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At work, we are planning to migrate our WPF application from .NET Framework 4.7 to .NET Core 3.0. The main reason for doing so is that it was always a big pain to organize the updates of the .NET Framework on our customer machines. So being able to bundle .NET Core with our application is a big plus for us. Then, for sure, we are looking for the performance improvements brought by .NET Core and finally the new capabilities brought by the fast pace of innovation of .NET Core. 

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Since October 2015, the WPF designer from SharpDevelop has been a standalone component that can be re-used in any application that needs to integrate a XAML designer. That component is now free of dependencies.

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">
  <ItemGroup>
    <PackageReference Include="Parbad.AspNetCore" Version="1.1.0" />
    <PackageReference Include="Parbad.Storage.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="1.2.0" />
  </ItemGroup>
</Project>

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">
  <ItemGroup>
    <PackageReference Include="Parbad.Storage.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="1.2.0" />
  </ItemGroup>
</Project>

namespace BlazorWasm.WebApi
{
    public class Startup
    {
        // ...

        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
           // ...

            var connectionString = Configuration.GetConnectionString("DefaultConnection");

            services.AddParbad()
                    .ConfigureHttpContext(httpContextBuilder => httpContextBuilder.UseDefaultAspNetCore())
                    .ConfigureGateways(gatewayBuilder =>
                    {
                        gatewayBuilder
                            .AddParbadVirtual()
                            .WithOptions(gatewayOptions => gatewayOptions.GatewayPath = "/MyVirtualGateway");
                    })
                    .ConfigureStorage(storageBuilder =>
                    {
                        storageBuilder.UseEfCore(efCoreOptions =>
                            {
                                var assemblyName = typeof(ApplicationDbContext).Assembly.GetName().Name;
                                efCoreOptions.ConfigureDbContext = db =>
                                    db.UseSqlServer(
                                        connectionString,
                                        sqlServerOptionsAction: sqlOptions => sqlOptions.MigrationsAssembly(assemblyName)
                                    );
                            });
                    })
                    .ConfigureAutoTrackingNumber(opt => opt.MinimumValue = 1)
                    .ConfigureOptions(parbadOptions =>
                    {
                        // parbadOptions.Messages.PaymentSucceed = "YOUR MESSAGE";
                    });

           // ...
        }

        // This method gets called by the runtime. Use this method to configure the HTTP request pipeline.
        public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IWebHostEnvironment env)
        {
           // ...

            app.UseEndpoints(endpoints =>
            {
                endpoints.MapControllers();
            });

            if (env.IsDevelopment())
            {
                app.UseParbadVirtualGatewayWhenDeveloping();
            }
            else
            {
                app.UseParbadVirtualGateway();
            }
        }
    }
}

using System;
using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.Schema;

namespace BlazorServer.Entities
{
    public class RoomOrderDetail
    {
        // ...

        [Required]
        public long ParbadTrackingNumber { get; set; }

        public bool IsPaymentSuccessful { get; set; }

        public string Status { get; set; }
    }
}

dotnet tool update --global dotnet-ef --version 5.0.4
dotnet build

dotnet ef migrations --startup-project ../../BlazorWasm/BlazorWasm.WebApi/ add AddParbadFields --context ApplicationDbContext
dotnet ef migrations --startup-project ../../BlazorWasm/BlazorWasm.WebApi/ add AddParbad --context Parbad.Storage.EntityFrameworkCore.Context.ParbadDataContext

dotnet ef --startup-project ../../BlazorWasm/BlazorWasm.WebApi/ database update --context ApplicationDbContext
dotnet ef --startup-project ../../BlazorWasm/BlazorWasm.WebApi/ database update --context Parbad.Storage.EntityFrameworkCore.Context.ParbadDataContext

https://localhost:5001/api/ParbadPayment/PayRoomOrder?orderId=1&amount=1000

https://localhost:5002/payment-result/OrderId/TrackingNumber/Message

https://localhost:5001/api/ParbadPayment/PayRoomOrder?orderId=1&amount=1000

namespace BlazorWasm.WebApi.Controllers
{
    [Route("api/[controller]/[action]")]
    [ApiController]
    public class ParbadPaymentController : Controller
    {
        private readonly IConfiguration _configuration;
        private readonly IOnlinePayment _onlinePayment;
        private readonly IRoomOrderDetailsService _roomOrderService;

        public ParbadPaymentController(
            IConfiguration configuration,
            IOnlinePayment onlinePayment,
            IRoomOrderDetailsService roomOrderService)
        {
            _configuration = configuration;
            _onlinePayment = onlinePayment ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(onlinePayment));
            _roomOrderService = roomOrderService ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(roomOrderService));
        }

