<div>
            @Html.LabelFor(model => model.Name, htmlAttributes: new { @class = "control-label col-md-2" })
            <div>
                @Html.EditorFor(model => model.Name, new { htmlAttributes = new { @class = "form-control" } })
                @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.Name, "", new { @class = "text-danger" })
            </div>
        </div>
        
        <div>
            @Html.LabelFor(model => model.Genre, htmlAttributes: new { @class = "control-label col-md-2" })
            <div>
                @Html.EditorFor(model => model.Genre, new { htmlAttributes = new { @class = "form-control" } })
                @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.Genre, "", new { @class = "text-danger" })
            </div>
        </div>

    public class Books
    {
        public int Id { get; set; }
        [Required]
        [StringLength(255)]
        public string Name { get; set; }
        public Genre Genre { get; set; }
    }

    public enum Genre
    {
        [Display(Name = "Non Fiction")]
        NonFiction,
        Romance,
        Action,
        [Display(Name = "Science Fiction")]
        ScienceFiction
    }

    public class BookController : Controller
    {
        // GET: Book
        public ActionResult Index()
        {
            return View(DataAccess.DataContext.Book.ToList());
        }

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

        [HttpPost]
        [ValidateAntiForgeryToken]
        public ActionResult Create(Books model)
        {
            if (!ModelState.IsValid)
                return View(model);

            try
            {
                DataAccess.DataContext.Book.Add(model);
                DataAccess.DataContext.SaveChanges();
                return RedirectToAction("Index");
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                ModelState.AddModelError("", ex.Message);
                return View(model);
            }
        }

        public ActionResult Edit(int id)
        {
            try
            {
                var book = DataAccess.DataContext.Book.Find(id);
                return View(book);
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                return View("Error");
            }
        }

        [HttpPost]
        [ValidateAntiForgeryToken]
        public ActionResult Edit(Books model)
        {
            if (!ModelState.IsValid)
                return View(model);

            try
            {
                DataAccess.DataContext.Book.AddOrUpdate(model);
                DataAccess.DataContext.SaveChanges();
                return RedirectToAction("Index");
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                ModelState.AddModelError("", ex.Message);
                return View(model);
            }
        }

        public ActionResult Details(int id)
        {
            try
            {
                var book = DataAccess.DataContext.Book.Find(id);
                return View(book);
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                return View("Error");
            }
        }
    }

@using Book.Entities
@model Book.Entities.Books

@{
    ViewBag.Title = "Create";
}
<h2>New Book</h2>
@using (Html.BeginForm()) 
{
    @Html.AntiForgeryToken()
    
    <div>
        <h4>Books</h4>
        <hr />
        @Html.ValidationSummary(true, "", new { @class = "text-danger" })
        <div>
            @Html.LabelFor(model => model.Name, htmlAttributes: new { @class = "control-label col-md-2" })
            <div>
                @Html.EditorFor(model => model.Name, new { htmlAttributes = new { @class = "form-control" } })
                @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.Name, "", new { @class = "text-danger" })
            </div>
        </div>
        
        <div>
            @Html.LabelFor(model => model.Genre, htmlAttributes: new { @class = "control-label col-md-2" })
            <div>
                @Html.EditorFor(model => model.Genre, new { htmlAttributes = new { @class = "form-control" } })
                @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.Genre, "", new { @class = "text-danger" })
            </div>
        </div>

        <div>
            <div>
                <input type="submit" value="Create" />
                <input type="reset" value="Reset" />
                @Html.ActionLink("Back to List", "Index", null, new {@class="btn btn-default"})
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
}

@section Scripts {
    @Scripts.Render("~/bundles/jqueryval")
}

Views/Shared/DisplayTemplates/<type>.cshtml

@using Book.Entities
@using Book.Web.Helpers
@{
    var items = typeof(Genre).GetItems((int?)Model);
}

@Html.DropDownList("", items, new {@class="form-control"})

PM> install-package MSTest.TestFramework -Pre
PM> install-package MSTest.TestAdapter -Pre

[TestClass]
public class TestFrameworkTest
{
    [TestMethod]
    public void SimpleTest()
    {
        Assert.IsTrue(false);
    }

    [DataTestMethod]
    [DataRow(1, 2, 3)]
    [DataRow(2, 2, 4)]
    [DataRow(3, 2, 6)]
    [DataRow(5, 2, 7)]
    public void RowTest(int a, int b, int result)
    {
        Assert.AreEqual(result, a + b);
    }
}

