CREATE TABLE [Geo](
[id] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,
[Location] [geography] NULL
)

 insert into Geo( Location , long, lat ) values
( geography::STGeomFromText ('POINT(-121.527200 45.712113)', 4326))

using System.Data.Entity.Spatial;

namespace EFGeoTests.Models
{
    public class GeoLocation
    {
        public int Id { get; set; }
        public DbGeography Location { get; set; }
        public string Name { get; set; }
        public string Type { get; set; }

        public override string ToString()
        {
            return string.Format("Name:{0}, Location:{1}", Name, Location);
        }
    }
}

using System;
using System.Data.Entity;
using EFGeoTests.Models;

namespace EFGeoTests.Config
{
    public class MyContext : DbContext
    {
        public DbSet<GeoLocation> GeoLocations { get; set; }

        public MyContext()
            : base("Connection1")
        {
            this.Database.Log = sql => Console.Write(sql);
        }
    }
}

   private static DbGeography createPoint(double longitude, double latitude,  int coordinateSystemId = 4326)
  {
       var text = string.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture.NumberFormat,"POINT({0} {1})", longitude, latitude);
       return DbGeography.PointFromText(text, coordinateSystemId);
  }

GEOGCS["GCS_WGS_1984",DATUM["D_WGS_1984",SPHEROID["WGS_1984",6378137,298.257223563]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0],UNIT["Degree",0.017453292519943295]]

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the current shape in the collection
        /// </summary>
        public Shape Current
        {
            get 
            {
                if (_disposed) throw new ObjectDisposedException("Shapefile");
                if (!_opened) throw new InvalidOperationException("Shapefile not open.");
               
                // get the metadata
                StringDictionary metadata = null;
                if (!RawMetadataOnly)
                {
                    metadata = new StringDictionary();
                    for (int i = 0; i < _dbReader.FieldCount; i++)
                    {
                        string value = _dbReader.GetValue(i).ToString();
                        if (_dbReader.GetDataTypeName(i) == "DBTYPE_WVARCHAR")
                        {
                            // برای نمایش متون فارسی نیاز است
                            value = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(Encoding.GetEncoding(720).GetBytes(value));
                        }
                        metadata.Add(_dbReader.GetName(i),
                            value);
                    }
                }

using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using Catfood.Shapefile;

namespace EFGeoTests
{
    public class MapPoint
    {
        public Dictionary<string, string> Metadata { set; get; }
        public double X { set; get; }
        public double Y { set; get; }
    }

    public static class ShapeReader
    {
        public static IList<MapPoint> ReadShapeFile(string path)
        {
            var results = new List<MapPoint>();

            using (var shapefile = new Shapefile(path))
            {
                foreach (var shape in shapefile)
                {
                    if (shape.Type != ShapeType.Point)
                        continue;

                    var shapePoint = shape as ShapePoint;
                    if (shapePoint == null)
                        continue;


                     var metadataNames = shape.GetMetadataNames();
                    if(!metadataNames.Any())
                        continue;

                    var metadata = new Dictionary<string, string>();
                    foreach (var metadataName in metadataNames)
                    {
                        metadata.Add(metadataName,shape.GetMetadata(metadataName));
                    }

                    results.Add(new MapPoint
                    {
                        Metadata = metadata,
                        X = shapePoint.Point.X,
                        Y = shapePoint.Point.Y
                    });
                }
            }

            return results;
        }
    }
}

            var points = ShapeReader.ReadShapeFile("IranShapeFiles\\places.shp");
            using (var context = new MyContext())
            {
                context.Configuration.AutoDetectChangesEnabled = false;
                context.Configuration.ProxyCreationEnabled = false;
                context.Configuration.ValidateOnSaveEnabled = false;

                if (context.GeoLocations.Any())
                    return;

                foreach (var point in points)
                {
                    context.GeoLocations.Add(new GeoLocation
                    {
                        Name = point.Metadata["name"],
                        Type = point.Metadata["type"],
                        Location = createPoint(point.X, point.Y)
                    });
                }

                context.SaveChanges();
            }

            var tehran = createPoint(51.4179604, 35.6884243);

            using (var context = new MyContext())
            {
                // find any locations within 5 kilometers ordered by distance
                var locations = context.GeoLocations
                    .Where(loc => loc.Location.Distance(tehran) < 5000)
                    .OrderBy(loc => loc.Location.Distance(tehran))
                    .ToList();

                foreach (var location in locations)
                {
                    Console.WriteLine(location.Name);
                }
            }

            var tehran = createPoint(51.4179604, 35.6884243);
            using (var context = new MyContext())
            {
                // find any locations within 5 kilometers ordered by distance
                var tehranLocation = context.GeoLocations.FirstOrDefault(loc => loc.Location.SpatialEquals(tehran));
                if (tehranLocation != null)
                {
                    Console.WriteLine(tehranLocation.Type);
                }
            }