        [HttpGet]
        public async Task<IActionResult> PayRoomOrder(int orderId, long amount)
        {
            var verifyUrl = Url.Action(
                    action: nameof(ParbadPaymentController.VerifyRoomOrderPayment),
                    controller: nameof(ParbadPaymentController).Replace("Controller", string.Empty),
                    values: null, protocol: Request.Scheme);

            var result = await _onlinePayment.RequestAsync(invoiceBuilder =>
                invoiceBuilder.UseAutoIncrementTrackingNumber()
                            .SetAmount(amount)
                            .SetCallbackUrl(verifyUrl)
                            .UseParbadVirtual()
            );

            if (result.IsSucceed)
            {
                await _roomOrderService.UpdateRoomOrderTrackingNumberAsync(orderId, result.TrackingNumber);

                // It will redirect the client to the gateway.
                return result.GatewayTransporter.TransportToGateway();
            }
            else
            {
                return Redirect(getClientReturnUrl(orderId, result.TrackingNumber, result.Message));
            }
        }

        [HttpGet, HttpPost]
        public async Task<IActionResult> VerifyRoomOrderPayment()
        {
            var invoice = await _onlinePayment.FetchAsync();
            var orderDetail = await _roomOrderService.GetOrderDetailByTrackingNumberAsync(invoice.TrackingNumber);
            if (invoice.Status == PaymentFetchResultStatus.AlreadyProcessed)
            {
                return Redirect(getClientReturnUrl(orderDetail.Id, invoice.TrackingNumber, "The payment is already processed."));
            }

            var verifyResult = await _onlinePayment.VerifyAsync(invoice);
            if (verifyResult.Status == PaymentVerifyResultStatus.Succeed)
            {
                var result = await _roomOrderService.MarkPaymentSuccessfulAsync(verifyResult.TrackingNumber, verifyResult.Amount);
                if (result == null)
                {
                    return Redirect(getClientReturnUrl(orderDetail.Id, verifyResult.TrackingNumber, "Can not mark payment as successful"));
                }
                return Redirect(getClientReturnUrl(orderDetail.Id, verifyResult.TrackingNumber, verifyResult.Message));
            }
            return Redirect(getClientReturnUrl(orderDetail.Id, verifyResult.TrackingNumber, verifyResult.Message));
        }

        private string getClientReturnUrl(int orderId, long trackingNumber, string errorMessage)
        {
            var clientBaseUrl = _configuration.GetValue<string>("Client_URL");
            return new Uri(new Uri(clientBaseUrl),
                $"/payment-result/{orderId}/{trackingNumber}/{WebUtility.UrlEncode(errorMessage)}").ToString();
        }
    }
}

[HttpGet]
public async Task<IActionResult> PayRoomOrder(int orderId, long amount)

namespace BlazorServer.Services
{
    public class RoomOrderDetailsService : IRoomOrderDetailsService
    {
        // ...

        public async Task UpdateRoomOrderTrackingNumberAsync(int roomOrderId, long trackingNumber)
        {
            var order = await _dbContext.RoomOrderDetails.FindAsync(roomOrderId);
            if (order == null)
            {
                return;
            }

            order.ParbadTrackingNumber = trackingNumber;
            _dbContext.RoomOrderDetails.Update(order);
            await _dbContext.SaveChangesAsync();
        }
    }
}

[HttpGet, HttpPost]
public async Task<IActionResult> VerifyRoomOrderPayment()

namespace BlazorServer.Services
{
    public class RoomOrderDetailsService : IRoomOrderDetailsService
    {
        // ...

        public async Task<RoomOrderDetailsDTO> GetOrderDetailByTrackingNumberAsync(long trackingNumber)
        {
            var roomOrderDetailsDTO = await _dbContext.RoomOrderDetails
                                            .Include(u => u.HotelRoom)
                                                .ThenInclude(x => x.HotelRoomImages)
                                            .ProjectTo<RoomOrderDetailsDTO>(_mapperConfiguration)
                                            .FirstOrDefaultAsync(u => u.ParbadTrackingNumber == trackingNumber);

            roomOrderDetailsDTO.HotelRoomDTO.TotalDays =
                roomOrderDetailsDTO.CheckOutDate.Subtract(roomOrderDetailsDTO.CheckInDate).Days;
            return roomOrderDetailsDTO;
        }
    }
}

namespace BlazorServer.Services
{
    public class RoomOrderDetailsService : IRoomOrderDetailsService
    {
        // ...