 Test Menu -> Windows -> Test Explorer

 dotnet ef dbcontext scaffold "Data Source=(local);Initial Catalog=BloggingCore2016;Integrated Security = true" Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer -o Entities --context MyDBDataContext --verbose

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace Core1RtmEmptyTest.Entities
{
    public partial class Blog
    {
        public Blog()
        {
            Post = new HashSet<Post>();
        }

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

        public virtual ICollection<Post> Post { get; set; }
    }
}

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace Core1RtmEmptyTest.Entities
{
    public partial class Post
    {
        public int PostId { get; set; }
        public string Content { get; set; }
        public string Title { get; set; }

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

using System;
using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata;

namespace Core1RtmEmptyTest.Entities
{
    public partial class MyDBDataContext : DbContext
    {
        protected override void OnConfiguring(DbContextOptionsBuilder optionsBuilder)
        {
            optionsBuilder.UseSqlServer(@"Data Source=(local);Initial Catalog=BloggingCore2016;Integrated Security = true");
        }

        protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
        {
            modelBuilder.Entity<Blog>(entity =>
            {
                entity.Property(e => e.Url).IsRequired();
            });

            modelBuilder.Entity<Post>(entity =>
            {
                entity.HasOne(d => d.Blog)
                    .WithMany(p => p.Post)
                    .HasForeignKey(d => d.BlogId);
            });
        }

        public virtual DbSet<Blog> Blog { get; set; }
        public virtual DbSet<Post> Post { get; set; }
    }
}

 public virtual Blog Blog { get; set; }

 public virtual ICollection<Post> Post { get; set; }

<primary key property name>
<navigation property name><primary key property name>
<principal entity name><primary key property name>

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

modelBuilder.Entity<Post>(entity =>
{
    entity.HasOne(d => d.Blog)
             .WithMany(p => p.Post)
             .HasForeignKey(d => d.BlogId);
});

 dotnet ef dbcontext scaffold "Data Source=(local);Initial Catalog=BloggingCore2016;Integrated Security = true" Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer -o Entities --context MyDBDataContext --verbose -a

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.Schema;

namespace Core1RtmEmptyTest.Entities
{
    public partial class Blog
    {
        public Blog()
        {
            Post = new HashSet<Post>();
        }

        public int BlogId { get; set; }

        [Required]
        public string Url { get; set; }

        [InverseProperty("Blog")]
        public virtual ICollection<Post> Post { get; set; }
    }
}

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.Schema;

namespace Core1RtmEmptyTest.Entities
{
    public partial class Post
    {
        public int PostId { get; set; }
        public string Content { get; set; }
        public string Title { get; set; }

        [ForeignKey("BlogId")]
        [InverseProperty("Post")]
        public virtual Blog Blog { get; set; }
        public int BlogId { get; set; }
    }
}

using System;
using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata;

namespace Core1RtmEmptyTest.Entities
{
    public partial class MyDBDataContext : DbContext
    {
        protected override void OnConfiguring(DbContextOptionsBuilder optionsBuilder)
        {
            optionsBuilder.UseSqlServer(@"Data Source=(local);Initial Catalog=BloggingCore2016;Integrated Security = true");
        }

        protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
        {
        }

        public virtual DbSet<Blog> Blog { get; set; }
        public virtual DbSet<Post> Post { get; set; }
    }
}

  [ForeignKey("BlogId")]
  [InverseProperty("Post")]
  public virtual Blog Blog { get; set; }
  public int BlogId { get; set; }

   [InverseProperty("Blog")]
  public virtual ICollection<Post> Post { get; set; }

public virtual Blog Blog { get; set; }

 var firstPost = context.Post.First();
Console.WriteLine(firstPost.Blog.Url);

 System.NullReferenceException
Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

 var firstPost = context.Post.Include(x => x.Blog).First();
Console.WriteLine(firstPost.Blog.Url);

var blogs = context.Blogs
                              .Include(blog => blog.Posts)
                              .Include(blog => blog.Owner)
                              .ToList();

var blogs = context.Blogs
                              .Include(blog => blog.Posts)
                                      .ThenInclude(post => post.Author)
                              .ToList();

var blogs = context.Blogs
                              .Include(blog => blog.Posts)
                                 .ThenInclude(post => post.Author)
                                        .ThenInclude(author => author.Photo)
                              .ToList();

var blogs = context.Blogs
                              .Include(blog => blog.Posts)
                                  .ThenInclude(post => post.Author)
                                      .ThenInclude(author => author.Photo)
                              .Include(blog => blog.Owner)
                                    .ThenInclude(owner => owner.Photo)
                              .ToList();

