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WebApiConfig.Register(GlobalConfiguration.Configuration);

this._pages.Include(page => page.Children).ToList().Where(page => page.Parent == null).ToList();

public class NavBarModel
    {
        public virtual int Id { get; set; }
        public virtual string Title { get; set; }
        public virtual string Status { get; set; }
        public virtual int? Order { get; set; }
        public virtual NavBarModel Parent { get; set; }
        public virtual ICollection<Page> Children { get; set; }
    }

public class Car
{
    public string Id { get; set; }

public class Car
{
   public string CarId { get; set; }

public class Car
{
   [Key]
   public string LicensePlate { get; set; }

public class MyContext : DbContext
{
    public DbSet<Car> Cars { get; set; }

    protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
    {
         modelBuilder.Entity<Car>()
                 .HasKey(c => c.LicensePlate);
    }
 }

{
   "dependencies": {
          "System.ComponentModel.Annotations": "4.1.0"
   }
}

protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
{
   modelBuilder.Entity<Car>()
                       .HasKey(c => new { c.State, c.LicensePlate });
}

public class Blog
{
    [DatabaseGenerated(DatabaseGeneratedOption.None)]
    public int BlogId { get; set; }

    public string Url { get; set; }
}

protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
{
    modelBuilder.Entity<Blog>()
           .Property(b => b.BlogId)
           .ValueGeneratedNever();
}

public class Blog
{
   public int BlogId { get; set; }
   public string Url { get; set; }

   [DatabaseGenerated(DatabaseGeneratedOption.Identity)]
   public DateTime Inserted { get; set; }
}

protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
{
    modelBuilder.Entity<Blog>()
           .Property(b => b.Inserted)
           .ValueGeneratedOnAdd();
}

protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
{
    modelBuilder.Entity<Blog>()
        .Property(b => b.Inserted)
        .HasDefaultValueSql("getdate()");
}

public class Blog
{
    public int BlogId { get; set; }
    public string Url { get; set; }

    [DatabaseGenerated(DatabaseGeneratedOption.Computed)]
    public DateTime LastUpdated { get; set; }
}

protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
{
    modelBuilder.Entity<Blog>()
       .Property(b => b.LastUpdated)
       .ValueGeneratedOnAddOrUpdate();
}

public class Person
{
    public int PersonId { get; set; }
    public string FirstName { get; set; }
    public string LastName { get; set; }
    public string DisplayName { get; set; }
}

public class MyContext : DbContext
{
    public DbSet<Person> People { get; set; }

    protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
    {
          modelBuilder.Entity<Person>()
              .Property(p => p.DisplayName)
               .HasComputedColumnSql("[LastName] + ', ' + [FirstName]");
     }
 }

protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
{
     modelBuilder.HasSequence<int>("OrderNumbers", schema: "shared") 
           .StartsAt(1000).IncrementsBy(5);

     modelBuilder.Entity<Order>()
         .Property(o => o.OrderNo)
         .HasDefaultValueSql("NEXT VALUE FOR shared.OrderNumbers");
}

protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
{
    modelBuilder.HasSequence<int>("PrimaryKeyWithSequenceSequence");
    modelBuilder.Entity<PrimaryKeyWithSequence>(entity =>
     {
       entity.Property(e => e.PrimaryKeyWithSequenceId).HasDefaultValueSql("NEXT VALUE FOR [PrimaryKeyWithSequenceSequence]");
     });
}

protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
{
      modelBuilder.Entity<Blog>()
          .HasIndex(b => b.Url)
          .HasName("Index_Url");

 modelBuilder.Entity<Blog>().HasIndex(b => b.Url).HasName("Index_Url").IsUnique();

modelBuilder.Entity<Person>()
   .HasIndex(idx => new { idx.FirstName, idx.LastName })
   .IsUnique();

protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
{
   modelBuilder.Entity<Car>()
     .HasAlternateKey(c => c.LicensePlate)
     .HasName("AlteranteKey_LicensePlate");
}

modelBuilder.Entity<Person>()
     .HasAlternateKey(x => new { x.FirstName, x.LastName });

 table.UniqueConstraint("AK_Persons_FirstName_LastName", x => new { x.FirstName, x.LastName });

public class Program
{
    public static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        var host = new WebHostBuilder()
            .UseKestrel()
            .UseContentRoot(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory())
            .UseIISIntegration()
            .UseStartup<Startup>()
            .Build();
 
        host.Run();
    }
}

 "dependencies": {
   // same as before
    "Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles": "1.0.0"
},

public class Startup
{
    public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
    {
    }
 
    public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app)
    {
        app.UseStaticFiles();
        //app.UseWelcomePage();
 
        app.Run(async context =>
        {
            await context.Response.WriteAsync("Hello DNT!");
        });
    }
}

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <title>Hello World</title>
</head>
<body>
    Hello World!
</body>
</html>

public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app)
{
   app.UseDefaultFiles();
   app.UseStaticFiles();

 // Serve my app-specific default file, if present.
DefaultFilesOptions options = new DefaultFilesOptions();
options.DefaultFileNames.Clear();
options.DefaultFileNames.Add("mydefault.html");
app.UseDefaultFiles(options);

public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app)
{
  app.UseStaticFiles();
  app.UseDefaultFiles();

