Do you want the web apps you create to closely simulate desktop applications? Angular 2.0 can help you do just that, to provide a better experience for the user and improve the overall app performance 

Securing your application is bloody important. With so much jargon to sift through, it’s easy to get lost, for example there’s SSO, OAuth2, SAML 2.0, OpenID Connect, Federated Identity, 2FA, & MFA. Just to name a few! 😱 In this talk, Anthony will take an in depth look at Federated Identity using OpenID Connect and OAuth2 Framework for ASP. NET Core using Duende IdentityServer (aka IdentityServer 5). You will walk away knowing how to navigate the security options and avoid the madness. 

 >ng g m UploadFile -m app.module --routing

 >ng g c UploadFile/UploadFileSimple

 >ng g cl UploadFile/Ticket

export class Ticket {
  constructor(public description: string = "") {}
}

import { Ticket } from "./../ticket";

export class UploadFileSimpleComponent implements OnInit {
  model = new Ticket();

<div class="container">
  <h3>Support Form</h3>
  <form #form="ngForm" (submit)="submitForm(form)" novalidate>
    <div class="form-group" [class.has-error]="description.invalid && description.touched">
      <label class="control-label">Description</label>
      <input #description="ngModel" required type="text" class="form-control"
        name="description" [(ngModel)]="model.description">
      <div *ngIf="description.invalid && description.touched">
        <div class="alert alert-danger"  *ngIf="description.errors.required">
          description is required.
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>

    <div class="form-group">
      <label class="control-label">Screenshot(s)</label>
      <input #screenshotInput required type="file" multiple (change)="fileChange($event)"
        class="form-control" name="screenshot">
    </div>

    <button class="btn btn-primary" [disabled]="form.invalid" type="submit">Ok</button>
  </form>
</div>

 (change)="fileChange($event)"

fileChange(event) {
    const filesList: FileList = event.target.files;
    console.log("fileChange() -> filesList", filesList);
}

 C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\lib.dom.d.ts

{
    "lib": [
      "es2016",
      "dom"
    ]
  }
}

import { Component, OnInit, ViewChild, ElementRef } from "@angular/core";

export class UploadFileSimpleComponent implements OnInit {
  @ViewChild("screenshotInput") screenshotInput: ElementRef;

  submitForm(form: NgForm) {
    const fileInput: HTMLInputElement = this.screenshotInput.nativeElement;
    console.log("fileInput.files", fileInput.files);
  }

 >ng g s UploadFile/UploadFileSimple -m upload-file.module

import { Http, RequestOptions, Response, Headers } from "@angular/http";
import { Injectable } from "@angular/core";
import { Observable } from "rxjs/Observable";
import "rxjs/add/operator/do";
import "rxjs/add/operator/catch";
import "rxjs/add/observable/throw";
import "rxjs/add/operator/map";
import "rxjs/add/observable/of";

import { Ticket } from "./ticket";

@Injectable()
export class UploadFileSimpleService {
  private baseUrl = "api/SimpleUpload";

  constructor(private http: Http) {}

  private extractData(res: Response) {
    const body = res.json();
    return body || {};
  }

  private handleError(error: Response): Observable<any> {
    console.error("observable error: ", error);
    return Observable.throw(error.statusText);
  }

  postTicket(ticket: Ticket, filesList: FileList): Observable<any> {
    if (!filesList || filesList.length === 0) {
      return Observable.throw("Please select a file.");
    }

    const formData: FormData = new FormData();

    for (const key in ticket) {
      if (ticket.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
        formData.append(key, ticket[key]);
      }
    }

    for (let i = 0; i < filesList.length; i++) {
      formData.append(filesList[i].name, filesList[i]);
    }

    const headers = new Headers();
    headers.append("Accept", "application/json");
    const options = new RequestOptions({ headers: headers });

    return this.http
      .post(`${this.baseUrl}/SaveTicket`, formData, options)
      .map(this.extractData)
      .catch(this.handleError);
  }
}

  postTicket(ticket: Ticket, filesList: FileList): Observable<any> {
    const formData: FormData = new FormData();

    for (const key in ticket) {
      if (ticket.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
        formData.append(key, ticket[key]);
      }
    }

    for (let i = 0; i < filesList.length; i++) {
      formData.append(filesList[i].name, filesList[i]);
    }

    const headers = new Headers();
    headers.append("Accept", "application/json");
    const options = new RequestOptions({ headers: headers });

    return this.http
      .post(`${this.baseUrl}/SaveTicket`, formData, options)
      .map(this.extractData)
      .catch(this.handleError);

import { UploadFileSimpleService } from "./../upload-file-simple.service";

export class UploadFileSimpleComponent implements OnInit {
  constructor(private uploadService: UploadFileSimpleService  ) {}

  submitForm(form: NgForm) {
    const fileInput: HTMLInputElement = this.screenshotInput.nativeElement;
    console.log("fileInput.files", fileInput.files);

    this.uploadService
      .postTicket(this.model, fileInput.files)
      .subscribe(data => {
        console.log("success: ", data);
      });
  }

namespace AngularTemplateDrivenFormsLab.Models
{
    public class Ticket
    {
        public int Id { set; get; }
        public string Description { set; get; }
    }
}

using System.IO;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using AngularTemplateDrivenFormsLab.Models;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;

namespace AngularTemplateDrivenFormsLab.Controllers
{
    [Route("api/[controller]")]
    public class SimpleUploadController : Controller
    {
        private readonly IHostingEnvironment _environment;
        public SimpleUploadController(IHostingEnvironment environment)
        {
            _environment = environment;
        }