        public async Task<RoomOrderDetailsDTO> MarkPaymentSuccessfulAsync(long trackingNumber, long amount)
        {
            var order = await _dbContext.RoomOrderDetails.FirstOrDefaultAsync(x => x.ParbadTrackingNumber == trackingNumber);
            if (order?.IsPaymentSuccessful != false || order.TotalCost != amount)
            {
                return null;
            }

            order.IsPaymentSuccessful = true;
            order.Status = BookingStatus.Booked;
            var markPaymentSuccessful = _dbContext.RoomOrderDetails.Update(order);
            await _dbContext.SaveChangesAsync();
            return _mapper.Map<RoomOrderDetailsDTO>(markPaymentSuccessful.Entity);
        }
    }
}

        private string getClientReturnUrl(int orderId, long trackingNumber, string errorMessage)
        {
            var clientBaseUrl = _configuration.GetValue<string>("Client_URL");
            return new Uri(new Uri(clientBaseUrl),
                $"/payment-result/{orderId}/{trackingNumber}/{WebUtility.UrlEncode(errorMessage)}").ToString();
        }

{
   "Client_URL": "https://localhost:5002/"
}

@page "/hotel-room-details/{Id:int}"

@inject IJSRuntime JsRuntime
@inject ILocalStorageService LocalStorage
@inject IClientHotelRoomService HotelRoomService
@inject IClientRoomOrderDetailsService RoomOrderDetailsService
@inject NavigationManager NavigationManager
@inject HttpClient HttpClient

// ...

@code {

    // ...

    private async Task HandleCheckout()
    {
        if (!await HandleValidation())
        {
            return;
        }

        try
        {
            HotelBooking.OrderDetails.ParbadTrackingNumber = -1;
            HotelBooking.OrderDetails.RoomId = HotelBooking.OrderDetails.HotelRoomDTO.Id;
            HotelBooking.OrderDetails.TotalCost = HotelBooking.OrderDetails.HotelRoomDTO.TotalAmount;
            var roomOrderDetailsSaved = await RoomOrderDetailsService.SaveRoomOrderDetailsAsync(HotelBooking.OrderDetails);

            await LocalStorage.SetItemAsync(ConstantKeys.LocalRoomOrderDetails, roomOrderDetailsSaved);

            var paymentUri = new UriBuilderExt(new Uri(HttpClient.BaseAddress, $"/api/ParbadPayment/PayRoomOrder"))
                            .AddParameter("orderId", roomOrderDetailsSaved.Id.ToString())
                            .AddParameter("amount", roomOrderDetailsSaved.TotalCost.ToString())
                            .Uri;
            NavigationManager.NavigateTo(paymentUri.ToString(), forceLoad: true);
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            await JsRuntime.ToastrError(e.Message);
        }
    }

    // ...
}

namespace BlazorWasm.WebApi.Controllers
{
    [ApiController]
    [Route("api/[controller]/[action]")]
    public class RoomOrderController : Controller
    {
        private readonly IRoomOrderDetailsService _roomOrderService;

        public RoomOrderController(IRoomOrderDetailsService roomOrderService)
        {
            _roomOrderService = roomOrderService ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(roomOrderService));
        }

        [HttpPost]
        public async Task<IActionResult> Create([FromBody] RoomOrderDetailsDTO details)
        {
            var result = await _roomOrderService.CreateAsync(details);
            return Ok(result);
        }

        [HttpGet]
        public async Task<IActionResult> GetOrderDetail(int trackingNumber)
        {
            var result = await _roomOrderService.GetOrderDetailByTrackingNumberAsync(trackingNumber);
            return Ok(result);
        }
    }
}

namespace BlazorServer.Services
{
    public class RoomOrderDetailsService : IRoomOrderDetailsService
    {
        // ...

