options);
        }
    }

{
  "ConnectionStrings": {
    "DefaultConnection": "Data Source=(LocalDB)\\MSSQLLocalDB;Initial Catalog=ASPNETCore2CookieAuthenticationDB;Integrated Security=True;MultipleActiveResultSets=True;"
  },
  "LoginCookieExpirationDays": 30
}

    public interface IUsersService
    {
        Task<string> GetSerialNumberAsync(int userId);
        Task<User> FindUserAsync(string username, string password);
        Task<User> FindUserAsync(int userId);
        Task UpdateUserLastActivityDateAsync(int userId);
    }

    public interface IRolesService
    {
        Task<List<Role>> FindUserRolesAsync(int userId);
        Task<bool> IsUserInRole(int userId, string roleName);
        Task<List<User>> FindUsersInRoleAsync(string roleName);
    }

    public interface IDbInitializerService
    {
        void Initialize();
        void SeedData();
    }

    public interface ICookieValidatorService
    {
        Task ValidateAsync(CookieValidatePrincipalContext context);
    }

    public class CookieValidatorService : ICookieValidatorService
    {
        private readonly IUsersService _usersService;
        public CookieValidatorService(IUsersService usersService)
        {
            _usersService = usersService;
            _usersService.CheckArgumentIsNull(nameof(usersService));
        }

        public async Task ValidateAsync(CookieValidatePrincipalContext context)
        {
            var userPrincipal = context.Principal;

            var claimsIdentity = context.Principal.Identity as ClaimsIdentity;
            if (claimsIdentity?.Claims == null || !claimsIdentity.Claims.Any())
            {
                // this is not our issued cookie
                await handleUnauthorizedRequest(context);
                return;
            }

            var serialNumberClaim = claimsIdentity.FindFirst(ClaimTypes.SerialNumber);
            if (serialNumberClaim == null)
            {
                // this is not our issued cookie
                await handleUnauthorizedRequest(context);
                return;
            }

            var userIdString = claimsIdentity.FindFirst(ClaimTypes.UserData).Value;
            if (!int.TryParse(userIdString, out int userId))
            {
                // this is not our issued cookie
                await handleUnauthorizedRequest(context);
                return;
            }

            var user = await _usersService.FindUserAsync(userId).ConfigureAwait(false);
            if (user == null || user.SerialNumber != serialNumberClaim.Value || !user.IsActive)
            {
                // user has changed his/her password/roles/stat/IsActive
                await handleUnauthorizedRequest(context);
            }

            await _usersService.UpdateUserLastActivityDateAsync(userId).ConfigureAwait(false);
        }

        private Task handleUnauthorizedRequest(CookieValidatePrincipalContext context)
        {
            context.RejectPrincipal();
            return context.HttpContext.SignOutAsync(CookieAuthenticationDefaults.AuthenticationScheme);
        }
    }

        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
            services.AddScoped<IUnitOfWork, ApplicationDbContext>();
            services.AddScoped<IUsersService, UsersService>();
            services.AddScoped<IRolesService, RolesService>();
            services.AddScoped<ISecurityService, SecurityService>();
            services.AddScoped<ICookieValidatorService, CookieValidatorService>();
            services.AddScoped<IDbInitializerService, DbInitializerService>();

            services.AddDbContext<ApplicationDbContext>(options =>
            {
                options.UseSqlServer(
                    Configuration.GetConnectionString("DefaultConnection"),
                    serverDbContextOptionsBuilder =>
                        {
                            var minutes = (int)TimeSpan.FromMinutes(3).TotalSeconds;
                            serverDbContextOptionsBuilder.CommandTimeout(minutes);
                            serverDbContextOptionsBuilder.EnableRetryOnFailure();
                        });
            });

            // Only needed for custom roles.
            services.AddAuthorization(options =>
                    {
                        options.AddPolicy(CustomRoles.Admin, policy => policy.RequireRole(CustomRoles.Admin));
                        options.AddPolicy(CustomRoles.User, policy => policy.RequireRole(CustomRoles.User));
                    });