{
    "dependencies": {
        "Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.SqlServer": "1.1.0"
    },
    "tools": {
        "Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.SqlConfig.Tools": "1.1.0-preview4-final"
    }
}

 dotnet sql-cache create "Data Source=(localdb)\MSSQLLocalDB;Initial Catalog=sql_cache;Integrated Security=True;" "dbo" "AppSqlCache"

CREATE TABLE AppSqlCache (
    Id                         NVARCHAR (449)  COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CS_AS NOT NULL,
    Value                      VARBINARY (MAX) NOT NULL,
    ExpiresAtTime              DATETIMEOFFSET  NOT NULL,
    SlidingExpirationInSeconds BIGINT          NULL,
    AbsoluteExpiration         DATETIMEOFFSET  NULL,
    CONSTRAINT pk_Id PRIMARY KEY (Id)
);

CREATE NONCLUSTERED INDEX Index_ExpiresAtTime
    ON AppSqlCache(ExpiresAtTime);

    public class AppSqlCache
    {
        public string Id { get; set; }
        public byte[] Value { get; set; }
        public DateTimeOffset ExpiresAtTime { get; set; }
        public long? SlidingExpirationInSeconds { get; set; }
        public DateTimeOffset? AbsoluteExpiration { get; set; }
    }

    public class MyDBDataContext : DbContext
    {
        public virtual DbSet<AppSqlCache> AppSqlCache { get; set; }

        protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
        {
            modelBuilder.Entity<AppSqlCache>(entity =>
            {
                entity.ToTable(name: "AppSqlCache", schema: "dbo");
                entity.HasIndex(e => e.ExpiresAtTime).HasName("Index_ExpiresAtTime");
                entity.Property(e => e.Id).HasMaxLength(449);
                entity.Property(e => e.Value).IsRequired();
            });
        }
    }

public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
{
    services.AddDistributedSqlServerCache(options =>
    {
        options.ConnectionString = @"Data Source=(localdb)\MSSQLLocalDB;Initial Catalog=sql_cache;Integrated Security=True;";
        options.SchemaName = "dbo";
        options.TableName = "AppSqlCache";
    });

public IActionResult Index()
{
   HttpContext.Session.SetString("User", "VahidN");
   return Json(true);
}

public IActionResult About()
{
   var userContent = HttpContext.Session.GetString("User");
   return Json(userContent);
}

 services.Add(ServiceDescriptor.Singleton<IDistributedCache, SqlServerCache>());

using System;
using System.Text;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
using Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Distributed;
 
namespace Core1RtmEmptyTest.Controllers
{
    public class CacheTestController : Controller
    {
        readonly IDistributedCache _cache;
        public CacheTestController(IDistributedCache cache)
        {
            _cache = cache;
        }
 
        public IActionResult SetCacheData()
        {
            var time = DateTime.Now.ToLocalTime().ToString();
            var cacheOptions = new DistributedCacheEntryOptions
            {
                AbsoluteExpiration = DateTime.Now.AddYears(1)
 
            };
            _cache.Set("Time", Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(time), cacheOptions);
            return View();
        }
 
        public IActionResult GetCacheData()
        {
            var time = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(_cache.Get("Time"));
            ViewBag.data = time;
            return View();
        }
 
        public bool RemoveCacheData()
        {
            _cache.Remove("Time");
            return true;
        }
    }
}

  Value  VARBINARY (MAX) NOT NULL,

  public byte[] Value { get; set; }

<distributed-cache name="MyCacheItem2" expires-sliding="TimeSpan.FromMinutes(30)">
    <p>From distributed-cache</p>
    @DateTime.Now.ToString()
</distributed-cache>

  getAccessTokenExpirationDateUtc(): Date {
    const decoded = this.getDecodedAccessToken();
    if (decoded.exp === undefined) {
      return null;
    }
    const date = new Date(0); // The 0 sets the date to the epoch
    date.setUTCSeconds(decoded.exp);
    return date;
  }

  private refreshTokenSubscription: Subscription;

  scheduleRefreshToken() {
    if (!this.isLoggedIn()) {
      return;
    }

    this.unscheduleRefreshToken();

    const expiresAtUtc = this.getAccessTokenExpirationDateUtc().valueOf();
    const nowUtc = new Date().valueOf();
    const initialDelay = Math.max(1, expiresAtUtc - nowUtc);
    console.log("Initial scheduleRefreshToken Delay(ms)", initialDelay);
    const timerSource$ = Observable.timer(initialDelay);
    this.refreshTokenSubscription = timerSource$.subscribe(() => {
      this.refreshToken();      
    });
  }