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

 CONSTRAINT [FK_Post_Blog_BlogId] FOREIGN KEY ([BlogId]) REFERENCES [Blog] ([BlogId]) ON DELETE CASCADE

modelBuilder.Entity<Post>()
                    .HasOne(p => p.Blog)
                    .WithMany(b => b.Posts)
                    .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade);

modelBuilder.Entity<Post>()
                    .HasOne(p => p.Blog)
                    .WithMany(b => b.Posts)
                    .IsRequired();

 protected void Application_Start() {
    ViewEngines.Engines.Clear();
    var ve = new RazorViewEngine();
    ve.ViewLocationCache = new CustomViewCache(ve.ViewLocationCache);
    ViewEngines.Engines.Add(ve);
    ... 
}

public class Program
{
    public static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        var host = new WebHostBuilder()
            .UseKestrel()
            .UseContentRoot(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory())
            .UseIISIntegration()
            .UseStartup<Startup>()
            .Build();
 
        host.Run();
    }
}

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

public class Startup
{
    public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
    {
    }
 
    public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app)
    {
        app.UseStaticFiles();
        //app.UseWelcomePage();
 
        app.Run(async context =>
        {
            await context.Response.WriteAsync("Hello DNT!");
        });
    }
}

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <title>Hello World</title>
</head>
<body>
    Hello World!
</body>
</html>

public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app)
{
   app.UseDefaultFiles();
   app.UseStaticFiles();

 // Serve my app-specific default file, if present.
DefaultFilesOptions options = new DefaultFilesOptions();
options.DefaultFileNames.Clear();
options.DefaultFileNames.Add("mydefault.html");
app.UseDefaultFiles(options);

public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app)
{
  app.UseStaticFiles();
  app.UseDefaultFiles();

○ wwwroot
   § css
   § images
   § ...
○ MyStaticFiles
   § test.png

app.UseStaticFiles(new StaticFileOptions
{
    FileProvider = new PhysicalFileProvider(root: Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), @"MyStaticFiles")),
    RequestPath = new PathString("/StaticFiles")
});

app.UseDirectoryBrowser(new DirectoryBrowserOptions
{
    FileProvider = new PhysicalFileProvider(root: Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), @"wwwroot\images")),
    RequestPath = new PathString("/MyImages")
});

 Unable to resolve service for type 'System.Text.Encodings.Web.HtmlEncoder' while attempting to activate 'Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles.DirectoryBrowserMiddleware'.

public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
{
   services.AddDirectoryBrowser();
}

app.UseStaticFiles(new StaticFileOptions
{
    FileProvider = new PhysicalFileProvider(root: Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), @"wwwroot\images")),
    RequestPath = new PathString("/MyImages")
});

using System.IO;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
using Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders;
 
namespace Core1RtmEmptyTest
{
    public class Startup
    {
        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
            services.AddDirectoryBrowser();
        }
 
        public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app)
        {
            app.UseDefaultFiles();
 
            app.UseStaticFiles(); // For the wwwroot folder
 
            // For the files outside of the wwwroot
            app.UseStaticFiles(new StaticFileOptions
            {
                FileProvider = new PhysicalFileProvider(root: Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), @"MyStaticFiles")),
                RequestPath = new PathString("/StaticFiles")
            });
 
            // For DirectoryBrowser
            app.UseStaticFiles(new StaticFileOptions
            {
                FileProvider = new PhysicalFileProvider(root: Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), @"wwwroot\images")),
                RequestPath = new PathString("/MyImages")
            });
 
            app.UseDirectoryBrowser(new DirectoryBrowserOptions
            {
                FileProvider = new PhysicalFileProvider(root: Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), @"wwwroot\images")),
                RequestPath = new PathString("/MyImages")
            });
 
