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ASP.NET Core 8 and .NET 8 bring many exciting performance improvements. In this blog post, we will highlight some of the enhancements made in ASP.NET Core and show you how they can boost your web app’s speed and efficiency.  

With this guide, you will know how JWTs work in-depth, including having a good understanding of the cryptographic primitives that they are based upon, which are used in many other security use cases. 

SELECT   facid,
         DATEPART(month, [StartTime]) AS month,
         sum(slots) AS slots
FROM     bookings
WHERE    starttime >= '2012-01-01'
         AND starttime < '2013-01-01'
GROUP BY ROLLUP(facid, DATEPART(month, [StartTime]))
ORDER BY facid, month;

var date1 = new DateTime(2012, 01, 01);
var date2 = new DateTime(2013, 01, 01);

var facilities = context.Bookings
                                    .Where(booking => booking.StartTime >= date1
                                                        && booking.StartTime < date2)
                                    .GroupBy(booking => new { booking.FacId, booking.StartTime.Month })
                                    .Select(group => new
                                    {
                                        group.Key.FacId,
                                        group.Key.Month,
                                        TotalSlots = group.Sum(booking => booking.Slots)
                                    })
                                    .OrderBy(result => result.FacId)
                                        .ThenBy(result => result.Month)
                                    .ToList()
                            //This is new
                            .GroupByWithRollup(
                                item => item.FacId,
                                item => item.Month,
                                (primaryGrouping, secondaryGrouping) => new
                                {
                                    FacId = primaryGrouping.Key,
                                    Month = secondaryGrouping.Key,
                                    TotalSlots = secondaryGrouping.Sum(item => item.TotalSlots)
                                },
                                item => new
                                {
                                    FacId = item.Key,
                                    Month = -1,
                                    TotalSlots = item.SubTotal(subItem => subItem.TotalSlots)
                                },
                                items => new
                                {
                                    FacId = -1,
                                    Month = -1,
                                    TotalSlots = items.GrandTotal(subItem => subItem.TotalSlots)
                                });

var items = context.Bookings
                                    .GroupBy(booking => new { booking.FacId, booking.Facility.Name })
                                    .Select(group => new
                                    {
                                        group.Key.FacId,
                                        group.Key.Name,
                                        TotalHours = group.Sum(booking => booking.Slots) / 2M
                                    })
                                    .OrderBy(result => result.FacId)
                                    .ToList();

var date1 = new DateTime(2012, 09, 01);
var items = context.Bookings
                                    .Where(booking => booking.StartTime >= date1)
                                    .GroupBy(booking => new
                                    {
                                        booking.Member.Surname,
                                        booking.Member.FirstName,
                                        booking.Member.MemId
                                    })
                                    .Select(group => new
                                    {
                                        group.Key.Surname,
                                        group.Key.FirstName,
                                        group.Key.MemId,
                                        StartTime = group.Min(booking => booking.StartTime)
                                    })
                                    .OrderBy(result => result.MemId)
                                    .ToList();

var members = context.Members
                        .OrderBy(member => member.JoinDate)
                        .Select(member => new
                        {
                            Count = context.Members.Count(),
                            member.FirstName,
                            member.Surname
                        })
                        .ToList();

SELECT COUNT(*)
FROM   [Members] AS [m];

SELECT   [m].[FirstName],
         [m].[Surname],
         @__Count_0 AS [Count]
FROM     [Members] AS [m]
ORDER BY [m].[JoinDate];

SELECT   row_number() OVER (ORDER BY joindate) AS row_number,
         firstname,
         surname
FROM     members
ORDER BY joindate;

var members = context.Members
                        .OrderBy(member => member.JoinDate)
                        .Select(member => new
                        {
                            member.FirstName,
                            member.Surname
                        })
                        .ToList()
                        /*
                            SELECT [m].[FirstName], [m].[Surname]
                                FROM [Members] AS [m]
                                ORDER BY [m].[JoinDate]
                        */
                        // Now using LINQ to Objects
                        .Select((member, index) => new
                        {
                            RowNumber = index + 1,
                            member.FirstName,
                            member.Surname
                        })
                        .ToList();

