.NET 7 Beginner Course 🚀 Web API, Entity Framework 7 & SQL Server

Table of Contents:
00:00:00 .NET 7 Beginner Course 🚀 Web API, Entity Framework 7 & SQL Server
00:01:18 Tools (Visual Studio Code & .NET SDK)
00:02:48 Create a new Web API
00:11:34 First API Call
00:15:23 Git Repository & .gitignore File
00:19:07 Web API Introduction
00:19:42 The Model-View-Controller (MVC) Pattern
00:22:03 New Models
00:26:17 New Controller & GET a New Character
00:36:35 First Steps with Attribute Routing
00:40:52 Routing with Parameters
00:43:34 HTTP Request Methods Explained
00:46:48 Add a New Character with POST
00:50:23 Best Practice: Web API Structure
00:53:42 Character Service
01:02:38 Fix the “Possible ArgumentNullException”
01:04:43 Asynchronous Calls
01:08:53 Proper Service Response with Generics
01:17:06 Data-Transfer-Objects (DTOs)
01:22:58 AutoMapper
01:35:30 Modify a Character with PUT
01:47:40 Modify a Character with AutoMapper
01:49:12 Delete a Character
01:54:15 Web API Summary
01:55:01 Entity Framework 7 Introduction
01:55:50 Object-Relational-Mapping & Code-First Migration Explained
01:57:42 Installing Entity Framework 7
02:00:48 Installing SQL Server Express (with Management Studio)
02:02:04 Implementing the DataContext
02:05:37 ConnectionString & Adding the DbContext
02:10:29 First Migration
02:14:49 GET Implementations 

USE [master]
GO
/****** Object:  Database [dbMyNews]    Script Date: 2014/01/14 09:46:04 ب.ظ ******/
CREATE DATABASE [dbMyNews]
 CONTAINMENT = NONE
 ON  PRIMARY 
( NAME = N'dbMyNews', FILENAME = N'D:\dbMyNews.mdf' , SIZE = 5120KB , MAXSIZE = UNLIMITED, FILEGROWTH = 1024KB )
 LOG ON 
( NAME = N'dbMyNews_log', FILENAME = N'D:\dbMyNews_log.ldf' , SIZE = 1024KB , MAXSIZE = 2048GB , FILEGROWTH = 10%)
GO
USE [dbMyNews]
GO
/****** Object:  Table [dbo].[tblCategory]    Script Date: 2014/01/14 09:46:04 ب.ظ ******/
SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
GO
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[tblCategory](
[tblCategoryId] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,
[CatName] [nvarchar](50) NOT NULL,
[IsDeleted] [bit] NOT NULL,
 CONSTRAINT [PK_tblCategory] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED 
(
[tblCategoryId] ASC
)WITH (PAD_INDEX = OFF, STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE = OFF, IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF, ALLOW_ROW_LOCKS = ON, ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS = ON) ON [PRIMARY]
) ON [PRIMARY]

GO
/****** Object:  Table [dbo].[tblNews]    Script Date: 2014/01/14 09:46:04 ب.ظ ******/
SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
GO
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[tblNews](
[tblNewsId] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,
[tblCategoryId] [int] NOT NULL,
[Title] [nvarchar](50) NOT NULL,
[Description] [nvarchar](max) NOT NULL,
[RegDate] [datetime] NOT NULL,
[IsDeleted] [bit] NULL,
 CONSTRAINT [PK_tblNews] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED 
(
[tblNewsId] ASC
)WITH (PAD_INDEX = OFF, STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE = OFF, IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF, ALLOW_ROW_LOCKS = ON, ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS = ON) ON [PRIMARY]
) ON [PRIMARY] TEXTIMAGE_ON [PRIMARY]

GO
ALTER TABLE [dbo].[tblNews]  WITH CHECK ADD  CONSTRAINT [FK_tblNews_tblCategory] FOREIGN KEY([tblCategoryId])
REFERENCES [dbo].[tblCategory] ([tblCategoryId])
GO
ALTER TABLE [dbo].[tblNews] CHECK CONSTRAINT [FK_tblNews_tblCategory]
GO
USE [master]
GO
ALTER DATABASE [dbMyNews] SET  READ_WRITE 
GO

context.Chapters.Add(new Chapter
{
    Title = "آزمایش متن فارسی",
    Text = "برای نمونه تهیه شده‌است",
    User = user1.Entity
});

