Building a project that target .NET Framework 4.5 in Visual Studio 2022 

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  <PropertyGroup>
    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.1</TargetFramework>
    <TypeScriptCompileBlocked>true</TypeScriptCompileBlocked>
  </PropertyGroup>

  <ItemGroup>
    <Folder Include="Controllers\" />
    <Folder Include="wwwroot\" />
  </ItemGroup>
 
  <ItemGroup>
    <Compile Remove="node_modules\**" />
    <Content Remove="node_modules\**" />
    <EmbeddedResource Remove="node_modules\**" />
    <None Remove="node_modules\**" />
  </ItemGroup>
 
  <ItemGroup>
    <Compile Remove="src\**" />
    <Content Remove="src\**" />
    <EmbeddedResource Remove="src\**" />    
  </ItemGroup>

  <ItemGroup>
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore" Version="1.1.1" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc" Version="1.1.2" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles" Version="1.1.1" />
  </ItemGroup>
 
  <ItemGroup>
    <DotNetCliToolReference Include="Microsoft.DotNet.Watcher.Tools" Version="1.0.0" />
  </ItemGroup>
 
  <ItemGroup>
    <!-- extends watching group to include *.js files -->
    <Watch Include="**\*.js" Exclude="node_modules\**\*;**\*.js.map;obj\**\*;bin\**\*" />
  </ItemGroup>

using System.Collections.Generic;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
 
namespace ASPNETCoreIntegrationWithAngularCLI.Controllers
{
  [Route("api/[controller]")]
  public class ValuesController : Controller
  {
    // GET: api/values
    [HttpGet]
    [ResponseCache(NoStore = true, Location = ResponseCacheLocation.None)]
    public IEnumerable<string> Get()
    {
      return new string[] { "Hello", "DNT" };
    }
  }
}

using System;
using System.IO;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 
namespace ASPNETCoreIntegrationWithAngularCLI
{
    public class Startup
    {
        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
            services.AddMvc();
        }
 
        public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IHostingEnvironment env, ILoggerFactory loggerFactory)
        {
            loggerFactory.AddConsole();
 
            if (env.IsDevelopment())
            {
                app.UseDeveloperExceptionPage();
            }
 
            app.Use(async (context, next) => {
                await next();
                if (context.Response.StatusCode == 404 &&
                    !Path.HasExtension(context.Request.Path.Value) &&
                    !context.Request.Path.Value.StartsWith("/api/", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
                {
                    context.Request.Path = "/index.html";
                    await next();
                }
            });
 
            app.UseMvcWithDefaultRoute();
            app.UseDefaultFiles();
            app.UseStaticFiles();
        }
    }
}

 >ng new ClientApp --routing --skip-install --skip-git --skip-commit

"apps": [
    {
      "root": "src",
      "outDir": "wwwroot",

import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
import { Http } from '@angular/http'; 
 
@Component({
  selector: 'app-root',
  templateUrl: './app.component.html',
  styleUrls: ['./app.component.css']
})
export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
  constructor(private _httpService: Http) { }
 
  apiValues: string[] = [];
 
  ngOnInit() {
    this._httpService.get('/api/values').subscribe(values => {
      this.apiValues = values.json() as string[];
    });
  }
}

<h1>Application says:</h1>
<ul *ngFor="let value of apiValues">
  <li>{{value}}</li>
</ul>
<router-outlet></router-outlet>

 > ng build --watch

<Target Name="AngularBuild" AfterTargets="Build">
    <Exec Command="ng build" />
</Target>

> dotnet watch run

>dotnet watch run
[90mwatch : [39mStarted
Hosting environment: Production
Now listening on: http://localhost:5000
Application started. Press Ctrl+C to shut down.

