var items = context.Bookings
                    .Where(booking => booking.StartTime.Year == 2012)
                    .Select(booking => new
                    {
                        booking.StartTime.Year,
                        booking.StartTime.Month,
                        DaysInMonth = EF.Functions.DateDiffDay(
                                        booking.StartTime.Date.AddDays(1 - booking.StartTime.Date.Day),
                                        booking.StartTime.Date.AddDays(1 - booking.StartTime.Date.Day).AddMonths(1)
                                        )
                    })
                    .Distinct()
                    .OrderBy(r => r.Year)
                        .ThenBy(r => r.Month)
                    .ToList();

var items = context.Bookings
                    .Select(x => new { x.StartTime, EndTime = x.StartTime.AddMinutes(x.Slots * 30) })
                    .OrderByDescending(x => x.EndTime)
                        .ThenByDescending(x => x.StartTime)
                    .Take(10)
                    .ToList();

var items = context.Bookings
                    .GroupBy(x => new { x.StartTime.Year, x.StartTime.Month })
                    .Select(x => new
                    {
                        x.Key.Year,
                        x.Key.Month,
                        Count = x.Count()
                    })
                    .OrderBy(x => x.Year)
                        .ThenBy(x => x.Month)
                    .ToList();

Round(100 * Sum(Slots) / (decimal)(25 * DaysInMonth), 1)

var items = context.Bookings
                    .Select(booking => new
                    {
                        booking.Facility.Name,
                        booking.StartTime.Year,
                        booking.StartTime.Month,
                        booking.Slots,
                        DaysInMonth = EF.Functions.DateDiffDay(
                                        booking.StartTime.Date.AddDays(1 - booking.StartTime.Date.Day),
                                        booking.StartTime.Date.AddDays(1 - booking.StartTime.Date.Day).AddMonths(1)
                                        )
                    })
                    .GroupBy(b => new { b.Name, b.Year, b.Month, b.DaysInMonth })
                    .Select(g => new
                    {
                        g.Key.Name,
                        g.Key.Year,
                        g.Key.Month,
                        Utilization = SqlDbFunctionsExtensions.SqlRound(
                                100 * g.Sum(b => b.Slots) / (decimal)(25 * g.Key.DaysInMonth),
                                1)
                    })
                    .OrderBy(r => r.Name)
                        .ThenBy(r => r.Year)
                            .ThenBy(r => r.Month)
                    .ToList();

namespace EFCorePgExercises.Utils
{
    public static class SqlDbFunctionsExtensions
    {
        public static decimal SqlRound(decimal value, int precision)
            => throw new InvalidOperationException($"{nameof(SqlRound)} method cannot be called from the client side.");

        private static readonly MethodInfo _sqlRoundMethodInfo = typeof(SqlDbFunctionsExtensions)
            .GetRuntimeMethod(
                nameof(SqlDbFunctionsExtensions.SqlRound),
                new[] { typeof(decimal), typeof(int) }
            );

        public static void AddCustomSqlFunctions(this ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
        {
            modelBuilder.HasDbFunction(_sqlRoundMethodInfo)
                .HasTranslation(args =>
                {
                    return SqlFunctionExpression.Create("ROUND",
                        args,
                        _sqlRoundMethodInfo.ReturnType,
                        typeMapping: null);
                });
        }
    }
}

namespace EFCorePgExercises.DataLayer
{
    public class ApplicationDbContext : DbContext
    {
         // ...

        protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
        {
         // ...
            modelBuilder.AddCustomSqlFunctions();
         // ...
        }
    }
}

The tutorials in this repository are:

• Beginners Guide to C#
• 101 LINQ Samples
• Explore C# 7 through C# 7.3.
• Explore C# 8. 

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Blazor Fundamentals Tutorial

Blazor server-side vs client-side (WebAssembly) | What should you choose?
What are Razor Components? | Blazor Tutorial 1
Dependency Injection | Blazor Tutorial 2
What are Blazor Layouts? | Blazor Tutorial 3
Routing and Navigation | Blazor Tutorial 4
JS Interop: Calling JavaScript from C# | Blazor Tutorial 5
JS Interop: Calling C# methods from JavaScript | Blazor Tutorial 6
Creating Forms with Validation | Blazor Tutorial 7
How to add Authentication in Server-side Blazor | Blazor Tutorial 8
Authorization in Server-Side Blazor | Blazor Tutorial 9
How to use HTML5 Web Storage in Blazor | Blazor Tutorial 10
Managing Blazor state using Redux | Blazor Tutorial 11
Creating a desktop application using Blazor and Electron | Blazor Tutorial 12
Deploying Server-Side Blazor in Azure with SignalR service | Blazor Tutorial 13
Building cross platform mobile apps with Blazor (Experimental)
 

MVC 6 should be out any day, so we need to be prepared.

The good thing is, it’s all very similar to MVC 5; the even better thing is, it got better! A couple of ways it is so cool, in my mind, are:

Did you know that when Googlebot is crawling the Web, it runs a version of Chromium behind the scenes and actually runs your JavaScript? This means there are some things to be aware of. 

.NET on Azure for Beginners
8 videos

.NET on Azure for Beginners will teach you the basics of Azure and how to leverage its services and features to build amazing cloud applications. You will learn how to deploy web apps, work with storage and data, authenticate and use Managed Identity, harness the power of containers, and even deploy with GitHub Actions. By the end of this series, you will have the skills and confidence to start developing your own .NET applications on Azure!