  unscheduleRefreshToken() {
    if (this.refreshTokenSubscription) {
      this.refreshTokenSubscription.unsubscribe();
    }
  }

  refreshToken() {
    const headers = new HttpHeaders({ "Content-Type": "application/json" });
    const model = { refreshToken: this.getRawAuthToken(AuthTokenType.RefreshToken) };
    return this.http
      .post(`${this.appConfig.apiEndpoint}/${this.appConfig.refreshTokenPath}`, model, { headers: headers })
      .finally(() => {
        this.scheduleRefreshToken();
      })
      .map(response => response || {})
      .catch((error: HttpErrorResponse) => Observable.throw(error))
      .subscribe(result => {
        console.log("RefreshToken Result", result);
        this.setLoginSession(result);
      });
  }

  constructor(
    @Inject(APP_CONFIG) private appConfig: IAppConfig,
    private browserStorageService: BrowserStorageService,
    private http: HttpClient,
    private router: Router
  ) {
    this.updateStatusOnPageRefresh();
    this.scheduleRefreshToken();
  }

this.setLoginSession(response);
this.scheduleRefreshToken();

this.deleteAuthTokens();
this.unscheduleRefreshToken();

  "BearerTokens": {
    "Key": "This is my shared key, not so secret, secret!",
    "Issuer": "http://localhost/",
    "Audience": "Any",
    "AccessTokenExpirationMinutes": 2,
    "RefreshTokenExpirationMinutes": 60
  }

public class TravelAgent
{
    public TravelAgent()
    {
        this.Bookings = new HashSet<Booking>();
    }

    public int AgentId { get; set; }
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public virtual ICollection<Booking> Bookings { get; set; }
}

public class Booking
{
    public int BookingId { get; set; }
    public int AgentId { get; set; }
    public string Customer { get; set; }
    public DateTime BookingDate { get; set; }
    public bool Paid { get; set; }
    public virtual TravelAgent TravelAgent { get; set; }
}

<connectionStrings>
  <add name="Recipe3ConnectionString"
    connectionString="Data Source=.;
    Initial Catalog=EFRecipes;
    Integrated Security=True;
    MultipleActiveResultSets=True"
    providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
</connectionStrings>

protected void Application_Start()
{
    // Disable Entity Framework Model Compatibilty
    Database.SetInitializer<Recipe1Context>(null);

    // The bidirectional navigation properties between related entities
    // create a self-referencing loop that breaks Web API's effort to
    // serialize the objects as JSON. By default, Json.NET is configured
    // to error when a reference loop is detected. To resolve problem,
    // simply configure JSON serializer to ignore self-referencing loops.
    GlobalConfiguration.Configuration.Formatters.JsonFormatter
        .SerializerSettings.ReferenceLoopHandling =
        Newtonsoft.Json.ReferenceLoopHandling.Ignore;
    ...
}

public static void Register(HttpConfiguration config)
{
    config.Routes.MapHttpRoute(
      name: "ActionMethodSave",
      routeTemplate: "api/{controller}/{action}/{id}",
      defaults: new { id = RouteParameter.Optional });
}

internal class Program
{
    private HttpClient _client;
    private TravelAgent _agent1, _agent2;
    private Booking _booking1, _booking2, _booking3;
    private HttpResponseMessage _response;

    private static void Main()
    {
        Task t = Run();
        t.Wait();
        Console.WriteLine("\nPress <enter> to continue...");
        Console.ReadLine();
    }

    private static async Task Run()
    {
        var program = new Program();
        program.ServiceSetup();
        // do not proceed until clean-up is completed
        await program.CleanupAsync();
        program.CreateFirstAgent();
        // do not proceed until agent is created
        await program.AddAgentAsync();
        program.CreateSecondAgent();
        // do not proceed until agent is created
        await program.AddSecondAgentAsync();
        program.ModifyAgent();
        // do not proceed until agent is updated
        await program.UpdateAgentAsync();
        // do not proceed until agents are fetched
        await program.FetchAgentsAsync();
    }

    private void ServiceSetup()
    {
        // set up infrastructure for Web API call
        _client = new HttpClient {BaseAddress = new Uri("http://localhost:6687/")};
        // add Accept Header to request Web API content negotiation to return resource in JSON format
        _client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Add(new MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue("application/json"));
    }

    private async Task CleanupAsync()
    {
        // call cleanup method in service
        _response = await _client.DeleteAsync("api/travelagent/cleanup/");
    }

    private void CreateFirstAgent()
    {
        // create new Travel Agent and booking
        _agent1 = new TravelAgent {Name = "John Tate"};
        _booking1 = new Booking
        {
            Customer = "Karen Stevens",
            Paid = false,
            BookingDate = DateTime.Parse("2/2/2010")
        };