        public async Task<RoomOrderDetailsDTO> CreateAsync(RoomOrderDetailsDTO details)
        {
            var roomOrder = _mapper.Map<RoomOrderDetail>(details);
            roomOrder.Status = BookingStatus.Pending;
            var result = await _dbContext.RoomOrderDetails.AddAsync(roomOrder);
            await _dbContext.SaveChangesAsync();
            return _mapper.Map<RoomOrderDetailsDTO>(result.Entity);
        }


        public async Task<RoomOrderDetailsDTO> GetOrderDetailByTrackingNumberAsync(long trackingNumber)
        {
            var roomOrderDetailsDTO = await _dbContext.RoomOrderDetails
                                            .Include(u => u.HotelRoom)
                                                .ThenInclude(x => x.HotelRoomImages)
                                            .ProjectTo<RoomOrderDetailsDTO>(_mapperConfiguration)
                                            .FirstOrDefaultAsync(u => u.ParbadTrackingNumber == trackingNumber);

            roomOrderDetailsDTO.HotelRoomDTO.TotalDays =
                roomOrderDetailsDTO.CheckOutDate.Subtract(roomOrderDetailsDTO.CheckInDate).Days;
            return roomOrderDetailsDTO;
        }

       // ...
    }
}

namespace BlazorWasm.Client.Services
{
    public interface IClientRoomOrderDetailsService
    {
        Task<RoomOrderDetailsDTO> SaveRoomOrderDetailsAsync(RoomOrderDetailsDTO details);
        Task<RoomOrderDetailsDTO> GetOrderDetailAsync(long trackingNumber);
    }
}

namespace BlazorWasm.Client.Services
{
    public class ClientRoomOrderDetailsService : IClientRoomOrderDetailsService
    {
        private readonly HttpClient _httpClient;

        public ClientRoomOrderDetailsService(HttpClient httpClient)
        {
            _httpClient = httpClient ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(httpClient));
        }

        public Task<RoomOrderDetailsDTO> GetOrderDetailAsync(long trackingNumber)
        {
            // How to url-encode query-string parameters properly
            var uri = new UriBuilderExt(new Uri(_httpClient.BaseAddress, $"/api/roomorder/GetOrderDetail"))
                            .AddParameter("trackingNumber", trackingNumber.ToString())
                            .Uri;
            return _httpClient.GetFromJsonAsync<RoomOrderDetailsDTO>(uri);

        }

        public async Task<RoomOrderDetailsDTO> SaveRoomOrderDetailsAsync(RoomOrderDetailsDTO details)
        {
            details.UserId = "unknown user!";
            var response = await _httpClient.PostAsJsonAsync("api/roomorder/create", details);
            var responseContent = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
            if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
            {
                return JsonSerializer.Deserialize<RoomOrderDetailsDTO>(responseContent);
            }
            else
            {
                //var errorModel = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<ErrorModel>(responseContent);
                throw new InvalidOperationException(responseContent);
            }
        }
    }
}

namespace BlazorWasm.Client
{
    public class Program
    {
        public static async Task Main(string[] args)
        {
            // ...
            builder.Services.AddScoped<IClientRoomOrderDetailsService, ClientRoomOrderDetailsService>();

var paymentUri = new UriBuilderExt(new Uri(HttpClient.BaseAddress, $"/api/ParbadPayment/PayRoomOrder"))
    .AddParameter("orderId", roomOrderDetailsSaved.Id.ToString())
    .AddParameter("amount", roomOrderDetailsSaved.TotalCost.ToString())
    .Uri;
NavigationManager.NavigateTo(paymentUri.ToString(), forceLoad: true);

@page "/payment-result/{OrderId:int}/{TrackingNumber:long}/{Message}"
@inject ILocalStorageService LocalStorage
@inject IClientRoomOrderDetailsService RoomOrderDetailService
@inject IJSRuntime JsRuntime
@inject NavigationManager NavigationManager

@if (IsLoading)
{
    <div style="position:fixed;top:50%;left:50%;margin-top:-50px;margin-left:-100px;">
        <img src="images/ajax-loader.gif" />
    </div>
}
else
{
    <div class="container">
        <div class="row mt-4 pt-4">
            <div class="col-10 offset-1 text-center">
            @if(IsPaymentSuccessful)
            {
                <h2 class="text-success">Booking Confirmed!</h2>
                <p>Your room has been booked successfully with order id @OrderId & tracking number @TrackingNumber .</p>
            }
            else
            {
                <h2 class="text-warning">Booking Failed!</h2>
                <p>@Message</p>
            }
            <a class="btn btn-primary" href="hotel-rooms">Back to rooms</a>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
}

@code
{
    private bool IsLoading;
    private bool IsPaymentSuccessful;