 "C:\Program Files (x86)\CodeBlocks\MinGW\bin\gcc.exe" -g -shared -fPIC -Wall D:\path\to\sqlite-amalgamation-3310100\spellfix.c -o spellfix1.dll

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

namespace EFCoreSQLiteFTS.DataLayer
{
    public static class LoadSqliteExtensions
    {
        public static void AddToSystemPath(string extensionsDirectory)
        {
            if (!RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows))
            {
                throw new NotSupportedException("Modifying the path at runtime only works on Windows. On Linux and Mac, set LD_LIBRARY_PATH or DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH before running the app.");
            }

            var path = new HashSet<string>(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("PATH").Split(Path.PathSeparator));
            if (path.Add(extensionsDirectory))
            {
                Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable("PATH", string.Join(Path.PathSeparator, path));
            }
        }
    }
}

LoadSqliteExtensions.AddToSystemPath("path to .dll file");
services.AddDbContext<ApplicationDbContext>((serviceProvider, optionsBuilder) =>
    {
        var connection = new SqliteConnection(connectionString);
        connection.Open();

        connection.LoadExtension("spellfix1");
        // Passing in an already open connection will keep the connection open between requests.
        optionsBuilder.UseSqlite(connection);
    });

        private static void createFtsTables(ApplicationDbContext context)
        {
            // For SQLite FTS
            // Note: This can be added to the `protected override void Up(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)` method too.
            context.Database.ExecuteSqlRaw(@"CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE IF NOT EXISTS ""Chapters_FTS""
                                    USING fts5(""Text"", ""Title"", content=""Chapters"", content_rowid=""Id"");");

            // 'SQLite Error 1: 'no such module: spellfix1'.' --> must be loaded ...
            // EditCost for unicode support
            context.Database.ExecuteSqlRaw("CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE IF NOT EXISTS Chapters_FTS_Vocab USING fts5vocab('Chapters_FTS', 'row');");
            context.Database.ExecuteSqlRaw("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS Chapters_FTS_SpellFix_EditCost(iLang INT, cFrom TEXT, cTo TEXT, iCost INT);");
            context.Database.ExecuteSqlRaw("CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE IF NOT EXISTS Chapters_FTS_SpellFix USING spellfix1(edit_cost_table=Chapters_FTS_SpellFix_EditCost);");
        }

database.ExecuteSqlRaw(@"INSERT INTO Chapters_FTS_SpellFix(word, rank)
    SELECT term, cnt FROM Chapters_FTS_Vocab
    WHERE term not in (SELECT word from Chapters_FTS_SpellFix_vocab)");

database.ExecuteSqlRaw("INSERT INTO Chapters_FTS_SpellFix(command) VALUES(\"reset\");");

namespace EFCoreSQLiteFTS.Entities
{
    public class SpellCheck
    {
        public string Word { get; set; }
        public decimal Rank { get; set; }
        public decimal Distance { get; set; }
        public decimal Score { get; set; }
        public decimal Matchlen { get; set; }
    }
}

namespace EFCoreSQLiteFTS.DataLayer
{
    public class ApplicationDbContext : DbContext
    {
        //...

        protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder builder)
        {
            base.OnModelCreating(builder);

            builder.Entity<SpellCheck>().HasNoKey().ToView(null);
        }

        //...
    }
}

foreach (var item in context.Set<SpellCheck>().FromSqlRaw(
          @"SELECT word, rank, distance, score, matchlen FROM Chapters_FTS_SpellFix
            WHERE word MATCH {0} and top=6", "فارشی"))
{
    Console.WriteLine($"Word: {item.Word}");
    Console.WriteLine($"Distance: {item.Distance}");
}

 PM> install-package EntityFrameworkWithHierarchyId

public class Employee
{
    public int Id { get; set; }
 
    [Required, MaxLength(100)]
    public string Name { get; set; }
 
    [Required]
    public HierarchyId Node { get; set; } // نوع داده جدید
}

public class MyContext : DbContext
{
    public DbSet<Employee> Employees { get; set; }
 
    public MyContext()
        : base("Connection1")
    {
        this.Database.Log = log => Console.WriteLine(log);
    }
}
 
public class Configuration : DbMigrationsConfiguration<MyContext>
{
    public Configuration()
    {
        AutomaticMigrationsEnabled = true;
        AutomaticMigrationDataLossAllowed = true;
    }
 
    protected override void Seed(MyContext context)
    {
        if (context.Employees.Any())
            return;
 
