Let’s continue our journey to learn the MVVM pattern, applied to Universal Windows apps development. After we’ve learned the basic concepts in the previous post, now it’s time to start writing some code. As already mentioned in the previous post, we’re going to leverage MVVM Light as toolkit to help us implementing the pattern: since it’s the most flexible and simple to use, it will be easier to understand and apply the basic concepts we’ve learned so far.  

Rider is a full featured, cross platform .NET IDE based on ReSharper and IntelliJ. The front end and user interface is built on the proven IntelliJ platform, just like WebStorm or IntelliJ IDEA, and can run on Windows, Linux and Mac. But the engine that drives all of your favourite JetBrains IDE features is ReSharper, running as an out of process language server.

/// <summary>
/// Get an author by his/her id
/// </summary>
/// <param name="authorId">The id of the author you want to get</param>
/// <returns>An ActionResult of type Author</returns>
[HttpGet("{authorId}")]
public async Task<ActionResult<Author>> GetAuthor(Guid authorId)

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">
  <PropertyGroup>
    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.2</TargetFramework>
    <AspNetCoreHostingModel>InProcess</AspNetCoreHostingModel>
    <GenerateDocumentationFile>true</GenerateDocumentationFile>
  </PropertyGroup>

namespace OpenAPISwaggerDoc.Web
{
    public class Startup
    {
        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
            services.AddSwaggerGen(setupAction =>
            {
                setupAction.SwaggerDoc(
                    // ... 
                   );

                var xmlCommentsFile = $"{Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().Name}.xml";
                var xmlCommentsFullPath = Path.Combine(AppContext.BaseDirectory, xmlCommentsFile);
                setupAction.IncludeXmlComments(xmlCommentsFullPath);
            });
        }

using System;

namespace OpenAPISwaggerDoc.Models
{
    /// <summary>
    /// An author with Id, FirstName and LastName fields
    /// </summary>
    public class Author
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// The id of the author
        /// </summary>
        public Guid Id { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// The first name of the author
        /// </summary>
        public string FirstName { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// The last name of the author
        /// </summary>
        public string LastName { get; set; }
    }
}

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
  <PropertyGroup>
    <TargetFramework>netstandard2.0</TargetFramework>
    <GenerateDocumentationFile>true</GenerateDocumentationFile>
  </PropertyGroup>
</Project>

namespace OpenAPISwaggerDoc.Web
{
    public class Startup
    {
        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
            services.AddSwaggerGen(setupAction =>
            {
                setupAction.SwaggerDoc(
  // ...
                   );
                var xmlFiles = Directory.GetFiles(AppContext.BaseDirectory, "*.xml", SearchOption.TopDirectoryOnly).ToList();
                xmlFiles.ForEach(xmlFile => setupAction.IncludeXmlComments(xmlFile));
            });
        }

[HttpPut("{authorId}")]
public async Task<ActionResult<Author>> UpdateAuthor(Guid authorId, AuthorForUpdate authorForUpdate)

using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;

namespace OpenAPISwaggerDoc.Models
{
    /// <summary>
    /// An author for update with FirstName and LastName fields
    /// </summary>
    public class AuthorForUpdate
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// The first name of the author
        /// </summary>
        [Required]
        [MaxLength(150)]
        public string FirstName { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// The last name of the author
        /// </summary>
        [Required]
        [MaxLength(150)]
        public string LastName { get; set; }
    }
}

[HttpPut("{authorId}")]
public async Task<ActionResult<Author>> UpdateAuthor(Guid authorId, AuthorForUpdate authorForUpdate)

[HttpPatch("{authorId}")]
public async Task<ActionResult<Author>> UpdateAuthor(
            Guid authorId,
            JsonPatchDocument<AuthorForUpdate> patchDocument)

/// <summary>
/// Partially update an author
/// </summary>
/// <param name="authorId">The id of the author you want to get</param>
/// <param name="patchDocument">The set of operations to apply to the author</param>
/// <returns>An ActionResult of type Author</returns>
/// <remarks>
/// Sample request (this request updates the author's first name) \
/// PATCH /authors/id \
/// [ \
///     { \
///       "op": "replace", \
///       "path": "/firstname", \
///       "value": "new first name" \
///       } \
/// ] \
/// </remarks>
[HttpPatch("{authorId}")]
public async Task<ActionResult<Author>> UpdateAuthor(
    Guid authorId,
    JsonPatchDocument<AuthorForUpdate> patchDocument)

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">
  <PropertyGroup>
    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.2</TargetFramework>
    <AspNetCoreHostingModel>InProcess</AspNetCoreHostingModel>

    <GenerateDocumentationFile>true</GenerateDocumentationFile>
    <TreatWarningsAsErrors>false</TreatWarningsAsErrors>
    <WarningsAsErrors>NU1605;</WarningsAsErrors>
    <NoWarn>1701;1702;1591</NoWarn>
  </PropertyGroup>

Redis Fundamentals for .NET Developers

Redis is an open source, in-memory data store used by millions of developers as a database, cache, streaming engine, and even a message broker.
In this live sessions, Stephen Lorello, Senior Field Engineer at Redis, joins us to show the the fundamental features .NET developers show know about using Redis 

lockfixed is a jQuery plugin which allows for DOM elements to be positioned anywhere on the page, and lock within the user's viewport when scrolling. Common use case is a menu under a header, which on scrolling stays within the viewport and doesn't overflow the footer.

Degrades nicely on mobile and tablet browsers and doesn't have any CSS prerequisites.  Demo

In the confusing jungle of transpiler languages for JavaScript, there are some gems. TypeScript is mainstream, ReScript is starting to establish itself, and Elm is still an insider tip. This article takes a detailed look at ReScript – but also sheds light on the limitations of the young language. In what projects does its use make sense? What projects should rather use TypeScript on the one hand or Elm on the other? 

Through this project of six sections, you will learn how Microsoft Visual Studio .NET Enterprise Architect Edition can be used to design, create, deploy, and maintain enterprise-strength distributed applications

Bridge Network Driver

The bridge networking driver is the first driver on our list. It’s simple to understand, simple to use, and simple to troubleshoot, which makes it a good networking choice for developers and those new to Docker. The bridge driver creates a private network internal to the host so containers on this network can communicate. External access is granted by exposing ports to containers. Docker secures the network by managing rules that block connectivity between different Docker networks. 

Overlay Network Driver

The built-in Docker overlay network driver radically simplifies many of the complexities in multi-host networking. It is a swarm scope driver, which means that it operates across an entire Swarm or UCP cluster rather than individual hosts. With the overlay driver, multi-host networks are first-class citizens inside Docker without external provisioning or components. IPAM, service discovery, multi-host connectivity, encryption, and load balancing are built right in. For control, the overlay driver uses the encrypted Swarm control plane to manage large scale clusters at low convergence times. 

MACVLAN Driver

The macvlan driver is the newest built-in network driver and offers several unique characteristics. It’s a very lightweight driver, because rather than using any Linux bridging or port mapping, it connects container interfaces directly to host interfaces. Containers are addressed with routable IP addresses that are on the subnet of the external network.

As a result of routable IP addresses, containers communicate directly with resources that exist outside a Swarm cluster without the use of NAT and port mapping. This can aid in network visibility and troubleshooting. Additionally, the direct traffic path between containers and the host interface helps reduce latency. macvlan is a local scope network driver which is configured per-host. As a result, there are stricter dependencies between MACVLAN and external networks, which is both a constraint and an advantage that is different from overlay or bridge.