        [HttpPost("[action]")]
        public async Task<IActionResult> SaveTicket(Ticket ticket)
        {
            //TODO: save the ticket ... get id
            ticket.Id = 1001;

            var uploadsRootFolder = Path.Combine(_environment.WebRootPath, "uploads");
            if (!Directory.Exists(uploadsRootFolder))
            {
                Directory.CreateDirectory(uploadsRootFolder);
            }

            var files = Request.Form.Files;
            foreach (var file in files)
            {
                //TODO: do security checks ...!

                if (file == null || file.Length == 0)
                {
                    continue;
                }

                var filePath = Path.Combine(uploadsRootFolder, file.FileName);
                using (var fileStream = new FileStream(filePath, FileMode.Create))
                {
                    await file.CopyToAsync(fileStream).ConfigureAwait(false);
                }
            }

            return Created("", ticket);
        }
    }
}

 SaveTicket(Ticket ticket)

 formData.append(filesList[i].name, filesList[i]);

var files = Request.Form.Files;
foreach (var file in files)

Spawn an Online Game with Blazor, .NET 7 and Clean Architecture in under 60 minutes

In this fun talk, Luke Parker will show you step-by-step how to build a playable game in under 60 minutes. He will go over some basic game design, project planning, then build the game and finally… play live with the audience! Utilizing code sharing and the magic of Clean Architecture allows for very rapid app development. Also, leveraging MudBlazor as the component library lets you save time and to focus on what really matters.
 

 In short, we’re making Xamarin’s cross-platform tools available in Visual Studio, from Community up through Enterprise at no additional cost and we’re open-sourcing the Xamarin SDK – the core of the Xamarin toolchain. In addition, we’re making Xamarin’s services (for example, Test Cloud and Xamarin University) available along with the existing Microsoft mobile DevOps capabilities.

https://blog.xamarin.com/xamarin-for-all/?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=blog&utm_source=twitter&utm_content=xamarin-for-all 

<div class="form-group">
    <label>First Name</label>
    <input #firstName required type="text" class="form-control" name="firstName" [(ngModel)]="model.firstName">
</div>

<h3>Classes</h3>
<h4>{{ firstName.className }}</h4>

<div class="form-group">
    <label>First Name</label>
    <input #firstName="ngModel" required type="text" class="form-control" name="firstName" [(ngModel)]="model.firstName">
</div>

<h4>dirty: {{ firstName.dirty }}</h4>

<div class="form-group">
    <label>First Name</label>
    <input #firstName="ngModel" #firstNameElement required type="text" class="form-control" 
              name="firstName" [(ngModel)]="model.firstName">
    <div *ngIf="firstName.invalid && firstName.touched" class="alert alert-danger">
        First Name is required.
    </div>      
</div>

<h4>className: {{ firstNameElement.className }}</h4>
<h4>dirty: {{ firstName.dirty }}</h4>
<h4>invalid: {{ firstName.invalid }}</h4>

<div class="form-group" [class.has-error]="firstName.invalid && firstName.touched">
   <label class="control-label">First Name</label>

.ng-touched.ng-invalid{
    border: 1px solid red;
}

<input #firstName="ngModel" #firstNameElement 
required maxlength="3" minlength="2" pattern="^V.*"
type="text" class="form-control" name="firstName" [(ngModel)]="model.firstName">

    <div *ngIf="firstName.invalid && firstName.touched" class="alert alert-danger">
        First Name is required.
    </div>

    <div class="form-group" [class.has-error]="firstName.invalid && firstName.touched">
      <label class="control-label">First Name</label>
      <input #firstName="ngModel" #firstNameElement 
             required maxlength="3" minlength="2" pattern="^V.*"
             type="text" class="form-control" name="firstName" [(ngModel)]="model.firstName">
      <div *ngIf="firstName.invalid && firstName.touched">
        <div class="alert alert-info">
           errors: {{ firstName.errors | json }}
        </div> 
        <div class="alert alert-danger" *ngIf="firstName.errors.required">
           Name is required.
        </div>
        <div class="alert alert-danger" *ngIf="firstName.errors.minlength">
           Name should be minimum {{firstName.errors.minlength.requiredLength}} characters.
        </div>
        <div class="alert alert-danger" *ngIf="firstName.errors.maxlength">
           Name should be max {{firstName.errors.maxlength.requiredLength}} characters.
        </div>
        <div class="alert alert-danger" *ngIf="firstName.errors.pattern">
           Name pattern: {{firstName.errors.pattern.requiredPattern}}
        </div>
      </div>      
    </div>