        context.Database.ExecuteSqlCommand(
            "ALTER TABLE [dbo].[Employees] ADD NodePath as Node.ToString() persisted");
        context.Database.ExecuteSqlCommand(
            "ALTER TABLE [dbo].[Employees] ADD Level AS Node.GetLevel() persisted");
        context.Database.ExecuteSqlCommand(
            "ALTER TABLE [dbo].[Employees] ADD ManagerNode as Node.GetAncestor(1) persisted");
        context.Database.ExecuteSqlCommand(
            "ALTER TABLE [dbo].[Employees] ADD ManagerNodePath as Node.GetAncestor(1).ToString() persisted");
 
        context.Database.ExecuteSqlCommand(
            "ALTER TABLE [dbo].[Employees] ADD CONSTRAINT [UK_EmployeeNode] UNIQUE NONCLUSTERED (Node)");
        context.Database.ExecuteSqlCommand(
            "ALTER TABLE [dbo].[Employees]  WITH CHECK ADD CONSTRAINT [EmployeeManagerNodeNodeFK] " +
            "FOREIGN KEY([ManagerNode]) REFERENCES [dbo].[Employees] ([Node])");
 
        context.Employees.Add(new Employee { Name = "Root", Node = new HierarchyId("/") });
        context.Employees.Add(new Employee { Name = "Emp1", Node = new HierarchyId("/1/") });
        context.Employees.Add(new Employee { Name = "Emp2", Node = new HierarchyId("/2/") });
        context.Employees.Add(new Employee { Name = "Emp3", Node = new HierarchyId("/1/1/") });
        context.Employees.Add(new Employee { Name = "Emp4", Node = new HierarchyId("/1/1/1/") });
        context.Employees.Add(new Employee { Name = "Emp5", Node = new HierarchyId("/2/1/") });
        context.Employees.Add(new Employee { Name = "Emp6", Node = new HierarchyId("/1/2/") });
 
        base.Seed(context);
    }
}

using (var context = new MyContext())
{
    Console.WriteLine("\ngetItems OrderByDescending(employee => employee.Node)");
 
    var employees = context.Employees.OrderByDescending(employee => employee.Node).ToList();
    foreach (var employee in employees)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("{0} {1}", employee.Id, employee.Node);
    }
 }

SELECT
    [Extent1].[Id] AS [Id],
    [Extent1].[Name] AS [Name],
    [Extent1].[Node] AS [Node]
    FROM [dbo].[Employees] AS [Extent1]
    ORDER BY [Extent1].[Node] DESC


6 /2/1/
3 /2/
7 /1/2/
5 /1/1/1/
4 /1/1/
2 /1/
1 /

using (var context = new MyContext())
{
    Console.WriteLine("\nGetAncestor(1) of /1/");
 
    var firstItem = context.Employees.Single(employee => employee.Node == new HierarchyId("/1/"));
    foreach (var item in context.Employees.Where(employee => firstItem.Node == employee.Node.GetAncestor(1)))
    {
        Console.WriteLine("{0} {1}", item.Id, item.Name);
    }
}

SELECT TOP (2)
    [Extent1].[Id] AS [Id],
    [Extent1].[Name] AS [Name],
    [Extent1].[Node] AS [Node]
    FROM [dbo].[Employees] AS [Extent1]
    WHERE cast('/1/' as hierarchyid) = [Extent1].[Node]

SELECT
    [Extent1].[Id] AS [Id],
    [Extent1].[Name] AS [Name],
    [Extent1].[Node] AS [Node]
    FROM [dbo].[Employees] AS [Extent1]
    WHERE (@p__linq__0 = ([Extent1].[Node].GetAncestor(1))) OR ((@p__linq__0 IS
NULL) AND ([Extent1].[Node].GetAncestor(1) IS NULL))
-- p__linq__0: '/1/' (Type = Object)

4 Emp3
7 Emp6

var list = context.Employees.Where(
          employee => employee.Node.IsDescendantOf(new HierarchyId("/1/")) &&
                              employee.Node.GetLevel() == 2).ToList();