{
  "/api": {
    "target": "http://localhost:5000",
    "secure": false
  }
}

 >ng serve --proxy-config proxy.config.json -o

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

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

public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app)
{
   app.UseFileServer();
   app.UseMvcWithDefaultRoute();

namespace Core1RtmEmptyTest.Controllers
{
    public class HomeController
    {
        public string Index()
        {
            return "Running a POCO controller!";
        }
    }
}

using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
 
namespace Core1RtmEmptyTest.Controllers
{
    public class AboutController : Controller
    {
        public IActionResult Index()
        {
            return Content("Hello from DNT!");
        }
    }
}

using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
 
namespace Core1RtmEmptyTest.Controllers
{
    public class HomeController
    {
        [ActionContext]
        public ActionContext ActionContext { get; set; }
 
        public HttpContext HttpContext => ActionContext.HttpContext;
 
        public string Index()
        {
            return "Running a POCO controller!";
        }
 
        public IActionResult About()
        {
            return new ContentResult
            {
                Content = "Hello from DNT!",
                ContentType = "text/plain; charset=utf-8"
            };
        }
    }
}

 >ng g s employee/FormPoster -m employee.module

 installing service
  create src\app\employee\form-poster.service.spec.ts
  create src\app\employee\form-poster.service.ts
  update src\app\employee\employee.module.ts

import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
import { Http } from '@angular/http';

import { Employee } from './employee';

@Injectable()
export class FormPosterService {

    constructor(private http:Http) {
    }

    postEmployeeForm(employee: Employee) {
    }
}

import { HttpModule } from "@angular/http";

@NgModule({
  imports: [
    BrowserModule,
    FormsModule,
    HttpModule,
    EmployeeModule,
    AppRoutingModule
  ]

import { FormPosterService } from "../form-poster.service";

export class EmployeeRegisterComponent implements OnInit {

  constructor(private formPoster: FormPosterService) {}

}

>npm install
>ng build --watch

>dotnet restore
>dotnet watch run

<form #form="ngForm" (submit)="submitForm(form)" novalidate>

export class EmployeeRegisterComponent implements OnInit {
  submitForm(form: NgForm) {
    console.log(this.model);
    console.log(form.value);
  }
}

import { Injectable } from "@angular/core";
import { Http, Response, Headers, RequestOptions } from "@angular/http";

import { Observable } from "rxjs/Observable";
import "rxjs/add/operator/do";
import "rxjs/add/operator/catch";
import "rxjs/add/observable/throw";
import "rxjs/add/operator/map";
import "rxjs/add/observable/of";

import { Employee } from "./employee";

@Injectable()
export class FormPosterService {
  private baseUrl = "api/employee";

  constructor(private http: Http) {}

  private extractData(res: Response) {
    const body = res.json();
    return body.fields || {};
  }

  private handleError(error: Response): Observable<any> {
    console.error("observable error: ", error);
    return Observable.throw(error.statusText);
  }

  postEmployeeForm(employee: Employee): Observable<Employee> {
    const body = JSON.stringify(employee);
    const headers = new Headers({ "Content-Type": "application/json" });
    const options = new RequestOptions({ headers: headers });

    return this.http
      .post(this.baseUrl, body, options)
      .map(this.extractData)
      .catch(this.handleError);
  }
}

  submitForm(form: NgForm) {
    console.log(this.model);
    console.log(form.value);

    // validate form
    this.validatePrimaryLanguage(this.model.primaryLanguage);
    if (this.hasPrimaryLanguageError) {
      return;
    }

    this.formPoster
      .postEmployeeForm(this.model)
      .subscribe(
        data => console.log("success: ", data),
        err => console.log("error: ", err)
      );
  }

export class FormPosterService {
  private baseUrl = "api/employee";

namespace AngularTemplateDrivenFormsLab.Models
{
    public class Employee
    {
        public int Id { set; get; }
        public string FirstName { get; set; }
        public string LastName { get; set; }
        public bool IsFullTime { get; set; }
        public string PaymentType { get; set; }
        public string PrimaryLanguage { get; set; }
    }
}

using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
using AngularTemplateDrivenFormsLab.Models;

namespace AngularTemplateDrivenFormsLab.Controllers
{
    [Route("api/[controller]")]
    public class EmployeeController : Controller
    {
        public IActionResult Post([FromBody] Employee model)
        {
            //todo: save model

            model.Id = 100;
            return Created("", new { fields = model });
        }
    }
}

{"fields":{"id":100,"firstName":"Vahid","lastName":"N","isFullTime":true,"paymentType":"FullTime","primaryLanguage":"Persian"}}

  private extractData(res: Response) {
    const body = res.json();
    return body.fields || {};
  }

 data => console.log("success: ", data)