<option value="default">Select a Language...</option>

    <div class="form-group" [class.has-error]="hasPrimaryLanguageError">
      <label class="control-label">Primary Language</label>
      <select class="form-control" name="primaryLanguage" 
                #primaryLanguage
                (blur)="validatePrimaryLanguage(primaryLanguage.value)"
                (change)="validatePrimaryLanguage(primaryLanguage.value)"
                [(ngModel)]="model.primaryLanguage">
          <option value="default">Select a Language...</option>
          <option *ngFor="let lang of languages">
            {{ lang }}
          </option>
      </select>
    </div>

export class EmployeeRegisterComponent {
  hasPrimaryLanguageError = false;

  validatePrimaryLanguage(value) {
    if (value === 'default'){
      this.hasPrimaryLanguageError = true;
      }
    else{
      this.hasPrimaryLanguageError = false;
      }
  }
}

<form #form="ngForm" novalidate>

<h3> form.valid: {{ form.valid }}</h3>

<button class="btn btn-primary" type="submit"
            [disabled]="form.invalid">Ok</button>

 ng g c contact-manager/components/notes --no-spec

      <mat-tab-group>
        <mat-tab label="Bio">
          <p>
            {{user.bio}}
          </p>
        </mat-tab>
        <mat-tab label="Notes">
          <app-notes [notes]="user.userNotes"></app-notes>
        </mat-tab>
      </mat-tab-group>

import { Component, Input, OnInit } from "@angular/core";
import { UserNote } from "../../models/user-note";

@Component({
  selector: "app-notes",
  templateUrl: "./notes.component.html",
  styleUrls: ["./notes.component.css"]
})
export class NotesComponent implements OnInit {

  @Input() notes: UserNote[];

 <p>
  {{notes | json}}
</p>

import { Component, Input, OnInit } from "@angular/core";
import { MatTableDataSource } from "@angular/material";

import { UserNote } from "../../models/user-note";

@Component({
  selector: "app-notes",
  templateUrl: "./notes.component.html",
  styleUrls: ["./notes.component.css"]
})
export class NotesComponent implements OnInit {

  @Input() notes: UserNote[];

  displayedColumns = ["position", "title", "date"];
  dataSource: MatTableDataSource<UserNote>;

  constructor() { }

  ngOnInit() {
    this.dataSource = new MatTableDataSource<UserNote>(this.notes);
  }

}

<div class="example-container mat-elevation-z8" fxLayout="column">
  <mat-table #table [dataSource]="dataSource">
    <ng-container matColumnDef="position">
      <mat-header-cell *matHeaderCellDef> No. </mat-header-cell>
      <mat-cell *matCellDef="let note"> {{note.id}} </mat-cell>
    </ng-container>

    <ng-container matColumnDef="title">
      <mat-header-cell *matHeaderCellDef> Title </mat-header-cell>
      <mat-cell *matCellDef="let note"> {{note.title}} </mat-cell>
    </ng-container>

    <ng-container matColumnDef="date">
      <mat-header-cell *matHeaderCellDef> Date </mat-header-cell>
      <mat-cell *matCellDef="let note"> {{note.date | date:'yyyy-MM-dd'}} </mat-cell>
    </ng-container>

    <mat-header-row *matHeaderRowDef="displayedColumns"></mat-header-row>
    <mat-row *matRowDef="let row; columns: displayedColumns;"></mat-row>
  </mat-table>
</div>

  </mat-table>

  <mat-paginator #paginator [pageSize]="2" [pageSizeOptions]="[2, 4, 6]">
  </mat-paginator>
</div>

export class NotesComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewInit {

  dataSource: MatTableDataSource<UserNote>;
  
  @ViewChild(MatPaginator) paginator: MatPaginator;

  ngAfterViewInit() {
    this.dataSource.paginator = this.paginator;
  }

}

<div class="example-container mat-elevation-z8" fxLayout="column">
  <div class="example-header">
    <mat-form-field>
      <input matInput (keyup)="applyFilter($event.target.value)" placeholder="Filter">
    </mat-form-field>
  </div>

  applyFilter(filterValue: string) {
    this.dataSource.filter = filterValue.trim().toLowerCase(); // MatTableDataSource defaults to lowercase matches
  }

  <mat-table #table [dataSource]="dataSource" matSort>
    <ng-container matColumnDef="position">
      <mat-header-cell *matHeaderCellDef mat-sort-header> No. </mat-header-cell>
 

export class NotesComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewInit {

  dataSource: MatTableDataSource<UserNote>;
  
  @ViewChild(MatSort) sort: MatSort;

  ngAfterViewInit() {
    this.dataSource.sort = this.sort;
  }
}

the new ASP.NET offers these features from the very beginning of an application, meaning it is just as easy (or easier) to avoid the service locator pattern.