SELECT
    [Extent1].[Id] AS [Id],
    [Extent1].[Name] AS [Name],
    [Extent1].[Node] AS [Node]
    FROM [dbo].[Employees] AS [Extent1]
    WHERE (([Extent1].[Node].IsDescendantOf(cast('/1/' as hierarchyid))) = 1) 
    AND (2 = ([Extent1].[Node].GetLevel()))

var items = context.Employees.Where(employee => employee.Node.IsDescendantOf(new HierarchyId("/1/")))
    .Select(employee => new
    {
        Id = employee.Id,
        OrigPath = employee.Node,
        ReparentedValue = employee.Node.GetReparentedValue(new HierarchyId("/1/"), HierarchyId.GetRoot()),
        Level = employee.Node.GetLevel()
    }).ToList();
 
foreach (var item in items)
{
    Console.WriteLine("Id:{0}; OrigPath:{1}; ReparentedValue:{2}; Level:{3}", item.Id, item.OrigPath, item.ReparentedValue, item.Level);
}

SELECT
    [Extent1].[Id] AS [Id],
    [Extent1].[Node] AS [Node],
    [Extent1].[Node].GetReparentedValue(cast('/1/' as hierarchyid), hierarchyid::GetRoot()) AS [C1],
    [Extent1].[Node].GetLevel() AS [C2]
    FROM [dbo].[Employees] AS [Extent1]
    WHERE ([Extent1].[Node].IsDescendantOf(cast('/1/' as hierarchyid))) = 1


Id:2; OrigPath:/1/; ReparentedValue:/; Level:1
Id:4; OrigPath:/1/1/; ReparentedValue:/1/; Level:2
Id:5; OrigPath:/1/1/1/; ReparentedValue:/1/1/; Level:3
Id:7; OrigPath:/1/2/; ReparentedValue:/2/; Level:2

            Database.SetInitializer(new MigrateDatabaseToLatestVersion<ApplicationDbContext, Configuration>());
            SmObjectFactory.Container.GetInstance<IUnitOfWork>().ForceDatabaseInitialize();

dotnet tool update -g Microsoft.Web.LibraryManager.Cli
libman init
libman install bootstrap --provider unpkg --destination wwwroot/lib/bootstrap
libman install open-iconic --provider unpkg --destination wwwroot/lib/open-iconic

@import url('open-iconic/font/css/open-iconic-bootstrap.min.css');

<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <title>BlazorServer.App</title>
    <base href="~/" />
    <link href="lib/open-iconic/font/css/open-iconic-bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="lib/bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="css/site.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="BlazorServer.App.styles.css" rel="stylesheet" />
</head>

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
  <PropertyGroup>
    <TargetFramework>net5.0</TargetFramework>
  </PropertyGroup>
</Project>

using System;
using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;

namespace BlazorServer.Entities
{
    public class HotelRoom
    {
        [Key]
        public int Id { get; set; }

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

        [Required]
        public int Occupancy { get; set; }

        [Required]
        public decimal RegularRate { get; set; }

        public string Details { get; set; }

        public string SqFt { get; set; }

        public string CreatedBy { get; set; }

        public DateTime CreatedDate { get; set; } = DateTime.Now;

        public string UpdatedBy { get; set; }

        public DateTime UpdatedDate { get; set; }
    }
}

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
  <PropertyGroup>
    <TargetFramework>net5.0</TargetFramework>
  </PropertyGroup>

  <ItemGroup>
    <ProjectReference Include="..\BlazorServer.Entities\BlazorServer.Entities.csproj" />
  </ItemGroup>

  <ItemGroup>
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer" Version="5.0.3" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools" Version="5.0.3">
      <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
      <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
    </PackageReference>
  </ItemGroup>
</Project>

using BlazorServer.Entities;
using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;

namespace BlazorServer.DataAccess
{
    public class ApplicationDbContext : DbContext
    {
        public DbSet<HotelRoom> HotelRooms { get; set; }

        public ApplicationDbContext(DbContextOptions<ApplicationDbContext> options) : base(options)
        { }
    }
}

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">
  <PropertyGroup>
    <TargetFramework>net5.0</TargetFramework>
  </PropertyGroup>

  <ItemGroup>
    <ProjectReference Include="..\BlazorServer.DataAccess\BlazorServer.DataAccess.csproj" />
  </ItemGroup>

  <ItemGroup>
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer" Version="5.0.3" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design" Version="5.0.3">
      <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
      <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
    </PackageReference>
  </ItemGroup>
</Project>

namespace BlazorServer.App
{
    public class Startup
    {
        // ...
 
        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
            var connectionString = Configuration.GetConnectionString("DefaultConnection");
            services.AddDbContext<ApplicationDbContext>(options => options.UseSqlServer(connectionString));

            // ...

