function testScope() {
var myTest = true;
if (true) {
var myTest = "I am changed!"
}
alert(myTest);
}
testScope(); // will alert "I am changed!"

function testScope() {
var myTest = true;
if (true) {
var myTest = "I am changed!"
}
alert(myTest);
}
testScope(); // will alert "I am changed!"
alert(myTest); // will throw a reference error, because it doesn't exist outside of the function

myFunction.apply(thisContext, arrArgs);
myFunction.call(thisContext, arg1, arg2, arg3, ..., argN);

var contextObject = {
testContext: 10
}
var otherContextObject = {
testContext: "Hello World!"
}
var testContext = 15; // Global variable
function testFunction() {
alert(this.testContext);
}
testFunction(); // This will alert 15
testFunction.call(contextObject); // Will alert 10
testFunction.apply(otherContextObject); // Will alert "Hello World”

Taylor Mullen shows us how to create custom Tag Helpers. The TagHelper that was added in the show was the Markdown TagHelper. It enables you to write Markdown in your Views. 

Agile is a term used to describe approaches to software development emphasizing incremental delivery, team collaboration, continual planning, and continual learning. The term “Agile” was coined in 2001 in the Agile Manifesto. The manifesto set out to establish principles to guide a better approach to software development. The manifesto set out to establish principles to guide a better approach to software development. At its core, the manifesto declares 4 value statements representing the foundation of the agile movement.

Add an admin CRUD web page to your ASP.NET Core web app in 5 minutes using EF Core Power Tools and CoreAdmin | ErikEJ's blog 

The popular cross-platform desktop app development framework reaches a big milestone, though despite hitting double digits, this isn’t really a feature packed released but more an evolution of an already winning formula. v10 steps up to Chromium 85, Node 12.1.3, and V8 8.5. 

using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity;

namespace BlazorServer.Entities
{
    public class ApplicationUser : IdentityUser
    {
        public string Name { get; set; }
    }
}

public class ApplicationDbContext : IdentityDbContext<ApplicationUser>

namespace BlazorWasm.WebApi
{
    public class Startup
    {
        // ...

        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
            services.AddIdentity<ApplicationUser, IdentityRole>()
                .AddEntityFrameworkStores<ApplicationDbContext>()
                .AddDefaultTokenProviders();
  
            // ...

dotnet tool update --global dotnet-ef --version 5.0.4
dotnet build
dotnet ef migrations --startup-project ../../BlazorWasm/BlazorWasm.WebApi/ add AddNameToAppUser --context ApplicationDbContext
dotnet ef --startup-project ../../BlazorWasm/BlazorWasm.WebApi/ database update --context ApplicationDbContext

using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;

namespace BlazorServer.Models
{
    public class UserRequestDTO
    {
        [Required(ErrorMessage = "Name is required")]
        public string Name { get; set; }

        [Required(ErrorMessage = "Email is required")]
        [RegularExpression("^[a-zA-Z0-9_.-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9-]+.[a-zA-Z0-9-.]+$",
                ErrorMessage = "Invalid email address")]
        public string Email { get; set; }

        public string PhoneNo { get; set; }

        [Required(ErrorMessage = "Password is required.")]
        [DataType(DataType.Password)]
        public string Password { get; set; }

        [Required(ErrorMessage = "Confirm password is required")]
        [DataType(DataType.Password)]
        [Compare("Password", ErrorMessage = "Password and confirm password is not matched")]
        public string ConfirmPassword { get; set; }
    }
}

    public class RegistrationResponseDTO
    {
        public bool IsRegistrationSuccessful { get; set; }

        public IEnumerable<string> Errors { get; set; }
    }

using System;
using BlazorServer.Entities;
using BlazorServer.Models;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authorization;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Linq;
using BlazorServer.Common;

namespace BlazorWasm.WebApi.Controllers
{
    [Route("api/[controller]/[action]")]
    [ApiController]
    [Authorize]
    public class AccountController : ControllerBase
    {
        private readonly SignInManager<ApplicationUser> _signInManager;
        private readonly UserManager<ApplicationUser> _userManager;
        private readonly RoleManager<IdentityRole> _roleManager;

        public AccountController(SignInManager<ApplicationUser> signInManager,
            UserManager<ApplicationUser> userManager,
            RoleManager<IdentityRole> roleManager)
        {
            _roleManager = roleManager ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(roleManager));
            _userManager = userManager ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(userManager));
            _signInManager = signInManager ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(signInManager));
        }

