public abstract class BaseEntity
{
    protected BaseEntity()
    {
        TrackingState = TrackingState.Nochange;
    }

    public TrackingState TrackingState { get; set; }
}

public enum TrackingState
{
    Nochange,
    Add,
    Update,
    Remove,
}

public class Customer : BaseEntity
{
    public int CustomerId { get; set; }
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public string Company { get; set; }
    public virtual ICollection<Phone> Phones { get; set; }
}

public class Phone : BaseEntity
{
    public int PhoneId { get; set; }
    public string Number { get; set; }
    public string PhoneType { get; set; }
    public int CustomerId { get; set; }
    public virtual Customer Customer { get; set; }
}

public class Recipe4Context : DbContext
{
    public Recipe4Context() : base("Recipe4ConnectionString") { }
    public DbSet<Customer> Customers { get; set; }
    public DbSet<Phone> Phones { get; set; }

    protected override void OnModelCreating(DbModelBuilder modelBuilder)
    {
        // Do not persist TrackingState property to data store
        // This property is used internally to track state of
        // disconnected entities across service boundaries.
        // Leverage the Custom Code First Conventions features from Entity Framework 6.
        // Define a convention that performs a configuration for every entity
        // that derives from a base entity class.
        modelBuilder.Types<BaseEntity>().Configure(x => x.Ignore(y => y.TrackingState));
        modelBuilder.Entity<Customer>().ToTable("Customers");
        modelBuilder.Entity<Phone>().ToTable("Phones");
}
}

<connectionStrings>
  <add name="Recipe4ConnectionString"
    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 EntityState Set(TrackingState trackingState)
{
    switch (trackingState)
    {
        case TrackingState.Add:
            return EntityState.Added;
        case TrackingState.Update:
            return EntityState.Modified;
        case TrackingState.Remove:
            return EntityState.Deleted;
        default:
            return EntityState.Unchanged;
    }
}

public class CustomerController : ApiController
{
    // GET api/customer
    public IEnumerable<Customer> Get()
    {
        using (var context = new Recipe4Context())
        {
            return context.Customers.Include(x => x.Phones).ToList();
        }
    }

    // GET api/customer/5
    public Customer Get(int id)
    {
        using (var context = new Recipe4Context())
        {
            return context.Customers.Include(x => x.Phones).FirstOrDefault(x => x.CustomerId == id);
        }
    }

    [ActionName("Update")]
    public HttpResponseMessage UpdateCustomer(Customer customer)
    {
        using (var context = new Recipe4Context())
        {
            // Add object graph to context setting default state of 'Added'.
            // Adding parent to context automatically attaches entire graph
            // (parent and child entities) to context and sets state to 'Added'
            // for all entities.
            context.Customers.Add(customer);
            foreach (var entry in context.ChangeTracker.Entries<BaseEntity>())
            {
                entry.State = EntityStateFactory.Set(entry.Entity.TrackingState);
                if (entry.State == EntityState.Modified)
                {
                    // For entity updates, we fetch a current copy of the entity
                    // from the database and assign the values to the orginal values
                    // property from the Entry object. OriginalValues wrap a dictionary
                    // that represents the values of the entity before applying changes.
                    // The Entity Framework change tracker will detect
                    // differences between the current and original values and mark
                    // each property and the entity as modified. Start by setting
                    // the state for the entity as 'Unchanged'.
                    entry.State = EntityState.Unchanged;
                    var databaseValues = entry.GetDatabaseValues();
                    entry.OriginalValues.SetValues(databaseValues);
                }
            }

        context.SaveChanges();
    }

    return Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK, customer);
}

    [HttpDelete]
    [ActionName("Cleanup")]
    public HttpResponseMessage Cleanup()
    {
        using (var context = new Recipe4Context())
        {
            context.Database.ExecuteSqlCommand("delete from phones");
            context.Database.ExecuteSqlCommand("delete from customers");
            return Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK);
        }
    }
}

Git Flow - About, installing and using  

how to build a sample WCF Windows Store App using CTP3 and make it run using the .NET Native compiler 

using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;

namespace BlazorWasmShowBinaryFiles.Server.Controllers
{
    [ApiController]
    [Route("api/[controller]")]
    public class ReportsController : ControllerBase
    {
        [HttpGet("[action]")]
        public IActionResult GetPdfReport()
        {
            //TODO: create the `sample.pdf` report file on the server

            return File(virtualPath: "~/app_data/sample.pdf",
                        contentType: "application/pdf",
                        fileDownloadName: "sample.pdf");
        }
    }
}