{
  "ConnectionStrings": {
    "DefaultConnection": "Server=(localdb)\\mssqllocaldb;Database=HotelManagement;Trusted_Connection=True;MultipleActiveResultSets=true"
  }
}

dotnet tool update --global dotnet-ef --version 5.0.3
dotnet build
dotnet ef migrations --startup-project ../BlazorServer.App/ add Init --context ApplicationDbContext
dotnet ef --startup-project ../BlazorServer.App/ database update --context ApplicationDbContext

using System;
using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;

namespace BlazorServer.Models
{
    public record HotelRoomDTO
    {
        public int Id { get; init; }

        [Required(ErrorMessage = "Please enter the room's name")]
        public string Name { get; init; }

        [Required(ErrorMessage = "Please enter the occupancy")]
        public int Occupancy { get; init; }

        [Range(1, 3000, ErrorMessage = "Regular rate must be between 1 and 3000")]
        public decimal RegularRate { get; init; }

        public string Details { get; init; }

        public string SqFt { get; init; }
    }
}

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
  <PropertyGroup>
    <TargetFramework>net5.0</TargetFramework>
  </PropertyGroup>

  <ItemGroup>
    <ProjectReference Include="..\BlazorServer.Entities\BlazorServer.Entities.csproj" />
    <ProjectReference Include="..\BlazorServer.Models\BlazorServer.Models.csproj" />
  </ItemGroup>

  <ItemGroup>
    <PackageReference Include="AutoMapper.Extensions.Microsoft.DependencyInjection" Version="8.1.1" />
  </ItemGroup>
</Project>

using AutoMapper;
using BlazorServer.Entities;

namespace BlazorServer.Models.Mappings
{
    public class MappingProfile : Profile
    {
        public MappingProfile()
        {
            CreateMap<HotelRoomDTO, HotelRoom>().ReverseMap(); // two-way mapping
        }
    }
}

namespace BlazorServer.App
{
    public class Startup
    {
        // ...

        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
            services.AddAutoMapper(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.GetAssemblies());

            // ...

using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using BlazorServer.Models;

namespace BlazorServer.Services
{
    public interface IHotelRoomService
    {
        Task<HotelRoomDTO> CreateHotelRoomAsync(HotelRoomDTO hotelRoomDTO);

        Task<int> DeleteHotelRoomAsync(int roomId);

        IAsyncEnumerable<HotelRoomDTO> GetAllHotelRoomsAsync();

        Task<HotelRoomDTO> GetHotelRoomAsync(int roomId);

        Task<HotelRoomDTO> IsRoomUniqueAsync(string name);

        Task<HotelRoomDTO> UpdateHotelRoomAsync(int roomId, HotelRoomDTO hotelRoomDTO);
    }
}

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using AutoMapper;
using AutoMapper.QueryableExtensions;
using BlazorServer.DataAccess;
using BlazorServer.Entities;
using BlazorServer.Models;
using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;

namespace BlazorServer.Services
{
    public class HotelRoomService : IHotelRoomService
    {
        private readonly ApplicationDbContext _dbContext;
        private readonly IMapper _mapper;
        private readonly IConfigurationProvider _mapperConfiguration;

        public HotelRoomService(ApplicationDbContext dbContext, IMapper mapper)
        {
            _dbContext = dbContext ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(dbContext));
            _mapper = mapper ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(mapper));
            _mapperConfiguration = mapper.ConfigurationProvider;
        }

        public async Task<HotelRoomDTO> CreateHotelRoomAsync(HotelRoomDTO hotelRoomDTO)
        {
            var hotelRoom = _mapper.Map<HotelRoom>(hotelRoomDTO);
            hotelRoom.CreatedDate = DateTime.Now;
            hotelRoom.CreatedBy = "";
            var addedHotelRoom = await _dbContext.HotelRooms.AddAsync(hotelRoom);
            await _dbContext.SaveChangesAsync();
            return _mapper.Map<HotelRoomDTO>(addedHotelRoom.Entity);
        }

        public async Task<int> DeleteHotelRoomAsync(int roomId)
        {
            var roomDetails = await _dbContext.HotelRooms.FindAsync(roomId);
            if (roomDetails == null)
            {
                return 0;
            }