            //app.UseWelcomePage();
 
            app.Run(async context =>
            {
                await context.Response.WriteAsync("Hello DNT!");
            });
        }
    }
}

 app.UseFileServer();

 app.UseFileServer(enableDirectoryBrowsing: true);

app.UseFileServer(new FileServerOptions
    {
        FileProvider = new PhysicalFileProvider(
            Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), @"MyStaticFiles")),
        RequestPath = new PathString("/StaticFiles"),
        EnableDirectoryBrowsing = false
    });

 // Set up custom content types -associating file extension to MIME type
var provider = new FileExtensionContentTypeProvider();
provider.Mappings[".xyz"] = "text/html";
 
app.UseStaticFiles(new StaticFileOptions
{
    ContentTypeProvider = provider
}) ; // For the wwwroot folder

public class XyzContentTypeProvider : FileExtensionContentTypeProvider
{
    public XyzContentTypeProvider()
    {
        this.Mappings.Add(".xyz", "text/html");
    }
}

app.UseStaticFiles(new StaticFileOptions
{
    ContentTypeProvider = new XyzContentTypeProvider()
}) ; // For the wwwroot folder

app.UseStaticFiles(new StaticFileOptions
{
    ServeUnknownFileTypes = true,
    DefaultContentType = "image/png"
});

        public string TestNoneAsync()
        {
            var webClient = new WebClient();
            return webClient.DownloadString("http://www.google.com");
        }

        public void TestAsync()
        {
            var webClient = new WebClient();
            webClient.DownloadStringAsync(new Uri("http://www.google.com"));
            webClient.DownloadStringCompleted += webClientDownloadStringCompleted;
        }

        void webClientDownloadStringCompleted(object sender, DownloadStringCompletedEventArgs e)
        {
            // use e.Result
        }

using System;
using System.Linq;
using System.Net;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace Async02
{
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void btnGetInfo_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            var req = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("http://www.google.com");
            req.Method = "HEAD";
            req.BeginGetResponse(
                asyncResult =>
                {
                    var resp = (HttpWebResponse)req.EndGetResponse(asyncResult);
                    var headersText = formatHeaders(resp.Headers);
                    txtResults.Text = headersText;
                }, null);
        }

        private string formatHeaders(WebHeaderCollection headers)
        {
            var headerString = headers.Keys.Cast<string>()
                                      .Select(header => string.Format("{0}:{1}", header, headers[header]));
            return string.Join(Environment.NewLine, headerString.ToArray());
        }
    }
}

 An exception of type 'System.InvalidOperationException' occurred in System.Windows.Forms.dll but was not handled in user code
Additional information: Cross-thread operation not valid: Control 'txtResults' accessed from a thread other than the thread it was created on.

        private void btnGetInfo_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            var sync = SynchronizationContext.Current;
            var req = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("http://www.google.com");
            req.Method = "HEAD";
            req.BeginGetResponse(
                asyncResult =>
                {
                    var resp = (HttpWebResponse)req.EndGetResponse(asyncResult);
                    var headersText = formatHeaders(resp.Headers);
                    sync.Post(delegate { txtResults.Text = headersText; }, null);
                }, null);
        }

using System;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace Async01
{
    public class AsyncExample
    {
        public async Task DoWorkAsync(int parameter)
        {
            await Task.Delay(parameter);
            Console.WriteLine(parameter);
        }
    }
}

        public async Task<double> GetNumberAsync()
        {
            var generator = new Random();
            await Task.Delay(generator.Next(1000));

            return generator.NextDouble();
        }

        public async Task<double> GetSumAsync()
        {
            var leftOperand = await GetNumberAsync();
            var rightOperand = await GetNumberAsync();

            return leftOperand + rightOperand;
        }

        public async Task<double> GetProductOfSumAsync()
        {
            var leftOperand = GetSumAsync();
            var rightOperand = GetSumAsync();

            return await leftOperand * await rightOperand;
        }

 Operator '*' cannot be applied to operands of type 'System.Threading.Tasks.Task<double>' and 'System.Threading.Tasks.Task<double>'

        public async Task<string> DownloadAsync()
        {
            var webClient = new WebClient();
            return await webClient.DownloadStringTaskAsync("http://www.google.com");
        }

        public void TestDownloadAsync()
        {
            Debug.WriteLine("Before DownloadAsync");
            DownloadAsync();
            Debug.WriteLine("After DownloadAsync");
        }

 Before DownloadAsync
After DownloadAsync

 PM> Install-Package Microsoft.Bcl.Async