[HttpGet("/api/[controller]/[action]")]
public IActionResult Languages()
{
    string[] languages = { "Persian", "English", "Spanish", "Other" };
    return Ok(languages);
}

  private extractLanguages(res: Response) {
    const body = res.json();
    return body || {};
  }

  getLanguages(): Observable<any> {
    return this.http
      .get(`${this.baseUrl}/languages`)
      .map(this.extractLanguages)
      .catch(this.handleError);
  }

  languages = [];

  ngOnInit() {
    this.formPoster
      .getLanguages()
      .subscribe(
        data => this.languages = data,
        err => console.log("get error: ", err)
      );
  }

<h3 *ngIf="languages.length == 0">Loading...</h3>
<div class="container" *ngIf="languages.length > 0">

>npm install
>ng build --watch

>dotnet restore
>dotnet watch run

--target ES5

<div class="wizard">
            <a [routerLink]="['info']" routerLinkActive="active">
                Basic Information
            </a>
            <a [routerLink]="['tags']" routerLinkActive="active">
                Search Tags
            </a>
</div>

    <ul class="nav navbar-nav">
      <li routerLinkActive="active">
        <a [routerLink]="['/home']">Home</a>
      </li>
      <li routerLinkActive="active">
        <a [routerLink]="['/products']">Product List</a>
      </li>
      <li routerLinkActive="active">
        <a [routerLink]="['/products', 0, 'edit']">Add Product</a>
       </li>      
    </ul>

      <li routerLinkActive="active" [routerLinkActiveOptions]="{ exact: true }">
        <a [routerLink]="['/products']">Product List</a>
      </li>

        <div class="wizard">
            <a [routerLink]="['info']" routerLinkActive="active">
                Basic Information
                <span [ngClass]="{'glyphicon glyphicon-exclamation-sign': !isValid('info')}"></span>
            </a>
            <a [routerLink]="['tags']" routerLinkActive="active">
                Search Tags
                <span [ngClass]="{'glyphicon glyphicon-exclamation-sign': !isValid('tags')}"></span>
            </a>
        </div>

@NgModule({
  imports: [RouterModule.forRoot(routes/*, { useHash: true }*/, { enableTracing: true })],

this.router.events.subscribe((routerEvent: Event) => {
    if (routerEvent instanceof NavigationStart) {
      //...
    }
});

import { Router, Event, NavigationStart, NavigationEnd, NavigationError, NavigationCancel } from '@angular/router';

import { AuthService } from './user/auth.service';
import { Component } from '@angular/core';


@Component({
  selector: 'app-root',
  templateUrl: './app.component.html',
  styleUrls: ['./app.component.css']
})
export class AppComponent {
  pageTitle: string = 'Routing Lab';

  loading: boolean = true;

  constructor(private authService: AuthService,
    private router: Router) {
    router.events.subscribe((routerEvent: Event) => {
      this.checkRouterEvent(routerEvent);
    });
  }

  checkRouterEvent(routerEvent: Event): void {
    if (routerEvent instanceof NavigationStart) {
      this.loading = true;
    }

    if (routerEvent instanceof NavigationEnd ||
      routerEvent instanceof NavigationCancel ||
      routerEvent instanceof NavigationError) {
      this.loading = false;
    }
  }

  logOut(): void {
    this.authService.logout();
    this.router.navigateByUrl('/welcome');
  }
}

<span class="glyphicon glyphicon-refresh glyphicon-spin spinner" *ngIf="loading"></span>

/* Spinner */
.spinner {
  font-size:300%;
  position:absolute;
  top: 50%;
  left: 50%;
  z-index:10
}

.glyphicon-spin {
    -webkit-animation: spin 1000ms infinite linear;
    animation: spin 1000ms infinite linear;
}
@-webkit-keyframes spin {
    0% {
        -webkit-transform: rotate(0deg);
        transform: rotate(0deg);
    }
    100% {
        -webkit-transform: rotate(359deg);
        transform: rotate(359deg);
    }
}
@keyframes spin {
    0% {
        -webkit-transform: rotate(0deg);
        transform: rotate(0deg);
    }
    100% {
        -webkit-transform: rotate(359deg);
        transform: rotate(359deg);
    }
}