            _dbContext.HotelRooms.Remove(roomDetails);
            return await _dbContext.SaveChangesAsync();
        }

        public IAsyncEnumerable<HotelRoomDTO> GetAllHotelRoomsAsync()
        {
            return _dbContext.HotelRooms
                        .ProjectTo<HotelRoomDTO>(_mapperConfiguration)
                        .AsAsyncEnumerable();
        }

        public Task<HotelRoomDTO> GetHotelRoomAsync(int roomId)
        {
            return _dbContext.HotelRooms
                            .ProjectTo<HotelRoomDTO>(_mapperConfiguration)
                            .FirstOrDefaultAsync(x => x.Id == roomId);
        }

        public Task<HotelRoomDTO> IsRoomUniqueAsync(string name)
        {
            return _dbContext.HotelRooms
                            .ProjectTo<HotelRoomDTO>(_mapperConfiguration)
                            .FirstOrDefaultAsync(x => x.Name == name);
        }

        public async Task<HotelRoomDTO> UpdateHotelRoomAsync(int roomId, HotelRoomDTO hotelRoomDTO)
        {
            if (roomId != hotelRoomDTO.Id)
            {
                return null;
            }

            var roomDetails = await _dbContext.HotelRooms.FindAsync(roomId);
            var room = _mapper.Map(hotelRoomDTO, roomDetails);
            room.UpdatedBy = "";
            room.UpdatedDate = DateTime.Now;
            var updatedRoom = _dbContext.HotelRooms.Update(room);
            await _dbContext.SaveChangesAsync();
            return _mapper.Map<HotelRoomDTO>(updatedRoom.Entity);
        }
    }
}

namespace BlazorServer.App
{
    public class Startup
    {
        // ...

        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
            services.AddScoped<IHotelRoomService, HotelRoomService>();

         // ...

 • All .NET application (Console, ASP.NET 4, WinForms, WPF)
 • Mac and Linux applications (Mono)
 • UWP (Universal Windows Platform)
 • ASP.NET Core applications
 • Can use EF Core in Windows phone and Windows store app

PM> Install-Package Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer
PM> Install-Package Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools -Pre
PM> Install-Package Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer.Design

{
    "dependencies": {
       // same as before
        "Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer": "1.0.0",
        "Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools": "1.0.0-preview2-final",
        "Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer.Design": "1.0.0"
    }
}

{
    "dependencies": {
       // same as before
        "Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer": "1.0.0",
        "Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools": {
            "version": "1.0.0-preview2-final",
            "type": "build"
        },
        "Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer.Design": {
            "version": "1.0.0",
            "type": "build"
        }
    },

    "tools": {
       // same as before
        "Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools": {
            "version": "1.0.0-preview2-final",
            "imports": [
                "portable-net45+win8"
            ]
        }   
   }
}

{
    "dependencies": {
       // same as before
        "Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics.EntityFrameworkCore": "1.0.0"
    }
}

public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IHostingEnvironment env)
{
   if (env.IsDevelopment())
   {
      app.UseDatabaseErrorPage();
   }

namespace Core1RtmEmptyTest.Entities
{
    public class Person
    {
        public int PersonId { get; set; }
        public string FirstName { get; set; }
        public string LastName { get; set; }
    }
}

using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;

namespace Core1RtmEmptyTest.Entities
{
    public class ApplicationDbContext : DbContext
    {
        public ApplicationDbContext(DbContextOptions<ApplicationDbContext> options) : base(options)
        {
        }

        public DbSet<Person> Persons { get; set; }
    }
}

protected DbContext()
   : this((DbContextOptions) new DbContextOptions<DbContext>())
{
}

public DbContext([NotNull] DbContextOptions options)
{
  // …
}

using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;

namespace Core1RtmEmptyTest.Entities
{
    public class ApplicationDbContext : DbContext
    {
        public DbSet<Person> Persons { get; set; }

        protected override void OnConfiguring(DbContextOptionsBuilder optionsBuilder)
        {
            optionsBuilder.UseSqlServer(@"... connection string ...");
        }
    }
}

{
    "ConnectionStrings": {
        "ApplicationDbContextConnection": "Data Source=(local);Initial Catalog=TestDbCore2016;Integrated Security = true"
    }
}

    public class Startup
    {
        public IConfigurationRoot Configuration { set; get; }

        public Startup(IHostingEnvironment env)
        {
            var builder = new ConfigurationBuilder()
                                .SetBasePath(env.ContentRootPath)
                                .AddJsonFile("appsettings.json", reloadOnChange: true, optional: false)
                                .AddJsonFile($"appsettings.{env}.json", optional: true);
            Configuration = builder.Build();
        }