    [Parameter] public int OrderId { set; get; }
    [Parameter] public long TrackingNumber { set; get; }
    [Parameter] public string Message { set; get; }

    protected override async Task OnInitializedAsync()
    {
        IsLoading = true;
        try
        {
            var finalOrderDetail = await RoomOrderDetailService.GetOrderDetailAsync(TrackingNumber);
            var localOrderDetail = await LocalStorage.GetItemAsync<RoomOrderDetailsDTO>(ConstantKeys.LocalRoomOrderDetails);
            if(finalOrderDetail is not null &&
                finalOrderDetail.IsPaymentSuccessful &&
                finalOrderDetail.Status == BookingStatus.Booked &&
                localOrderDetail is not null &&
                localOrderDetail.TotalCost == finalOrderDetail.TotalCost)
            {
                IsPaymentSuccessful = true;
                await LocalStorage.RemoveItemAsync(ConstantKeys.LocalRoomOrderDetails);
                await LocalStorage.RemoveItemAsync(ConstantKeys.LocalInitialBooking);
            }
            else
            {
                IsPaymentSuccessful = false;
            }
        }
        catch(Exception ex)
        {
            await JsRuntime.ToastrError(ex.Message);
        }
        finally
        {
            IsLoading = false;
        }
    }
}

@page "/payment-result/{OrderId:int}/{TrackingNumber:long}/{Message}"

    public class HotelRoomDTO
    {
        public bool IsBooked { get; set; }

        // ...
    }

namespace BlazorServer.Services
{
    public class HotelRoomService : IHotelRoomService
    {
       // ...

        public async Task<List<HotelRoomDTO>> GetAllHotelRoomsAsync(DateTime? checkInDateStr, DateTime? checkOutDatestr)
        {
            var hotelRooms = await _dbContext.HotelRooms
                        .Include(x => x.HotelRoomImages)
                        .Include(x => x.RoomOrderDetails)
                        .ProjectTo<HotelRoomDTO>(_mapperConfiguration)
                        .ToListAsync();

            foreach (var hotelRoom in hotelRooms)
            {
                hotelRoom.IsBooked = isRoomBooked(hotelRoom, checkInDateStr, checkOutDatestr);
            }

            return hotelRooms;
        }

        public async Task<HotelRoomDTO> GetHotelRoomAsync(int roomId, DateTime? checkInDate, DateTime? checkOutDate)
        {
            var hotelRoom = await _dbContext.HotelRooms
                            .Include(x => x.HotelRoomImages)
                            .Include(x => x.RoomOrderDetails)
                            .ProjectTo<HotelRoomDTO>(_mapperConfiguration)
                            .FirstOrDefaultAsync(x => x.Id == roomId);
            hotelRoom.IsBooked = isRoomBooked(hotelRoom, checkInDate, checkOutDate);
            return hotelRoom;
        }

        private bool isRoomBooked(HotelRoomDTO hotelRoom, DateTime? checkInDate, DateTime? checkOutDate)
        {
            if (checkInDate == null || checkOutDate == null)
            {
                return false;
            }

            return hotelRoom.RoomOrderDetails.Any(x => x.IsPaymentSuccessful &&
                        //check if checkin date that user wants does not fall in between any dates for room that is booked
                        ((checkInDate < x.CheckOutDate && checkInDate.Value.Date >= x.CheckInDate)
                        //check if checkout date that user wants does not fall in between any dates for room that is booked
                        || (checkOutDate.Value.Date > x.CheckInDate.Date && checkInDate.Value.Date <= x.CheckInDate.Date))
                    );
        }
    }
}

@if (room.IsBooked)
{
    <button disabled class="btn btn-secondary btn-block">Sold Out</button>
}
else
{
    <a href="@($"hotel-room-details/{room.Id}")" class="btn btn-success btn-block">Book</a>
}

@if (HotelBooking.OrderDetails.HotelRoomDTO.IsBooked)
{
    <button disabled class="btn btn-secondary btn-block">Sold Out</button>
}
else
{
    <button type="submit" class="btn btn-success form-control">Checkout Now</button>
}

OWASP’s Top 10 Risk List is an important tool for security engineers and compliance analysts. It describes the 10 worst security problems that are found in web and mobile applications today. But, on its own, it’s not much help to developers, so OWASP has come up with a list of 10 things that you can do as a developer to make sure that your code is safe and secure. 

.NET Core 3.1 is a long-term supported (LTS) release (supported for at least 3 years). We recommend that you move any .NET Core 3.0 applications and environments to .NET Core 3.1 now. It’ll be an easy upgrade in most cases.