        _booking2 = new Booking
        {
            Customer = "Dolly Parton",
            Paid = true,
            BookingDate = DateTime.Parse("3/10/2010")
        };
  
        _agent1.Bookings.Add(_booking1);
        _agent1.Bookings.Add(_booking2);
    }

    private async Task AddAgentAsync()
    {
        // call generic update method in Web API service to add agent and bookings
        _response = await _client.PostAsync("api/travelagent/update/",
            _agent1, new JsonMediaTypeFormatter());

        if (_response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
        {
            // capture newly created travel agent from service, which will include
            // database-generated Ids for each entity
            _agent1 = await _response.Content.ReadAsAsync<TravelAgent>();
            _booking1 = _agent1.Bookings.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Customer == "Karen Stevens");
            _booking2 = _agent1.Bookings.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Customer == "Dolly Parton");

            Console.WriteLine("Successfully created Travel Agent {0} and {1} Booking(s)",
            _agent1.Name, _agent1.Bookings.Count);
        }
        else
            Console.WriteLine("{0} ({1})", (int) _response.StatusCode, _response.ReasonPhrase);
    }

    private void CreateSecondAgent()
    {
        // add new agent and booking
        _agent2 = new TravelAgent {Name = "Perry Como"};
        _booking3 = new Booking {
            Customer = "Loretta Lynn",
            Paid = true,
            BookingDate = DateTime.Parse("3/15/2010")};
        _agent2.Bookings.Add(_booking3);
    }

    private async Task AddSecondAgentAsync()
    {
        // call generic update method in Web API service to add agent and booking
        _response = await _client.PostAsync("api/travelagent/update/", _agent2, new JsonMediaTypeFormatter());

        if (_response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
        {
            // capture newly created travel agent from service
            _agent2 = await _response.Content.ReadAsAsync<TravelAgent>();
            _booking3 = _agent2.Bookings.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Customer == "Loretta Lynn");
            Console.WriteLine("Successfully created Travel Agent {0} and {1} Booking(s)",
                _agent2.Name, _agent2.Bookings.Count);
        }
        else
            Console.WriteLine("{0} ({1})", (int) _response.StatusCode, _response.ReasonPhrase);
    }

    private void ModifyAgent()
    {
        // modify agent 2 by changing agent name and assigning booking 1 to him from agent 1
        _agent2.Name = "Perry Como, Jr.";
        _agent2.Bookings.Add(_booking1);
    }

    private async Task UpdateAgentAsync()
    {
        // call generic update method in Web API service to update agent 2
        _response = await _client.PostAsync("api/travelagent/update/", _agent2, new JsonMediaTypeFormatter());
        if (_response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
        {
            // capture newly created travel agent from service, which will include Ids
            _agent1 = _response.Content.ReadAsAsync<TravelAgent>().Result;
            Console.WriteLine("Successfully updated Travel Agent {0} and {1} Booking(s)", _agent1.Name, _agent1.Bookings.Count);
        }
        else
            Console.WriteLine("{0} ({1})", (int) _response.StatusCode, _response.ReasonPhrase);
    }

    private async Task FetchAgentsAsync()
    {
        // call Get method on service to fetch all Travel Agents and Bookings
        _response = _client.GetAsync("api/travelagent/retrieve").Result;
        if (_response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
        {
            // capture newly created travel agent from service, which will include Ids
            var agents = await _response.Content.ReadAsAsync<IEnumerable<TravelAgent>>();

            foreach (var agent in agents)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Travel Agent {0} has {1} Booking(s)", agent.Name, agent.Bookings.Count());
            }
        }
        else
            Console.WriteLine("{0} ({1})", (int) _response.StatusCode, _response.ReasonPhrase);
    }
}