        [HttpPost]
        [AllowAnonymous]
        public async Task<IActionResult> SignUp([FromBody] UserRequestDTO userRequestDTO)
        {
            var user = new ApplicationUser
            {
                UserName = userRequestDTO.Email,
                Email = userRequestDTO.Email,
                Name = userRequestDTO.Name,
                PhoneNumber = userRequestDTO.PhoneNo,
                EmailConfirmed = true
            };
            var result = await _userManager.CreateAsync(user, userRequestDTO.Password);
            if (!result.Succeeded)
            {
                var errors = result.Errors.Select(e => e.Description);
                return BadRequest(new RegistationResponseDTO { Errors = errors, IsRegistrationSuccessful = false });
            }

            var roleResult = await _userManager.AddToRoleAsync(user, ConstantRoles.Customer);
            if (!roleResult.Succeeded)
            {
                var errors = result.Errors.Select(e => e.Description);
                return BadRequest(new RegistationResponseDTO { Errors = errors, IsRegistrationSuccessful = false });
            }

            return StatusCode(201); // Created
        }
    }
}

[Route("api/[controller]/[action]")]
[ApiController]
[Authorize]

using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;

namespace BlazorServer.Models
{
    public class AuthenticationDTO
    {
        [Required(ErrorMessage = "UserName is required")]
        [RegularExpression("^[a-zA-Z0-9_.-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9-]+.[a-zA-Z0-9-.]+$",
            ErrorMessage = "Invalid email address")]
        public string UserName { get; set; }

        [Required(ErrorMessage = "Password is required.")]
        [DataType(DataType.Password)]
        public string Password { get; set; }
    }
}

using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace BlazorServer.Models
{
    public class AuthenticationResponseDTO
    {
        public bool IsAuthSuccessful { get; set; }

        public string ErrorMessage { get; set; }

        public string Token { get; set; }

        public UserDTO UserDTO { get; set; }
    }

    public class UserDTO
    {
        public string Id { get; set; }
        public string Name { get; set; }
        public string Email { get; set; }
        public string PhoneNo { get; set; }
    }
}

namespace BlazorServer.Models
{
    public class BearerTokensOptions
    {
        public string Key { set; get; }

        public string Issuer { set; get; }

        public string Audience { set; get; }

        public int AccessTokenExpirationMinutes { set; get; }
    }
}

{
  "BearerTokens": {
    "Key": "This is my shared key, not so secret, secret!",
    "Issuer": "https://localhost:5001/",
    "Audience": "Any",
    "AccessTokenExpirationMinutes": 20
  }
}

namespace BlazorWasm.WebApi
{
    public class Startup
    {
        // ...

        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
            services.AddOptions<BearerTokensOptions>().Bind(Configuration.GetSection("BearerTokens"));
            // ...

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IdentityModel.Tokens.Jwt;
using System.Security.Claims;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using BlazorServer.Entities;
using BlazorServer.Models;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity;
using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
using Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens;

namespace BlazorServer.Services
{

    public interface ITokenFactoryService
    {
        Task<string> CreateJwtTokensAsync(ApplicationUser user);
    }

    public class TokenFactoryService : ITokenFactoryService
    {
        private readonly UserManager<ApplicationUser> _userManager;
        private readonly BearerTokensOptions _configuration;

        public TokenFactoryService(
                UserManager<ApplicationUser> userManager,
                IOptionsSnapshot<BearerTokensOptions> bearerTokensOptions)
        {
            _userManager = userManager ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(userManager));
            if (bearerTokensOptions is null)
            {
                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(bearerTokensOptions));
            }
            _configuration = bearerTokensOptions.Value;
        }

        public async Task<string> CreateJwtTokensAsync(ApplicationUser user)
        {
            var signingCredentials = new SigningCredentials(
                new SymmetricSecurityKey(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(_configuration.Key)),
                SecurityAlgorithms.HmacSha256);
            var claims = await getClaimsAsync(user);
            var now = DateTime.UtcNow;
            var tokenOptions = new JwtSecurityToken(
                issuer: _configuration.Issuer,
                audience: _configuration.Audience,
                claims: claims,
                notBefore: now,
                expires: now.AddMinutes(_configuration.AccessTokenExpirationMinutes),
                signingCredentials: signingCredentials);
            return new JwtSecurityTokenHandler().WriteToken(tokenOptions);
        }

        private async Task<List<Claim>> getClaimsAsync(ApplicationUser user)
        {
            string issuer = _configuration.Issuer;
            var claims = new List<Claim>
            {
                // Issuer
                new Claim(JwtRegisteredClaimNames.Iss, issuer, ClaimValueTypes.String, issuer),
                // Issued at
                new Claim(JwtRegisteredClaimNames.Iat, DateTimeOffset.UtcNow.ToUnixTimeSeconds().ToString(), ClaimValueTypes.Integer64, issuer),
                new Claim(ClaimTypes.Name, user.Email, ClaimValueTypes.String, issuer),
                new Claim(ClaimTypes.Email, user.Email, ClaimValueTypes.String, issuer),
                new Claim("Id", user.Id, ClaimValueTypes.String, issuer),
                new Claim("DisplayName", user.Name, ClaimValueTypes.String, issuer),
            };

            var roles = await _userManager.GetRolesAsync(user);
            foreach (var role in roles)
            {
                claims.Add(new Claim(ClaimTypes.Role, role, ClaimValueTypes.String, issuer));
            }
            return claims;
        }
    }
}

namespace BlazorWasm.WebApi
{
    public class Startup
    {
        // ...

