TypeScript has a lot of value to offer making the switch highly attractive:

• More “future proof”
• Higher OSS adoption & better RN + library support
• Awesome developer experience (VSCode)
• Consistency with other department projects
• Easier to hire for 

WebAPIContrib is a collection of open source projects to help improve your work with ASP.NET Web API. We have divided the projects into a few different categories. For more information on each project, click through to visit the GitHub page. 

Create more secure apps with less effort (10 by 10)

public static string GetSignalRContent()
{
    var resolver = new DefaultHubManager(new DefaultDependencyResolver());
    var proxy = new DefaultJavaScriptProxyGenerator(resolver, new NullJavaScriptMinifier());
    return proxy.GenerateProxy("/signalr");
}

public class CustomVirtualPathProvider : VirtualPathProvider
{
    public CustomActionVirtualPathProvider(VirtualPathProvider virtualPathProvider)
    {
        // Wrap an existing virtual path provider
        VirtualPathProvider = virtualPathProvider;
    }

    protected VirtualPathProvider VirtualPathProvider { get; set; }

    public override string CombineVirtualPaths(string basePath, string relativePath)
    {
        return VirtualPathProvider.CombineVirtualPaths(basePath, relativePath);
    }

    public override bool DirectoryExists(string virtualDir)
    {
        return VirtualPathProvider.DirectoryExists(virtualDir);
    }

    public override bool FileExists(string virtualPath)
    {
        if (virtualPath == "~/signalr/hubs")
        {
            return true;
        }

        return VirtualPathProvider.FileExists(virtualPath);
    }

    public override CacheDependency GetCacheDependency(string virtualPath, IEnumerable virtualPathDependencies, DateTime utcStart)
    {
        // BaseClass can't create a CacheDependency for your content, remove it
        // You could also add your own CacheDependency and aggregate it with the base dependency
        List<string> virtualPathDependenciesCopy = virtualPathDependencies.Cast<string>().ToList();
        virtualPathDependenciesCopy.Remove("~/signalr/hubs");

        return VirtualPathProvider.GetCacheDependency(virtualPath, virtualPathDependenciesCopy, utcStart);
    }

    public override string GetCacheKey(string virtualPath)
    {
        return VirtualPathProvider.GetCacheKey(virtualPath);
    }

    public override VirtualDirectory GetDirectory(string virtualDir)
    {
        return VirtualPathProvider.GetDirectory(virtualDir);
    }

    public override VirtualFile GetFile(string virtualPath)
    {
        if (virtualPath == "~/signalr/hubs")
        {
            return new CustomVirtualFile(virtualPath,
                new MemoryStream(Encoding.Default.GetBytes(GetSignalRContent())));
        }

        return VirtualPathProvider.GetFile(virtualPath);
    }

    public override string GetFileHash(string virtualPath, IEnumerable virtualPathDependencies)
    {
        return VirtualPathProvider.GetFileHash(virtualPath, virtualPathDependencies);
    }

    public override object InitializeLifetimeService()
    {
        return VirtualPathProvider.InitializeLifetimeService();
    }
}

public class CustomVirtualFile : VirtualFile
{
    public CustomVirtualFile (string virtualPath, Stream stream)
        : base(virtualPath)
    {
        Stream = stream;
    }

    public Stream Stream { get; private set; }

    public override Stream Open()
    {
         return Stream;
    }
}

    public override bool FileExists(string virtualPath)
    {
        if (virtualPath == "~/signalr/hubs")
        {
            return true;
        }

        return VirtualPathProvider.FileExists(virtualPath);
    }

    public override CacheDependency GetCacheDependency(string virtualPath, IEnumerable virtualPathDependencies, DateTime utcStart)
    {
        List<string> virtualPathDependenciesCopy = virtualPathDependencies.Cast<string>().ToList();
        virtualPathDependenciesCopy.Remove("~/signalr/hubs");

        return VirtualPathProvider.GetCacheDependency(virtualPath, virtualPathDependenciesCopy, utcStart);
    }

    public override VirtualFile GetFile(string virtualPath)
    {
        if (virtualPath == "~/signalr/hubs")
        {
            return new CustomVirtualFile(virtualPath,
                new MemoryStream(Encoding.Default.GetBytes(GetSignalRContent())));
        }

        return VirtualPathProvider.GetFile(virtualPath);
    }

public static void RegisterBundles(BundleCollection bundles)
{
    BundleTable.VirtualPathProvider =
        new CustomVirtualPathProvider(BundleTable.VirtualPathProvider);

    Bundle include = new Bundle("~/bundle")
        .Include("~/Content/static.js")
        .Include("~/signalr/hubs");

    bundles.Add(include);
}
 

Accounting For Software Engineers

The difference between accountants and software engineers, when it comes to accounting systems, is about what we primarily care about. Accountants care about meaning: is the quick ratio in good shape? Is income growing at an expected rate? How do we deal with an upcoming expense? Software engineers care about: will we properly move money around so that the balances are correct given certain latency, concurrency, etc.? Do we have the information required to generate the Income Statement? How do we represent a credit memo?

In this tutorial, I’ll show you how you can get up and running with ElasticSearch, Kibana and ASP.NET Core 2.1

Before we get started, let’s look at what ElasticSearch, Kibana and Serilog are. 

Philter is a jQuery plugin giving you the power to control CSS filters with HTML attributes.  Demo

Here's a list of filters that you can use and their limitations in Philter.

• blur
• grayscale
• hue-rotate
• saturate
• sepia
• contrast
• invert
• opacity
• brightness
• drop-shadow - Supports only black color. Requires 4 values. The 4th value instead of color is opacity 0 to 100%.
• svg - Custom SVG filter. Requires 1 value - filter ID.
• color - Requires 2 values. Color and opacity. Doesn't support transitions.
• vintage - Requires an integer from 1 to 6. Doesn't support transitions or opacity. 

Open source is made by people just like you. This Friday, invest a few hours contributing to the software you use and love