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

  public List<Post> Posts { get; set; }
}

public class Post
{
  public int PostId { get; set; }
  public string Title { get; set; }
  public string Content { get; set; }

  public int BlogId { get; set; }
  public Blog Blog { get; set; }
}

    public class BloggingContext : DbContext
    {
        public BloggingContext()
        { }

        public BloggingContext(DbContextOptions options)
            : base(options)
        { }

        public DbSet<Blog> Blogs { get; set; }
        public DbSet<Post> Posts { get; set; }

        protected override void OnConfiguring(DbContextOptionsBuilder optionsBuilder)
        {
            if (!optionsBuilder.IsConfigured)
            {
                optionsBuilder.UseSqlServer(@"Server=(localdb)\mssqllocaldb;Database=Demo.Includes;Trusted_Connection=True;");
                optionsBuilder.ConfigureWarnings(warnings => warnings.Log(CoreEventId.IncludeIgnoredWarning));
                optionsBuilder.UseLoggerFactory(new LoggerFactory().AddConsole((message, logLevel) =>
                {
                    return true;
                    /*return logLevel == LogLevel.Debug &&
                           message.StartsWith("Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Database.Command");*/
                }));
            }
        }
    }

var blogs = context.Blogs
    .Include(blog => blog.Posts)
    .Select(blog => new
    {
       Id = blog.BlogId,
       Url = blog.Url
    })
    .ToList();

 warn: Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Query[100106]
The Include operation for navigation '[blog].Posts' is unnecessary and was ignored because the navigation is not reachable in the final query results. See https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=850303 for more information.

SELECT [blog].[BlogId] AS [Id], [blog].[Url]
FROM [Blogs] AS [blog]

 optionsBuilder.ConfigureWarnings(warnings => warnings.Throw(CoreEventId.IncludeIgnoredWarning));

app.Use(async (context, next) =>
{
   context.Items["isVerified"] = true;
   await next.Invoke();
});

app.Run(async (context) =>
{
   await context.Response.WriteAsync("Verified request? " + context.Items["isVerified"]);
});

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

public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
{
    services.AddSession();

public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app)
{
    app.UseSession();

app.UseSession(options: new SessionOptions
{
    IdleTimeout = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(30),
    CookieName = ".MyApplication"
});

public ActionResult TestSession()
{
 
   this.HttpContext.Session.Set("key-1", BitConverter.GetBytes(DateTime.Now.Ticks));
   this.HttpContext.Session.SetInt32("key-2", 1);
   this.HttpContext.Session.SetString("key-3", "DNT");
 
   return Content("OK!");
}

 public IActionResult Index()
{
   byte[] key1 = this.HttpContext.Session.Get("key-1");
   long key1Value = BitConverter.ToInt64(key1, 0);
 
   int? key2Value = this.HttpContext.Session.GetInt32("key-2");
   string key3Value = this.HttpContext.Session.GetString("key-3");
 
   return Content("OK!");
}

using System;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
using Newtonsoft.Json;
 
namespace Core1RtmEmptyTest.StartupCustomizations
{
    public static class SessionExts
    {
        public static void SetDateTime(this ISession collection, string key, DateTime value)
        {
            collection.Set(key, BitConverter.GetBytes(value.Ticks));
        }
 
        public static DateTime? GetDateTime(this ISession collection, string key)
        {
            var data = collection.Get(key);
            if (data == null)
            {
                return null;
            }
            var dateInt = BitConverter.ToInt64(data, 0);
            return new DateTime(dateInt);
        }
 
        public static void SetObject(this ISession session, string key, object value)
        {
            var stringValue = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(value);
            session.SetString(key, stringValue);
        }
 
        public static T GetObject<T>(this ISession session, string key)
        {
            var stringValue = session.GetString(key);
            return JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<T>(stringValue);
        }
    }
}

{
    "dependencies": {
     //same as before
     "Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Json": "1.0.0"
   }
}

2016-11-13 21:03:20  <=>  2016-11-13 21:03:21  

DateTime now = DateTime.Now;
DateTime later = now + TimeSpan.FromHours(1.0);

Assert.That( now, Is.EqualTo(now) );
Assert.That( later, Is.EqualTo(now).Within( TimeSpan.FromHours(3.0) ) );
Assert.That( later, Is.EqualTo(now).Within(3).Hours );

public static class DateTimeAssert
{
    public static void AreEqual( DateTime? expectedDate,
                                 DateTime? actualDate,
                                 TimeSpan maximum )
    {
        if ( expectedDate == null && actualDate == null )
            return;

        if ( expectedDate == null )
            throw new NullReferenceException( "The expected date was null" );

        if ( actualDate == null )
            throw new NullReferenceException( "The actual date was null" );

        var totalSecondsDifference = Math.Abs( ( actualDate.Value - expectedDate.Value ).TotalSeconds );
        if ( totalSecondsDifference > maximum.TotalSeconds )
        {
            throw new Exception( $"Expected Date: {expectedDate}, Actual Date: {actualDate} Expected: {maximum}, Total Seconds Difference: {totalSecondsDifference}" );
        }
    }
}

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I watched a lot of talks and read a lot of articles relevant to Angular performance, and this post is the summary of my findings.