SELECT facid,
       total
FROM   (SELECT   facid,
                 sum(slots) AS total,
                 rank() OVER (ORDER BY sum(slots) DESC) AS rank
        FROM     bookings
        GROUP BY facid) AS ranked
WHERE  rank = 1;

SELECT   mems.firstname,
         mems.surname,
         ((sum(bks.slots) + 10) / 20) * 10 AS hours,
         rank() OVER (ORDER BY ((sum(bks.slots) + 10) / 20) * 10 DESC) AS rank
FROM     bookings AS bks
         INNER JOIN
         members AS mems
         ON bks.memid = mems.memid
GROUP BY mems.firstname,
         mems.surname
ORDER BY rank, mems.surname, mems.firstname;

var itemsQuery = context.Bookings
                                    .GroupBy(booking => new
                                    {
                                        booking.Member.FirstName,
                                        booking.Member.Surname
                                    })
                                    .Select(group => new
                                    {
                                        group.Key.FirstName,
                                        group.Key.Surname,
                                        Hours = (group.Sum(booking => booking.Slots) + 10) / 20 * 10
                                    })
                                    .OrderByDescending(result => result.Hours)
                                        .ThenBy(result => result.Surname)
                                        .ThenBy(result => result.FirstName);
                var rankedItems = itemsQuery.Select(thisItem => new
                {
                    thisItem.FirstName,
                    thisItem.Surname,
                    thisItem.Hours,
                    Rank = itemsQuery.Count(mainItem => mainItem.Hours > thisItem.Hours) + 1
                })
                .ToList();

var facilitiesQuery =
                            context.Bookings.Select(booking =>
                                new
                                {
                                    booking.Facility.Name,
                                    Revenue = booking.MemId == 0 ?
                                            booking.Slots * booking.Facility.GuestCost
                                            : booking.Slots * booking.Facility.MemberCost
                                })
                                .GroupBy(b => b.Name)
                                .Select(group => new
                                {
                                    Name = group.Key,
                                    TotalRevenue = group.Sum(b => b.Revenue)
                                })
                                .OrderBy(result => result.TotalRevenue);

                var rankedFacilities = facilitiesQuery.Select(thisItem => new
                {
                    thisItem.Name,
                    thisItem.TotalRevenue,
                    Rank = facilitiesQuery.Count(mainItem => mainItem.TotalRevenue > thisItem.TotalRevenue) + 1
                })
                .Where(result => result.Rank <= 3)
                .OrderBy(result => result.Rank)
                .ToList();

SELECT   name,
         CASE WHEN class = 1 THEN 'high' WHEN class = 2 THEN 'average' ELSE 'low' END AS revenue
FROM     (SELECT   facs.name AS name,
                   ntile(3) OVER (ORDER BY sum(CASE WHEN memid = 0 THEN slots * facs.guestcost ELSE slots * membercost END) DESC) AS class
          FROM     bookings AS bks
                   INNER JOIN
                   facilities AS facs
                   ON bks.facid = facs.facid
          GROUP BY facs.name) AS subq
ORDER BY class, name;

var facilities =
                            context.Bookings.Select(booking =>
                                new
                                {
                                    booking.Facility.Name,
                                    Revenue = booking.MemId == 0 ?
                                            booking.Slots * booking.Facility.GuestCost
                                            : booking.Slots * booking.Facility.MemberCost
                                })
                                .GroupBy(b => b.Name)
                                .Select(group => new
                                {
                                    Name = group.Key,
                                    TotalRevenue = group.Sum(b => b.Revenue)
                                })
                                .OrderByDescending(result => result.TotalRevenue)
                                .ToList();

SELECT   [f].[Name],
         SUM(CASE WHEN [b].[MemId] = 0 THEN CAST ([b].[Slots] AS DECIMAL (18, 6)) * [f].[GuestCost] ELSE CAST ([b].[Slots] AS DECIMAL (18, 6)) * [f].[MemberCost] END) AS [TotalRevenue]
FROM     [Bookings] AS [b]
         INNER JOIN
         [Facilities] AS [f]
         ON [b].[FacId] = [f].[FacId]
GROUP BY [f].[Name]
ORDER BY SUM(CASE WHEN [b].[MemId] = 0 THEN CAST ([b].[Slots] AS DECIMAL (18, 6)) * [f].[GuestCost] ELSE CAST ([b].[Slots] AS DECIMAL (18, 6)) * [f].[MemberCost] END) DESC;