            // Needed for cookie auth.
            services
                .AddAuthentication(options =>
                {
                    options.DefaultChallengeScheme = CookieAuthenticationDefaults.AuthenticationScheme;
                    options.DefaultSignInScheme = CookieAuthenticationDefaults.AuthenticationScheme;
                    options.DefaultAuthenticateScheme = CookieAuthenticationDefaults.AuthenticationScheme;
                })
                .AddCookie(options =>
                {
                    options.SlidingExpiration = false;
                    options.LoginPath = "/api/account/login";
                    options.LogoutPath = "/api/account/logout";
                    //options.AccessDeniedPath = new PathString("/Home/Forbidden/");
                    options.Cookie.Name = ".my.app1.cookie";
                    options.Cookie.HttpOnly = true;
                    options.Cookie.SecurePolicy = CookieSecurePolicy.SameAsRequest;
                    options.Cookie.SameSite = SameSiteMode.Lax;
                    options.Events = new CookieAuthenticationEvents
                    {
                        OnValidatePrincipal = context =>
                        {
                            var cookieValidatorService = context.HttpContext.RequestServices.GetRequiredService<ICookieValidatorService>();
                            return cookieValidatorService.ValidateAsync(context);
                        }
                    };
                });

public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IHostingEnvironment env)
{
   app.UseAuthentication();

            var scopeFactory = app.ApplicationServices.GetRequiredService<IServiceScopeFactory>();
            using (var scope = scopeFactory.CreateScope())
            {
                var dbInitializer = scope.ServiceProvider.GetService<IDbInitializerService>();
                dbInitializer.Initialize();
                dbInitializer.SeedData();
            }

        [AllowAnonymous]
        [HttpPost("[action]")]
        public async Task<IActionResult> Login([FromBody]  User loginUser)
        {
            if (loginUser == null)
            {
                return BadRequest("user is not set.");
            }

            var user = await _usersService.FindUserAsync(loginUser.Username, loginUser.Password).ConfigureAwait(false);
            if (user == null || !user.IsActive)
            {
                await HttpContext.SignOutAsync(CookieAuthenticationDefaults.AuthenticationScheme);
                return Unauthorized();
            }

            var loginCookieExpirationDays = _configuration.GetValue<int>("LoginCookieExpirationDays", defaultValue: 30);
            var cookieClaims = await createCookieClaimsAsync(user).ConfigureAwait(false);
            await HttpContext.SignInAsync(
                CookieAuthenticationDefaults.AuthenticationScheme,
                cookieClaims,
                new AuthenticationProperties
                {
                    IsPersistent = true, // "Remember Me"
                    IssuedUtc = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow,
                    ExpiresUtc = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow.AddDays(loginCookieExpirationDays)
                });

            await _usersService.UpdateUserLastActivityDateAsync(user.Id).ConfigureAwait(false);

            return Ok();
        }

        private async Task<ClaimsPrincipal> createCookieClaimsAsync(User user)
        {
            var identity = new ClaimsIdentity(CookieAuthenticationDefaults.AuthenticationScheme);
            identity.AddClaim(new Claim(ClaimTypes.NameIdentifier, user.Id.ToString()));
            identity.AddClaim(new Claim(ClaimTypes.Name, user.Username));
            identity.AddClaim(new Claim("DisplayName", user.DisplayName));

            // to invalidate the cookie
            identity.AddClaim(new Claim(ClaimTypes.SerialNumber, user.SerialNumber));

            // custom data
            identity.AddClaim(new Claim(ClaimTypes.UserData, user.Id.ToString()));

            // add roles
            var roles = await _rolesService.FindUserRolesAsync(user.Id).ConfigureAwait(false);
            foreach (var role in roles)
            {
                identity.AddClaim(new Claim(ClaimTypes.Role, role.Name));
            }

            return new ClaimsPrincipal(identity);
        }

[Route("api/[controller]")]
[Authorize(Policy = CustomRoles.Admin)]
public class MyProtectedAdminApiController : Controller