○ wwwroot
   § css
   § images
   § ...
○ MyStaticFiles
   § test.png

app.UseStaticFiles(new StaticFileOptions
{
    FileProvider = new PhysicalFileProvider(root: Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), @"MyStaticFiles")),
    RequestPath = new PathString("/StaticFiles")
});

app.UseDirectoryBrowser(new DirectoryBrowserOptions
{
    FileProvider = new PhysicalFileProvider(root: Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), @"wwwroot\images")),
    RequestPath = new PathString("/MyImages")
});

 Unable to resolve service for type 'System.Text.Encodings.Web.HtmlEncoder' while attempting to activate 'Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles.DirectoryBrowserMiddleware'.

public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
{
   services.AddDirectoryBrowser();
}

app.UseStaticFiles(new StaticFileOptions
{
    FileProvider = new PhysicalFileProvider(root: Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), @"wwwroot\images")),
    RequestPath = new PathString("/MyImages")
});

using System.IO;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
using Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders;
 
namespace Core1RtmEmptyTest
{
    public class Startup
    {
        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
            services.AddDirectoryBrowser();
        }
 
        public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app)
        {
            app.UseDefaultFiles();
 
            app.UseStaticFiles(); // For the wwwroot folder
 
            // For the files outside of the wwwroot
            app.UseStaticFiles(new StaticFileOptions
            {
                FileProvider = new PhysicalFileProvider(root: Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), @"MyStaticFiles")),
                RequestPath = new PathString("/StaticFiles")
            });
 
            // For DirectoryBrowser
            app.UseStaticFiles(new StaticFileOptions
            {
                FileProvider = new PhysicalFileProvider(root: Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), @"wwwroot\images")),
                RequestPath = new PathString("/MyImages")
            });
 
            app.UseDirectoryBrowser(new DirectoryBrowserOptions
            {
                FileProvider = new PhysicalFileProvider(root: Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), @"wwwroot\images")),
                RequestPath = new PathString("/MyImages")
            });
 
            //app.UseWelcomePage();
 
            app.Run(async context =>
            {
                await context.Response.WriteAsync("Hello DNT!");
            });
        }
    }
}

 app.UseFileServer();

 app.UseFileServer(enableDirectoryBrowsing: true);

app.UseFileServer(new FileServerOptions
    {
        FileProvider = new PhysicalFileProvider(
            Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), @"MyStaticFiles")),
        RequestPath = new PathString("/StaticFiles"),
        EnableDirectoryBrowsing = false
    });

 // Set up custom content types -associating file extension to MIME type
var provider = new FileExtensionContentTypeProvider();
provider.Mappings[".xyz"] = "text/html";
 
app.UseStaticFiles(new StaticFileOptions
{
    ContentTypeProvider = provider
}) ; // For the wwwroot folder

public class XyzContentTypeProvider : FileExtensionContentTypeProvider
{
    public XyzContentTypeProvider()
    {
        this.Mappings.Add(".xyz", "text/html");
    }
}

app.UseStaticFiles(new StaticFileOptions
{
    ContentTypeProvider = new XyzContentTypeProvider()
}) ; // For the wwwroot folder

app.UseStaticFiles(new StaticFileOptions
{
    ServeUnknownFileTypes = true,
    DefaultContentType = "image/png"
});

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

bower install chosen

{
    "name": "asp-net-mvc5x-angular2x",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "authors": [
        "DNT"
    ],
    "license": "MIT",
    "ignore": [
        "node_modules",
        "bower_components"
    ],
    "dependencies": {
        "chosen": "1.4.2"
    },
    "devDependencies": {
    }
}

<script src="~/node_modules/jquery/dist/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="~/node_modules/bootstrap/dist/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>

<script src="~/bower_components/chosen/chosen.jquery.min.js"></script>
<link href="~/bower_components/chosen/chosen.min.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />

declare var jQuery: any;

constructor(private _el: ElementRef) {
}

import { Component, ElementRef, AfterViewInit } from "@angular/core";

declare var jQuery: any; // untyped

@Component({
    templateUrl: "app/using-jquery-addons/using-jquery-addons.component.html"
})
export class UsingJQueryAddonsComponent implements AfterViewInit {

    dropDownItems = ["First", "Second", "Third"];
    selectedValue = "Second";

    constructor(private _el: ElementRef) {
    }

    ngAfterViewInit() {
        jQuery(this._el.nativeElement)
            .find("select")
            .chosen()
            .on("change", (e, args) => {
                this.selectedValue = args.selected;
            });
    }
}

<select>
    <option *ngFor="let item of dropDownItems"
            [value]="item"
            [selected]="item == selectedValue">
        {{item}} option
    </option>
</select>

<h4> {{selectedValue}}</h4>

npm install -g typings
typings install jquery --save --ambient

 /// <reference path="../typings/browser/ambient/jquery/index.d.ts" />

// declare var jQuery: any; // untyped
declare var jQuery: JQueryStatic; // typed

interface JQuery {
   //...
   chosen(options?:any):JQuery;
}
declare module "jquery" {
   export = $;
}