C# Application From Start to Finish: Tournament Tracker Course - YouTube
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Follow along in this free course as I show you how to create an application in C# from idea through the finished product. Everything is shown on screen and in great detail. Learn how to use SQL databases, CSV text files, custom events, Linq, Lambda expressions, emailing, and more. Everything you learn will be in context of a real application.

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node -v

md \projects\node-edge-test1
cd \projects\node-edge-test1

npm install edge
npm install edge-sql

var edge = require('edge');

// The text in edge.func() is C# code
var helloWorld = edge.func('async (input) => { return input.ToString(); }');

helloWorld('Hello World!', function (error, result) {
    if (error) throw error;
    console.log(result);
});

node server.js

IF EXISTS(SELECT 1 FROM sys.tables WHERE object_id = OBJECT_ID('SampleUsers')) BEGIN; DROP TABLE SampleUsers; END; GO

CREATE TABLE SampleUsers ( Id INTEGER NOT NULL IDENTITY(1, 1), FirstName VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL, LastName VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL, Email VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL, CreateDate DATETIME NOT NULL DEFAULT(getdate()), PRIMARY KEY (Id) ); GO

INSERT INTO SampleUsers(FirstName,LastName,Email,CreateDate) VALUES('Orla','Sweeney','nunc@convallisincursus.ca','Apr 13, 2014');
INSERT INTO SampleUsers(FirstName,LastName,Email,CreateDate) VALUES('Zia','Pickett','porttitor.tellus.non@Duis.com','Aug 31, 2014');
INSERT INTO SampleUsers(FirstName,LastName,Email,CreateDate) VALUES('Justina','Ayala','neque.tellus.imperdiet@temporestac.com','Jul 28, 2014');
INSERT INTO SampleUsers(FirstName,LastName,Email,CreateDate) VALUES('Levi','Parrish','adipiscing.elit@velarcueu.com','Jun 21, 2014');
INSERT INTO SampleUsers(FirstName,LastName,Email,CreateDate) VALUES('Pearl','Warren','In@dignissimpharetra.org','Mar 3, 2014');

set EDGE_SQL_CONNECTION_STRING=Data Source=localhost;Initial Catalog=node-test;Integrated Security=True

SETX EDGE_SQL_CONNECTION_STRING "Data Source=localhost;Initial Catalog=node-test;Integrated Security=True"

var http = require('http');
var edge = require('edge');
var port = process.env.PORT || 8080;

var getTopUsers = edge.func('sql', function () {/*
    SELECT TOP 3 * FROM SampleUsers ORDER BY CreateDate DESC
*/});

function logError(err, res) {
    res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain' });
    res.write("Error: " + err);
    res.end("");
}    

http.createServer(function (req, res) {
    res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'text/html' });

    getTopUsers(null, function (error, result) {
        if (error) { logError(error, res); return; }
        if (result) {
            res.write("<ul>");
            result.forEach(function(user) {
                res.write("<li>" + user.FirstName + " " + user.LastName + ": " + user.Email + "</li>");
            });
            res.end("</ul>");
        }
        else {
        }
    });
}).listen(port);
console.log("Node server listening on port " + port);

node server-sql-query.js

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Data;
using System.Data.SqlClient;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace EdgeSampleLibrary
{
     public class Sample1
    {
        public async Task<object> Invoke(object input)
        {
            // Edge marshalls data to .NET using an IDictionary<string, object>
            var payload = (IDictionary<string, object>) input;
            var pageNumber = (int) payload["pageNumber"];
            var pageSize = (int) payload["pageSize"];
            return await QueryUsers(pageNumber, pageSize);
        }

        public async Task<List<SampleUser>> QueryUsers(int pageNumber, int pageSize)
        {
            // Use the same connection string env variable
            var connectionString = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("EDGE_SQL_CONNECTION_STRING");
            if (connectionString == null)
                throw new ArgumentException("You must set the EDGE_SQL_CONNECTION_STRING environment variable.");

            // Paging the result set using a common table expression (CTE).
            // You may rather do this in a stored procedure or use an 
            // ORM that supports async.
            var sql = @"
DECLARE @RowStart int, @RowEnd int;
SET @RowStart = (@PageNumber - 1) * @PageSize + 1;
SET @RowEnd = @PageNumber * @PageSize;

WITH Paging AS
(
    SELECT  ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY CreateDate DESC) AS RowNum,
            Id, FirstName, LastName, Email, CreateDate
    FROM    SampleUsers
)
SELECT  Id, FirstName, LastName, Email, CreateDate
FROM    Paging
WHERE   RowNum BETWEEN @RowStart AND @RowEnd
ORDER BY RowNum;
";
            var users = new List<SampleUser>();

            using (var cnx = new SqlConnection(connectionString))
            {
                using (var cmd = new SqlCommand(sql, cnx))
                {
                    await cnx.OpenAsync();

                    cmd.Parameters.Add(new SqlParameter("@PageNumber", SqlDbType.Int) { Value = pageNumber });
                    cmd.Parameters.Add(new SqlParameter("@PageSize", SqlDbType.Int) { Value = pageSize });

                    using (var reader = await cmd.ExecuteReaderAsync(CommandBehavior.CloseConnection))
                    {
                        while (await reader.ReadAsync())
                        {
                            var user = new SampleUser
                            {
                                Id = reader.GetInt32(0), 
                                FirstName = reader.GetString(1), 
                                LastName = reader.GetString(2), 
                                Email = reader.GetString(3), 
                                CreateDate = reader.GetDateTime(4)
                            };
                           users.Add(user);
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
            return users;
        } 
    }

    public class SampleUser
    {
        public int Id { get; set; }
        public string FirstName { get; set; }
        public string LastName { get; set; }
        public string Email { get; set; }
        public DateTime CreateDate { get; set; }
    }
}

[project]/bin/Debug/EdgeSampleLibrary.dll

var http = require('http');
var edge = require('edge');
var port = process.env.PORT || 8080;

// Set up the assembly to call from Node.js 
var querySample = edge.func({ assemblyFile: 'EdgeSampleLibrary.dll', typeName: 'EdgeSampleLibrary.Sample1', methodName: 'Invoke' });

function logError(err, res) { res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain' }); res.write("Got error: " + err); res.end(""); }

http.createServer(function (req, res) { res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'text/html' });

    // This is the data we will pass to .NET
    var data = { pageNumber: 1, pageSize: 3 };

    // Invoke the .NET function
    querySample(data, function (error, result) {
        if (error) { logError(error, res); return; }
        if (result) {
            res.write("<ul>");
            result.forEach(function(user) {
                res.write("<li>" + user.FirstName + " " + user.LastName + ": " + user.Email + "</li>");
            });
            res.end("</ul>");
        }
        else {
            res.end("No results");
        }
    });

}).listen(port);

console.log("Node server listening on port " + port);

node server-dotnet-query.js

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