Angular 7 is out!! It’s another major release spanning the entire platform, including the core framework, Angular Material, and the CLI with synchronized major versions. Earlier I posted about creating an Angular 6 app with Visual Studio 2017 using ASP.NET Core 2.1 SPA templates. Now, it’s time to upgrade the same angular app to the latest version which is Angular 7. This post talks about how to upgrade Angular 6 app to Angular 7 with Visual Studio 2017 and we’ll also see an example of Angular 7 Drag and Drop Feature. Read More
Category: ASP.NET Core
HTTP-REPL Tool to test WEB API in ASP.NET Core 2.2
Today there are no tools built into Visual Studio to test WEB API. Using browsers, one can only test http GET requests. You need to use third-party tools like Postman, SoapUI, Fiddler or Swagger to perform a complete testing of the WEB API. In ASP.NET Core 2.2, a CLI based new dotnet core global tool named “http-repl” is introduced to interact with API endpoints. It’s a CLI based tool which can list down all the routes and execute all HTTP verbs. In this post, let’s find out how to use HTTP-REPL tool to test WEB API in ASP.NET Core 2.2.
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Disable Automatic Model State Validation in ASP.NET Core 2.1
ASP.NET Core 2.1 introduced the APIController attribute which performs automatic model state validation and in case of an invalid model state, responds with a 400 bad request error. When the controller is decorated with APIController attribute, the framework would automatically register a ModelStateInvalidFilter which runs on the OnActionExecuting event. This checks for the model state validity and returns the response accordingly. This is a great feature, but sometimes you want to return the custom error instead of the 400 bad request error. In such case, we should disable automatic model state validation.In this post, find out how to disable automatic model state validation in ASP.NET Core 2.1.
ASP.NET Core 2.2 introduces API Analyzers for improved WEB API documentation
One of the new features of ASP.NET Core 2.2 is, API Controller conventions for better documentation experience. ASP.NET Core 2.1 introduced the ApiController attribute to denote a web API controller specific conventions like performing automatic model validation and automatically responds with a 400 error. The ASP.NET Core 2.2 takes one step further to provide the metadata for API Explorer and a better end-to-end API documentation experience. To achieve this, ASP.NET Core 2.2 introduces API Analyzers which help in following a set of conventions for better API documentation. In this post, let’s find out how to use API Analyzers. Read More
A neat way to build query string in ASP.NET Core
Creating query string in code can lead to errors as you have to deal with strings, ampersand and question marks. Fortunately, ASP.NET Core has a static class QueryHelpers which has a function called AddQueryString offers a neat way to build query string in ASP.NET Core. The AddQueryString method has 2 definitions. One for creating query string for single parameter and another for multiple parameters. Read More
FromServices Attribute in ASP.NET Core
ASP.NET Core has inbuilt support for the dependency injection (DI) for adding the dependency to the container and then consume it in our application. Constructor injection is a familiar, and the most used way to inject the dependencies. However, it may not be an ideal choice in certain situations like only a single action method within the controller requires the dependency. ASP.NET Core provides an attribute called FromServices to inject the dependencies directly into the controller’s action method. In this post, we’ll find out how to use FromServices Attribute in ASP.NET Core. Read More
Add Angular 6 Material to Angular 6 and ASP.NET Core app
Angular material is material design components for the Angular application to create comprehensive, modern UI components that work across the web, mobile, and desktop. Earlier, I posted about how to create an Angular 6 app with Visual Studio 2017 & ASP.NET Core and also posted about implementing ASP.NET Core SPA template features. In this post, we’ll see how to add angular 6 material to angular 6 and ASP.NET Core app. The steps given in this post are also applicable for any standard angular 6 application. Read More