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That’s an easy career improvement goal to give oneself, but “become a kick-$!! programmer” is not a simple goal. For one thing, saying, “I want to get better” assumes that you recognize what “better” looks like. Plus, too many people aim for improvement without any sense of how to get there. 

@Directive({
  selector: "[isVisibleForAuthUser]"
})
export class IsVisibleForAuthUserDirective implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
  constructor(private elem: ElementRef, private authService: AuthService) { }

@Directive({
selector: "[hasAuthUserViewPermission]"
})
export class HasAuthUserViewPermissionDirective implements OnInit, OnDestroy {

  constructor(
  private templateRef: TemplateRef<any>,
  private viewContainer: ViewContainerRef,
  private authService: AuthService
) { }

<div *hasAuthUserViewPermission="['Admin','User']">
    *hasAuthUserViewPermission="['Admin','User']"
</div>

 this.viewContainer.createEmbeddedView(this.templateRef);

 this.viewContainer.clear();

import { Directive, Input, OnDestroy, OnInit, TemplateRef, ViewContainerRef } from "@angular/core";
import { Subscription } from "rxjs/Subscription";

import { AuthService } from "./../../core/services/auth.service";

@Directive({
  selector: "[hasAuthUserViewPermission]"
})
export class HasAuthUserViewPermissionDirective implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
  private isVisible = false;
  private requiredRoles: string[] | null = null;
  private subscription: Subscription | null = null;

  @Input()
  set hasAuthUserViewPermission(roles: string[] | null) {
    this.requiredRoles = roles;
  }

  // Note, if you don't place the * in front, you won't be able to inject the TemplateRef<any> or ViewContainerRef into your directive.
  constructor(
    private templateRef: TemplateRef<any>,
    private viewContainer: ViewContainerRef,
    private authService: AuthService
  ) { }

  ngOnInit() {
    this.subscription = this.authService.authStatus$.subscribe(status => this.changeVisibility(status));
    this.changeVisibility(this.authService.isAuthUserLoggedIn());
  }

  ngOnDestroy(): void {
    if (this.subscription) {
      this.subscription.unsubscribe();
    }
  }

  private changeVisibility(status: boolean) {
    const isInRoles = !this.requiredRoles ? true : this.authService.isAuthUserInRoles(this.requiredRoles);
    if (isInRoles && status) {
      if (!this.isVisible) {
        this.viewContainer.createEmbeddedView(this.templateRef);
        this.isVisible = true;
      }
    } else {
      this.isVisible = false;
      this.viewContainer.clear();
    }
  }
}

import { HasAuthUserViewPermissionDirective } from "./directives/has-auth-user-view-permission.directive";

@NgModule({
  declarations: [
    HasAuthUserViewPermissionDirective
  ],
  exports: [
    HasAuthUserViewPermissionDirective
  ]
})
export class SharedModule {}

import { SharedModule } from "../shared/shared.module";
@NgModule({
  imports: [
    SharedModule
  ]
})
export class DashboardModule { }

<div *hasAuthUserViewPermission="">
    *hasAuthUserViewPermission=""
</div>

<div *hasAuthUserViewPermission="['Admin','User']">
    *hasAuthUserViewPermission="['Admin','User']"
</div>

{
  "name": "string",
  "email": "string",
  "password": "string",
  "isAdmin": true,
  "id": 0
}

import http from "./httpService";
import { apiUrl } from "../config.json";

const apiEndpoint = apiUrl + "/users";

export function register(user) {
  return http.post(apiEndpoint, {
    email: user.username,
    password: user.password,
    name: user.name
  });
}

class RegisterForm extends Form {
  state = {
    data: { username: "", password: "", name: "" },
    errors: {}
  };

import * as userService from "../services/userService";

import { register } userService from "../services/userService";

  doSubmit = async () => {
    try {
      await userService.register(this.state.data);
    } catch (ex) {
      if (ex.response && ex.response.status === 400) {
        const errors = { ...this.state.errors }; // clone an object
        errors.username = ex.response.data;
        this.setState({ errors });
      }
    }
  };

{
  "email": "string",
  "password": "string"
}

var jwt = _tokenFactoryService.CreateAccessToken(user);
return Ok(new { access_token = jwt });

import { apiUrl } from "../config.json";
import http from "./httpService";

const apiEndpoint = apiUrl + "/auth";

export function login(email, password) {
  return http.post(apiEndpoint + "/login", { email, password });
}

import * as auth from "../services/authService";

class LoginForm extends Form {
  state = {
    data: { username: "", password: "" },
    errors: {}
  };

  // ...

  doSubmit = async () => {
    try {
      const { data } = this.state;
      const {
        data: { access_token }
      } = await auth.login(data.username, data.password);
      console.log("JWT", access_token);
      localStorage.setItem("token", access_token);
      this.props.history.push("/");
    } catch (ex) {
      if (ex.response && ex.response.status === 400) {
        const errors = { ...this.state.errors };
        errors.username = ex.response.data;
        this.setState({ errors });
      }
    }
  };

var jwt = _tokenFactoryService.CreateAccessToken(user);
this.Response.Headers.Add("x-auth-token", jwt);

const response = await userService.register(this.state.data);
console.log(response);

var jwt = _tokenFactoryService.CreateAccessToken(data);
this.Response.Headers.Add("x-auth-token", jwt);
this.Response.Headers.Add("access-control-expose-headers", "x-auth-token");

class RegisterForm extends Form {
  // ...