        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
            services.AddSingleton<IConfigurationRoot>(provider => { return Configuration; });
            services.AddDbContext<ApplicationDbContext>(options =>
            {
                options.UseSqlServer(Configuration["ConnectionStrings:ApplicationDbContextConnection"]);
            });

using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;

namespace Core1RtmEmptyTest.Entities
{
    public class ApplicationDbContext : DbContext
    {
        private readonly IConfigurationRoot _configuration;

        public ApplicationDbContext(IConfigurationRoot configuration)
        {
            _configuration = configuration;
        }

        //public ApplicationDbContext(DbContextOptions<ApplicationDbContext> options) : base(options)
        //{
        //}

        public DbSet<Person> Persons { get; set; }

        protected override void OnConfiguring(DbContextOptionsBuilder optionsBuilder)
        {
            optionsBuilder.UseSqlServer(_configuration["ConnectionStrings:ApplicationDbContextConnection"]);
        }
    }
}

public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
{
    services.AddDbContext<ApplicationDbContext>();

using System.Linq;
using Core1RtmEmptyTest.Entities;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;

namespace Core1RtmEmptyTest.Controllers
{
    public class TestDBController : Controller
    {
        private readonly ApplicationDbContext _ctx;

        public TestDBController(ApplicationDbContext ctx)
        {
            _ctx = ctx;
        }

        public IActionResult Index()
        {
            var name = _ctx.Persons.First().FirstName;
            return Json(new { firstName = name });
        }
    }
}

node -v
npm -v

{
  "$schema": "./node_modules/@angular/cli/lib/config/schema.json",
  "version": 1,
  "newProjectRoot": "projects",
  "projects": {
    "project1": {

 npm outdated -g --depth=0

 npm update -g

 npm i -g @angular/cli

 npm install --save-dev @angular/cli@latest

ng update @angular/cli
ng update @angular/core
ng update rxjs

DELETE .angular-cli.json
CREATE angular.json (4273 bytes)
UPDATE karma.conf.js (1008 bytes)
UPDATE src/tsconfig.spec.json (322 bytes)
UPDATE package.json (2076 bytes)
UPDATE tslint.json (3217 bytes)

 ng update @angular/material

 npm install npm-check-updates -g

ncu -u
npm install

ng update @angular/core
ng update rxjs

 ng config cli.warnings.typescriptMismatch false

{
  "devDependencies": {
    "typescript": "~2.7.2"
  }
}

{
  "$schema": "./node_modules/@angular/cli/lib/config/schema.json",
  "version": 1,
  "newProjectRoot": "projects",
  "projects": {
    "angular-template-driven-forms-lab": {
          "configurations": {
            "production": {
              "optimization": true,
              "outputHashing": "all",
              "sourceMap": false,
              "extractCss": true,
              "namedChunks": false,
              "aot": true,
              "extractLicenses": true,
              "vendorChunk": false,
              "buildOptimizer": true,
              "fileReplacements": [
                {
                  "replace": "src/environments/environment.ts",
                  "with": "src/environments/environment.prod.ts"
                }
              ]
            }
          }
        },

 ng build --env staging

 ng build --configuration staging

 >ng build --watch

Date: 2018-05-05T09:10:50.158Z
Hash: a43eab94ff01539b8592
Time: 31733ms
chunk {main} main.js, main.js.map (main) 9.38 kB [initial] [rendered]
chunk {polyfills} polyfills.js, polyfills.js.map (polyfills) 226 kB [initial] [rendered]
chunk {runtime} runtime.js, runtime.js.map (runtime) 5.4 kB [entry] [rendered]
chunk {styles} styles.js, styles.js.map (styles) 15.6 kB [initial] [rendered]
chunk {vendor} vendor.js, vendor.js.map (vendor) 3.05 MB [initial] [rendered]

>ng build --prod --watch

Date: 2018-05-05T09:17:01.803Z
Hash: f25fd6788a4969c52b70
Time: 73279ms
chunk {0} runtime.6afe30102d8fe7337431.js (runtime) 1.05 kB [entry] [rendered]
chunk {1} styles.34c57ab7888ec1573f9c.css (styles) 0 bytes [initial] [rendered]
chunk {2} polyfills.6c08419970f9e4781b69.js (polyfills) 59.4 kB [initial] [rendered]

 ng add @angular/material