        [AllowAnonymous]
        [HttpGet("[action]"), HttpPost("[action]")]
        public async Task<bool> Logout()
        {
            await HttpContext.SignOutAsync(CookieAuthenticationDefaults.AuthenticationScheme);
            return true;
        }

Install-Package PagedList.Mvc

 public class Post
    {
        public int Id { get; set; }
        public string Title { get; set; }
        public string Body { get; set; }

    }

public static class PostService
    {
        public static IEnumerable<Post> posts = new List<Post>() {
            new Post{Id=1,Title="Title 1",Body="Body 1"},
            new Post{Id=2,Title="Title 2",Body="Body 2"},
            new Post{Id=3,Title="Title 3",Body="Body 3"},
            new Post{Id=4,Title="Title 4",Body="Body 4"},
            new Post{Id=5,Title="Title 5",Body="Body 5"},
            new Post{Id=6,Title="Title 6",Body="Body 6"},
            new Post{Id=7,Title="Title 7",Body="Body 7"},
            new Post{Id=8,Title="Title 8",Body="Body 8"},
            new Post{Id=9,Title="Title 9",Body="Body 9"},
            new Post{Id=10,Title="Title 10",Body="Body 10"},
            new Post{Id=11,Title="Title 11",Body="Body 11"},
            new Post{Id=12,Title="Title 12",Body="Body 12"},
            };
    
        public static IEnumerable<Post> GetAll()
        {
            return posts
            .OrderBy(row => row.Id);
        }
    }  

    public ActionResult Index(int? page)
        {
           var pageNumber = page ?? 1; 
            var posts = PostService.GetAll(); 
            var result = posts.ToPagedList(pageNumber, 10); 
            ViewBag.posts = result;
            return View();        
        }

@using PagedList.Mvc; 
@using PagedList; 
<link href="/Content/PagedList.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<h2>List of posts</h2>
<ul>
    @foreach (var post in ViewBag.posts)
    {
        <li>@post.Title</li>
    }
</ul>
@Html.PagedListPager((IPagedList)ViewBag.posts, page => Url.Action("Index", new { page }))

       public static IEnumerable<Post> GetAll(int page, int recordsPerPage,out int totalCount)
        {
            totalCount = posts.Count();
            return posts
            .OrderBy(row => row.Id).Skip(page * recordsPerPage).Take(recordsPerPage); // in real projects change like this .skip(()=>resultforSkip).Take(()=>recordsPerPage )
        }

public ActionResult Index(int? page)
        {
              var pageIndex = (page ?? 1) - 1; 
            var pageSize = 10;
            int totalPostCount; 
            var posts = PostService.GetAll(pageIndex, pageSize, out totalPostCount);
            var result = new StaticPagedList<Post>(posts, pageIndex + 1, pageSize, totalPostCount);
            ViewBag.posts = result;
            return View();    
        }

http://localhost:53192/?page=2

   routes.MapRoute(
               name: "paging",
               url: "{controller}/{action}/{page}",
               defaults: new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", page = UrlParameter.Optional }
           );

@model PagedList.IPagedList <pagedListmvc.Models.Post>

  @foreach (var post in Model)
    {
        <li>@post.Title</li>
    }

@Html.PagedListPager( myList, page => Url.Action("Index", new { page = page, tag= "mvc" }) )

@Html.PagedListPager((IPagedList)ViewBag.posts, page => Url.Action("Index", new { page = page }), PagedListRenderOptions.OnlyShowFivePagesAtATime)

@Html.PagedListPager((IPagedList)ViewBag.posts, page => Url.Action("Index", new { page = page }), new PagedListRenderOptions { LinkToFirstPageFormat = "<< ابتدا", LinkToPreviousPageFormat = "< قبلی", LinkToNextPageFormat = "بعدی>", LinkToLastPageFormat = "آخرین >>" })