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With Meta Tags you can edit and experiment with your content then preview how your webpage will look on Google, Facebook, Twitter and more! 

Access JSON APIs with generated fake data 

This library helps write code in more functional way. To get to know more about the principles behind it, check out the Applying Functional Principles in C# Pluralsight course. 

Readings and watchings 

 PM> Install-Package Google.Apis
PM> Install-Package Google.Apis.auth
PM> Install-Package Google.Apis.Analytics.v3

using System;
using System.Linq;
using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;
using Google.Apis.Analytics.v3;
using Google.Apis.Analytics.v3.Data;
using Google.Apis.Auth.OAuth2;
using Google.Apis.Services;

namespace GoogleAnalyticsAPIv3Tests
{
    public class AnalyticsQueryParameters
    {
        public DateTime Start { set; get; }
        public DateTime End { set; get; } 
        public string Dimensions { set; get; } 
        public string Filters { set; get; }
        public string Metrics { set; get; }
    }

    public class AnalyticsAuthentication
    {
        public Uri SiteUrl { set; get; }
        public string ApplicationName { set; get; }
        public string ServiceAccountEmail { set; get; }
        public string KeyFilePath { set; get; }
        public string KeyFilePassword { set; get; }

        public AnalyticsAuthentication()
        {
            KeyFilePassword = "notasecret";
        }
    }

    public class GoogleAnalyticsApiV3
    {
        public AnalyticsAuthentication Authentication { set; get; }
        public AnalyticsQueryParameters QueryParameters { set; get; }

        public GaData GetData()
        {
            var service = createAnalyticsService();
            var profile = getProfile(service);
            var query = service.Data.Ga.Get("ga:" + profile.Id,
                                QueryParameters.Start.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd"),
                                QueryParameters.End.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd"),
                                QueryParameters.Metrics);
            query.Dimensions = QueryParameters.Dimensions;
            query.Filters = QueryParameters.Filters;
            query.SamplingLevel = DataResource.GaResource.GetRequest.SamplingLevelEnum.HIGHERPRECISION;
            return query.Execute();
        }

        private AnalyticsService createAnalyticsService()
        {
            var certificate = new X509Certificate2(Authentication.KeyFilePath, Authentication.KeyFilePassword, X509KeyStorageFlags.Exportable);
            var credential = new ServiceAccountCredential(
                new ServiceAccountCredential.Initializer(Authentication.ServiceAccountEmail)
                {
                    Scopes = new[] { AnalyticsService.Scope.AnalyticsReadonly }
                }.FromCertificate(certificate));

            return new AnalyticsService(new BaseClientService.Initializer
            {
                HttpClientInitializer = credential,
                ApplicationName = Authentication.ApplicationName
            });
        }

        private Profile getProfile(AnalyticsService service)
        {
            var accountListRequest = service.Management.Accounts.List();
            var accountList = accountListRequest.Execute();
            var site = Authentication.SiteUrl.Host.ToLowerInvariant();
            var account = accountList.Items.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Name.ToLowerInvariant().Contains(site));
            var webPropertyListRequest = service.Management.Webproperties.List(account.Id);
            var webPropertyList = webPropertyListRequest.Execute();
            var sitePropertyList = webPropertyList.Items.FirstOrDefault(a => a.Name.ToLowerInvariant().Contains(site));
            var profileListRequest = service.Management.Profiles.List(account.Id, sitePropertyList.Id);
            var profileList = profileListRequest.Execute();
            return profileList.Items.FirstOrDefault(a => a.Name.ToLowerInvariant().Contains(site));
        }
    }
}

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;

namespace GoogleAnalyticsAPIv3Tests
{
    class Program
    {

        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            var statistics = new GoogleAnalyticsApiV3
            {
                Authentication = new AnalyticsAuthentication
                {
                    ApplicationName = "My Project",
                    KeyFilePath = "811e1d9976cd516b55-privatekey.p12",
                    ServiceAccountEmail = "10152bng4j3mq@developer.gserviceaccount.com",
                    SiteUrl = new Uri("https://www.dntips.ir/")
                },
                QueryParameters = new AnalyticsQueryParameters
                {
                    Start = DateTime.Now.AddDays(-7),
                    End = DateTime.Now,
                    Dimensions = "ga:date",
                    Filters = null,
                    Metrics = "ga:users,ga:sessions,ga:pageviews"
                }
            }.GetData();


            foreach (var result in statistics.TotalsForAllResults)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(result.Key + " -> total:" + result.Value);
            }
            Console.WriteLine();

            foreach (var row in statistics.ColumnHeaders)
            {
                Console.Write(row.Name + "\t");
            }
            Console.WriteLine();

            foreach (var row in statistics.Rows)
            {
                var rowItems = (List<string>)row;
                Console.WriteLine(rowItems.Aggregate((s1, s2) => s1 + "\t" + s2));
            }

            Console.ReadLine();
        }
    }
}

A while ago I wrote an article with some CSS tips, now it’s time to give some polish to our HTML! In this article I’ll share some tips and advice about HTML code. Some of this guidance will be best suited for beginners – how to properly build paragraphs, use headings, or improve forms, but we will also discuss SVG sprites for icons, a somewhat more advanced topic. 

When you go to https://vscode.dev, you'll be presented with a lightweight version of VS Code running fully in the browser. Open a folder on your local machine and start coding.

No install required. 

 WebAssembly is one of the newest technologies to hit the web dev world with some promising new features around performance and expanding the boundaries of web languages. We’ll take a look at using it with Blazor to allow .NET developers to create a SPA. 

that’s not a typo—today we’re shipping Bootstrap 3.4.0, a long overdue update to address some quality of life issues, XSS fixes , and build tooling updates to make it easier for us, and you, to develop.