  doSubmit = async () => {
    try {
      const response = await userService.register(this.state.data);
      console.log(response);
      localStorage.setItem("token", response.headers["x-auth-token"]);
      this.props.history.push("/");
    } catch (ex) {
      if (ex.response && ex.response.status === 400) {
        const errors = { ...this.state.errors }; // clone an object
        errors.username = ex.response.data;
        this.setState({ errors });
      }
    }
  };

function definitelyNotAThunk() {
   return function aThunk() {
     console.log('Hello, I am a thunk.');
   }
}

export const getAllItems = () => ({
   type: UPDATE_ALL_ITEMS,
   items,
});

export const getAllItems = () => {
  return dispatch => {
    Api.getAll().then(items => {
      dispatch({
        type: UPDATE_ALL_ITEMS,
        items,
      });
    });
  };
};

> npm install --save axios redux-thunk

{
   "apiUrl": "https://localhost:5001/api"
}

import { applyMiddleware, compose, createStore } from "redux";
import thunk from "redux-thunk";

//...

const store = createStore(
  reducer,
  compose(
    applyMiddleware(thunk),
    window.__REDUX_DEVTOOLS_EXTENSION__ && window.__REDUX_DEVTOOLS_EXTENSION__()
  )
);

//...

export const GetPostsSuccess = "GetPostsSuccess";
export const GetPostsStarted = "GetPostsStarted";
export const GetPostsFailure = "GetPostsFailure";

import axios from "axios";

import { apiUrl } from "../config.json";
import * as types from "../constants/ActionTypes";

export const fetchPosts = () => {
  return (dispatch, getState) => {
    dispatch(getPostsStarted());
    axios.get(apiUrl + "/posts").then(response => {
      dispatch(getPostsSuccess(response.data)).catch(err => {
        dispatch(getPostsFailure(err));
      });
    });
  };
};

export const fetchPostsAsync = () => {
  return async (dispatch, getState) => {
    dispatch(getPostsStarted());
    try {
      const { data } = await axios.get(apiUrl + "/posts");
      console.log(data);
      dispatch(getPostsSuccess(data));
    } catch (error) {
      dispatch(getPostsFailure(error));
    }
  };
};

const getPostsSuccess = posts => ({
  type: types.GetPostsSuccess,
  payload: { posts }
});

const getPostsStarted = () => ({
  type: types.GetPostsStarted
});

const getPostsFailure = error => ({
  type: types.GetPostsFailure,
  payload: {
    error
  }
});

import * as types from "../constants/ActionTypes";

const initialState = { loading: false, posts: [], error: null };

export default function postsReducer(state = initialState, action) {
  switch (action.type) {
    case types.GetPostsStarted:
      return {
        loading: true,
        posts: [],
        error: null
      };
    case types.GetPostsSuccess:
      return {
        loading: false,
        posts: action.payload.posts,
        error: null
      };
    case types.GetPostsFailure:
      return {
        loading: false,
        posts: [],
        error: action.payload.error
      };
    default:
      return state;
  }
}

import { combineReducers } from "redux";

import counterReducer from "./counter";
import postsReducer from "./posts";

const rootReducer = combineReducers({
  counterReducer,
  postsReducer
});

export default rootReducer;

import React from "react";

const FetchPosts = ({ fetchPostsAsync }) => {
  return (
    <section className="card mt-5">
      <div className="card-header text-center">
        <button className="btn btn-primary" onClick={fetchPostsAsync}>
          Fetch Posts
        </button>
      </div>
    </section>
  );
};

export default FetchPosts;

import React from "react";

import Post from "./Post";

const Posts = ({ posts, loading, error }) => {
  return (
    <>
      <section className="card mt-5">
        <div className="card-header">
          <h2>Posts</h2>
        </div>
        <div className="card-body">
          {loading ? (
            <div className="alert alert-info">Loading ...</div>
          ) : (
            <div className="list-group list-group-flush">
              {posts.map(post => (
                <Post key={post.id} post={post} />
              ))}
            </div>
          )}
          {error && <div className="alert alert-warning">{error.message}</div>}
        </div>
      </section>
    </>
  );
};

export default Posts;

import React from "react";

const Post = ({ post }) => {
  return (
    <article className="list-group-item">
      <header>
        <h2>{post.title}</h2>
      </header>
      <p>{post.body}</p>
    </article>
  );
};

export default Post;

import { connect } from "react-redux";

import { fetchPostsAsync } from "../actions";
import FetchPosts from "../components/FetchPosts";

const mapDispatchToProps = {
  fetchPostsAsync
};

export default connect(null, mapDispatchToProps)(FetchPosts);

import { connect } from "react-redux";

import Posts from "../components/Posts";

const mapStateToProps = state => {
  console.log("PostsContainer->mapStateToProps", state);
  return {
    ...state.postsReducer
  };
};

export default connect(mapStateToProps)(Posts);

import "./App.css";

import React from "react";

import CounterContainer from "./containers/Counter";
import FetchPostsContainer from "./containers/FetchPosts";
import PostsContainer from "./containers/Posts";

function App() {
  const prop1 = 123;
  return (
    <main className="container">
      <div className="row">
        <div className="col">
          <CounterContainer prop1={prop1} />
        </div>
        <div className="col">
          <FetchPostsContainer />
        </div>
        <div className="col">
          <PostsContainer />
        </div>
      </div>
    </main>
  );
}

export default App;

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? 

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 });