        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
            services.AddScoped<ITokenFactoryService, TokenFactoryService>();
            // ...

namespace BlazorWasm.WebApi.Controllers
{
    [Route("api/[controller]/[action]")]
    [ApiController]
    [Authorize]
    public class AccountController : ControllerBase
    {
        private readonly SignInManager<ApplicationUser> _signInManager;
        private readonly UserManager<ApplicationUser> _userManager;
        private readonly ITokenFactoryService _tokenFactoryService;

        public AccountController(
            SignInManager<ApplicationUser> signInManager,
            UserManager<ApplicationUser> userManager,
            ITokenFactoryService tokenFactoryService)
        {
            _userManager = userManager ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(userManager));
            _signInManager = signInManager ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(signInManager));
            _tokenFactoryService = tokenFactoryService;
        }

        [HttpPost]
        [AllowAnonymous]
        public async Task<IActionResult> SignIn([FromBody] AuthenticationDTO authenticationDTO)
        {
            var result = await _signInManager.PasswordSignInAsync(
                    authenticationDTO.UserName, authenticationDTO.Password,
                    isPersistent: false, lockoutOnFailure: false);
            if (!result.Succeeded)
            {
                return Unauthorized(new AuthenticationResponseDTO
                {
                    IsAuthSuccessful = false,
                    ErrorMessage = "Invalid Authentication"
                });
            }

            var user = await _userManager.FindByNameAsync(authenticationDTO.UserName);
            if (user == null)
            {
                return Unauthorized(new AuthenticationResponseDTO
                {
                    IsAuthSuccessful = false,
                    ErrorMessage = "Invalid Authentication"
                });
            }

            var token = await _tokenFactoryService.CreateJwtTokensAsync(user);
            return Ok(new AuthenticationResponseDTO
            {
                IsAuthSuccessful = true,
                Token = token,
                UserDTO = new UserDTO
                {
                    Name = user.Name,
                    Id = user.Id,
                    Email = user.Email,
                    PhoneNo = user.PhoneNumber
                }
            });
        }
    }
}

{
  "iss": "https://localhost:5001/",
  "iat": 1616396383,
  "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/name": "vahid@dntips.ir",
  "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/emailaddress": "vahid@dntips.ir",
  "Id": "582855fb-e95b-45ab-b349-5e9f7de40c0c",
  "DisplayName": "vahid@dntips.ir",
  "http://schemas.microsoft.com/ws/2008/06/identity/claims/role": "Admin",
  "nbf": 1616396383,
  "exp": 1616397583,
  "aud": "Any"
}

namespace BlazorWasm.WebApi
{
    public class Startup
    {
        // ...

        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
            var bearerTokensSection = Configuration.GetSection("BearerTokens");
            services.AddOptions<BearerTokensOptions>().Bind(bearerTokensSection);
            // ...

            var apiSettings = bearerTokensSection.Get<BearerTokensOptions>();
            var key = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(apiSettings.Key);
            services.AddAuthentication(opt =>
            {
                opt.DefaultAuthenticateScheme = JwtBearerDefaults.AuthenticationScheme;
                opt.DefaultChallengeScheme = JwtBearerDefaults.AuthenticationScheme;
                opt.DefaultScheme = JwtBearerDefaults.AuthenticationScheme;
            })
            .AddJwtBearer(cfg =>
            {
                cfg.RequireHttpsMetadata = false;
                cfg.SaveToken = true;
                cfg.TokenValidationParameters = new TokenValidationParameters
                {
                    ValidateIssuerSigningKey = true,
                    IssuerSigningKey = new SymmetricSecurityKey(key),
                    ValidateAudience = true,
                    ValidateIssuer = true,
                    ValidAudience = apiSettings.Audience,
                    ValidIssuer = apiSettings.Issuer,
                    ClockSkew = TimeSpan.Zero,
                    ValidateLifetime = true
                };
            });

            // ...

namespace BlazorWasm.WebApi
{
    public class Startup
    {
        // ...

        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
            // ...

            services.AddSwaggerGen(c =>
            {
                c.SwaggerDoc("v1", new OpenApiInfo { Title = "BlazorWasm.WebApi", Version = "v1" });
                c.AddSecurityDefinition("Bearer", new OpenApiSecurityScheme
                {
                    In = ParameterLocation.Header,
                    Description = "Please enter the token in the field",
                    Name = "Authorization",
                    Type = SecuritySchemeType.ApiKey
                });
                c.AddSecurityRequirement(new OpenApiSecurityRequirement {
                    {
                        new OpenApiSecurityScheme
                        {
                            Reference = new OpenApiReference
                            {
                                Type = ReferenceType.SecurityScheme,
                                Id = "Bearer"
                            }
                        },
                        new string[] { }
                    }
                });
            });
        }

        // ...

This post shows how to import and export .xls or .xlsx (Excel files) in ASP.NET Core. And when thinking about dealing with excel with .NET, we always look for third-party libraries or component. And one of the most popular .net library that reads and writes Excel 2007/2010 files using the Open Office Xml format (xlsx) is EPPlus. However, at the time of writing this post, this library is not updated to support .NET Core. But there exists an unofficial version of this library EPPlus.Core which can do the job of import and export xlsx in ASP.NET Core. This works on Windows, Linux and Mac.