window.JsBinaryFilesUtils = {
  createBlobUrl: function (byteArray, contentType) {
    // The byte array in .NET is encoded to base64 string when it passes to JavaScript.
    const numArray = atob(byteArray)
      .split("")
      .map((c) => c.charCodeAt(0));
    const uint8Array = new Uint8Array(numArray);
    const blob = new Blob([uint8Array], { type: contentType });
    return URL.createObjectURL(blob);
  },
  downloadFromUrl: function (fileName, url) {
    const anchor = document.createElement("a");
    anchor.style.display = "none";
    anchor.href = url;
    anchor.download = fileName;
    document.body.appendChild(anchor);
    anchor.click();
    document.body.removeChild(anchor);
  },
  downloadBlazorByteArray: function (fileName, byteArray, contentType) {
    const blobUrl = this.createBlobUrl(byteArray, contentType);
    this.downloadFromUrl(fileName, blobUrl);
    URL.revokeObjectURL(blobUrl);
  },
  printFromUrl: function (url) {
    const iframe = document.createElement("iframe");
    iframe.style.display = "none";
    iframe.src = url;
    document.body.appendChild(iframe);
    if (iframe.contentWindow) {
      iframe.contentWindow.print();
    }
  },
  printBlazorByteArray: function (byteArray, contentType) {
    const blobUrl = this.createBlobUrl(byteArray, contentType);
    this.printFromUrl(blobUrl);
    URL.revokeObjectURL(blobUrl);
  },
  showUrlInNewTab: function (url) {
    window.open(url);
  },
  showBlazorByteArrayInNewTab: function (byteArray, contentType) {
    const blobUrl = this.createBlobUrl(byteArray, contentType);
    this.showUrlInNewTab(blobUrl);
    URL.revokeObjectURL(blobUrl);
  },
};

using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Microsoft.JSInterop;

namespace BlazorWasmShowBinaryFiles.Client.Utils
{
    public static class JsBinaryFilesUtils
    {
        public static ValueTask<string> CreateBlobUrlAsync(
            this IJSRuntime JSRuntime,
            byte[] byteArray, string contentType)
        {
            return JSRuntime.InvokeAsync<string>("JsBinaryFilesUtils.createBlobUrl", byteArray, contentType);
        }

        public static ValueTask DownloadFromUrlAsync(this IJSRuntime JSRuntime, string fileName, string url)
        {
            return JSRuntime.InvokeVoidAsync("JsBinaryFilesUtils.downloadFromUrl", fileName, url);
        }

        public static ValueTask DownloadBlazorByteArrayAsync(
            this IJSRuntime JSRuntime,
            string fileName, byte[] byteArray, string contentType)
        {
            return JSRuntime.InvokeVoidAsync("JsBinaryFilesUtils.downloadBlazorByteArray",
                    fileName, byteArray, contentType);
        }

        public static ValueTask PrintFromUrlAsync(this IJSRuntime JSRuntime, string url)
        {
            return JSRuntime.InvokeVoidAsync("JsBinaryFilesUtils.printFromUrl", url);
        }

        public static ValueTask PrintBlazorByteArrayAsync(
            this IJSRuntime JSRuntime,
            byte[] byteArray, string contentType)
        {
            return JSRuntime.InvokeVoidAsync("JsBinaryFilesUtils.printBlazorByteArray", byteArray, contentType);
        }

        public static ValueTask ShowUrlInNewTabAsync(this IJSRuntime JSRuntime, string url)
        {
            return JSRuntime.InvokeVoidAsync("JsBinaryFilesUtils.showUrlInNewTab", url);
        }

        public static ValueTask ShowBlazorByteArrayInNewTabAsync(
            this IJSRuntime JSRuntime,
            byte[] byteArray, string contentType)
        {
            return JSRuntime.InvokeVoidAsync("JsBinaryFilesUtils.showBlazorByteArrayInNewTab", byteArray, contentType);
        }
    }
}

img-src 'self' data: blob:
default-src 'self' blob:
object-src 'self' blob:

@page "/"

@using BlazorWasmShowBinaryFiles.Client.Utils

@inject IJSRuntime JSRuntime
@inject HttpClient HttpClient

<h1>Display PDF Files</h1>
<button class="btn btn-info" @onclick="handlePrintPdf">Print PDF</button>
<button class="btn btn-primary ml-2" @onclick="handleShowPdf">Show PDF</button>
<button class="btn btn-success ml-2" @onclick="handleDownloadPdf">Download PDF</button>

@if(!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(PdfBlobUrl))
{
    <section class="card mb-5 mt-3">
        <div class="card-header">
            <h4>using iframe</h4>
        </div>
        <div class="card-body">
            <iframe title="PDF Report" width="100%" height="600" src="@PdfBlobUrl" type="@PdfContentType"></iframe>
        </div>
    </section>

    <section class="card mb-5">
        <div class="card-header">
            <h4>using object</h4>
        </div>
        <div class="card-body">
            <object data="@PdfBlobUrl" aria-label="PDF Report" type="@PdfContentType" width="100%" height="100%"></object>
        </div>
    </section>

    <section class="card mb-5">
        <div class="card-header">
            <h4>using embed</h4>
        </div>
        <div class="card-body">
            <embed aria-label="PDF Report" src="@PdfBlobUrl" type="@PdfContentType" width="100%" height="100%">
        </div>
    </section>
}