var n = 3;
var tiledFacilities = facilities.Select((item, index) =>
                                        new
                                        {
                                            Item = item,
                                            Index = (index / n) + 1
                                        })
                                        .GroupBy(x => x.Index)
                                        .Select(g =>
                                            g.Select(z =>
                                                new
                                                {
                                                    z.Item.Name,
                                                    z.Item.TotalRevenue,
                                                    Tile = g.Key,
                                                    GroupName = g.Key == 1 ? "High" : (g.Key == 2 ? "Average" : "Low")
                                                })
                                                .OrderBy(x => x.GroupName)
                                                    .ThenBy(x => x.Name)
                                        )
                                        .ToList();

var flatTiledFacilities = tiledFacilities.SelectMany(group => group)
                                        .Select(tile => new { tile.Name, Revenue = tile.GroupName })
                                        .ToList();

var facilities =
                            context.Bookings.Select(booking =>
                                new
                                {
                                    booking.Facility.Name,
                                    booking.Facility.InitialOutlay,
                                    booking.Facility.MonthlyMaintenance,
                                    Revenue = booking.MemId == 0 ?
                                            booking.Slots * booking.Facility.GuestCost
                                            : booking.Slots * booking.Facility.MemberCost
                                })
                                .GroupBy(b => new
                                {
                                    b.Name,
                                    b.InitialOutlay,
                                    b.MonthlyMaintenance
                                })
                                .Select(group => new
                                {
                                    group.Key.Name,
                                    RepayTime =
                                        group.Key.InitialOutlay /
                                                ((group.Sum(b => b.Revenue) / 3) - group.Key.MonthlyMaintenance)
                                })
                                .OrderBy(result => result.Name)
                                .ToList();

var startDate = new DateTime(2012, 08, 1);
var endDate = new DateTime(2012, 08, 31);
var period = 14;

var dailyRevenueQuery =
                        context.Bookings
                                .Select(booking =>
                                new
                                {
                                    StartDate = booking.StartTime.Date, // How to group by date (or TruncateTime) in EF-Core
                                    Revenue = booking.MemId == 0 ?
                                                           booking.Slots * booking.Facility.GuestCost
                                                           : booking.Slots * booking.Facility.MemberCost
                                })
                                .GroupBy(b => b.StartDate)
                                .Select(group =>
                                new
                                {
                                    Date = group.Key,
                                    TotalRevenue = group.Sum(b => b.Revenue)
                                });

var movingAvgs =
                        dailyRevenueQuery
                                .Select(dr1 =>
                                new
                                {
                                    dr1.Date,
                                    MovingAvg = dailyRevenueQuery
                                        .Where(dr2 => dr2.Date <= dr1.Date && dr2.Date >= dr1.Date.AddDays(-period))
                                        .Average(dr2 => dr2.TotalRevenue)
                                })
                                .Where(result => result.Date >= startDate && result.Date <= endDate)
                                .OrderBy(result => result.Date)
                                .ToList();

One of the most exciting announcements during this year’s Connect(); event was the ability to embed .NET libraries into existing iOS (Objective-C/Swift) and Android (Java) applications with .NET Embedding. This is great because you can start to share code between your iOS and Android applications, and you can also share the user interface between your apps when you combine .NET Embedding with Xamarin.Forms Native Forms. This means that you can leverage your existing investments and apps without having to re-write them from scratch to start adding cross-platform logic and UI. In fact, during the Connect(); keynote I showed how I was able to extend the open source Swift-based Kickstarter iOS application with .NET Embedding and Xamarin.Forms Native Forms. You can check out the clip below. 

How you shouldn’t implement base classes

public class Entity<T>
{

  public T Id { get; protected set; }

}

Motivation for such code it pretty clear: you have a base class that can be reused across multiple projects. For instance, if there is a web application with GUID Id columns in the database and a desktop app with integer Ids, it might seem a good idea to have the same class for both of them. In fact, this approach introduces accidental complexity because of premature generalization. 

There is no need in using a single base entity class for more than one project or bounded context. Each domain has its unique path, so let it grow independently. Just copy and paste the base entity class to a new project and specify the exact type that will be used for the Id property.