@code
{
    private const string ReportUrl = "/api/Reports/GetPdfReport";
    private const string PdfContentType = "application/pdf";

    private string PdfBlobUrl;

    private async Task handlePrintPdf()
    {
        // Note: Using the `HttpClient` is useful for accessing the protected API's by JWT's (non cookie-based authorization).
        // Otherwise just use the `PrintFromUrlAsync` method.
        var byteArray = await HttpClient.GetByteArrayAsync(ReportUrl);
        await JSRuntime.PrintBlazorByteArrayAsync(byteArray, PdfContentType);
    }

    private async Task handleDownloadPdf()
    {
        // Note: Using the `HttpClient` is useful for accessing the protected API's by JWT's (non cookie-based authorization).
        // Otherwise just use the `DownloadFromUrlAsync` method.
        var byteArray = await HttpClient.GetByteArrayAsync(ReportUrl);
        await JSRuntime.DownloadBlazorByteArrayAsync("report.pdf", byteArray, PdfContentType);
    }

    private async Task handleShowPdf()
    {
        // Note: Using the `HttpClient` is useful for accessing the protected API's by JWT's (non cookie-based authorization).
        // Otherwise just use the `ReportUrl` as the `src` of the `iframe` directly.
        var byteArray = await HttpClient.GetByteArrayAsync(ReportUrl);
        PdfBlobUrl = await JSRuntime.CreateBlobUrlAsync(byteArray, PdfContentType);
    }

    // Tips:
    // 1- How do I enable/disable the built-in pdf viewer of FireFox
    // https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/disable-built-pdf-viewer-and-use-another-viewer
    // 2- How to configure browsers to use the Adobe PDF plug-in to open PDF files
    // https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/pdf-browser-plugin-configuration.html
    // https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/display-pdf-in-browser.html
    // 3- Microsoft Edge is gaining new PDF reader features within the Windows 10 Fall Creator’s Update (version 1709).
}

 <title>@ViewBag.Title</title>
@RenderBody()

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width" />
    <title>@ViewBag.Title</title>
    <link href="~/Content/Site.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <script src="~/Scripts/jquery-1.8.2.min.js"></script>
    <script src="~/Scripts/jquery.pjax.js"></script>

    <script type="text/javascript">
        $(function () {
            $(document).pjax('a[withpjax]', '#pjaxContainer', { timeout: 5000 });
        });
    </script>
</head>
    <body>
        <div>Main layout ...</div>
        <div id="pjaxContainer">
            @RenderBody()
        </div>
    </body>
</html>

@{
    if (Request.Headers["X-PJAX"] != null)
    {
        Layout = "~/Views/Shared/_PjaxLayout.cshtml";
    }
    else
    {
        Layout = "~/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml";
    }
}

using System.Web.Mvc;

namespace PajxMvcApp.Controllers
{
    public class HomeController : Controller
    {
        public ActionResult Index()
        {
            return View();
        }

        public ActionResult About()
        {
            return View();
        }
    }
}

 @{
ViewBag.Title = "Index";
}

<h2>Index</h2>

@Html.ActionLink(linkText: "About", actionName:"About", routeValues: null,
                         controllerName:"Home", htmlAttributes: new { withpjax = "with-pjax"})

This article is about applying functional thinking when refactoring TypeScript code. 

.NET MAUI Course for Beginners – Create Cross-Platform Apps with C#

Learn how to use .NET MAUI for native cross-platform desktop and mobile development! You will learn the essentials of building mobile applications with .NET MAUI and C# while creating a Contacts app.

⭐️ Contents ⭐️
⌨️ (0:00:00) Introduction
⌨️ (0:03:42) What is .Net Maui - .Net Maui vs Xamarin Forms
⌨️ (0:06:52) Prepare Development Environment _ Create first project
⌨️ (0:12:29) Project Structure
⌨️ (0:20:28) Three elements of stateful .Net Maui
⌨️ (0:23:51) Page, Layout _ View, Namespaces
⌨️ (0:33:02) URL based navigation
⌨️ (0:51:10) Basics of ListView and Data Binding
⌨️ (1:05:58) Events Handling of ListView
⌨️ (1:16:54) Parameters in URL based Navigation _ Static Repository
⌨️ (1:35:35) Stacklayout for Edit Contact page
⌨️ (1:52:47) View Contact Details _ Update Contact
⌨️ (2:06:40) Observable Collection
⌨️ (2:14:58) Field Validation with .Net Maui CommunityToolkit
⌨️ (2:27:08) Reusable Control
⌨️ (2:40:37) Grid Layout and  Use reusable control
⌨️ (2:53:23) ContextActions _ MenuItems in ListView
⌨️ (3:03:44) SearchBar in .NetMaui 

Performance Improvements in .NET 9

Each year, summer arrives to find me daunted and excited to write about the performance improvements in the upcoming release of .NET. “Daunted,” because these posts, covering .NET 8, .NET 7, .NET 6, .NET 5, .NET Core 3.0, .NET Core 2.1, and .NET Core 2.0, have garnered a bit of a reputation I want to ensure the next iteration lives up to. And “excited,” because there’s such an abundance of material to cover due to just how much goodness has been packed into the next .NET release, I struggle to get it all written down as quickly as my thoughts whirl.