How to Migrating From ASP.NET Web API 2 to MVC 6

CheapASPNETHostingReview.com | Best and cheap ASP.NET MVC 6 hosting. If you create a new MVC 6 project from the default starter template, it will contain the following code in the Startup class, under ConfigureServices method:

 // Uncomment the following line to add Web API servcies which makes it easier to port Web API 2 controllers.
 // You need to add Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.WebApiCompatShim package to project.json
 // services.AddWebApiConventions();

// Uncomment the following line to add Web API servcies which makes it easier to port Web API 2 controllers.

// You need to add Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.WebApiCompatShim package to project.json

// services.AddWebApiConventions();

This pretty much explains it all – the Compatibility Shim is included in an external package, Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.WebApiCompatShim and by default is switched off for new MVC projects. Once added and enabled, you can also have a look at the UseMvc method, under Configure. This is where central Web API routes can be defined:

app.UseMvc(routes =&gt;
        {
            routes.MapRoute(
                name: "default",
                template: "{controller}/{action}/{id?}",
                defaults: new { controller = "Home", action = "Index" });
            // Uncomment the following line to add a route for porting Web API 2 controllers.
            // routes.MapWebApiRoute("DefaultApi", "api/{controller}/{id?}");
        });

app.UseMvc(routes =>

{

routes.MapRoute(

defaults: new { controller = "Home", action = "Index" });

// Uncomment the following line to add a route for porting Web API 2 controllers.

// routes.MapWebApiRoute("DefaultApi", "api/{controller}/{id?}");

});

Inheriting from ApiController

Since the base class for Web API controllers was not Controller but ApiController, the shim introduces a type of the same name into MVC 6.

While it is obviously not 100% identical to the ApiController from Web API, it contains the majority of public proeprties and methods that you might have gotten used to – the Request property, the User property or a bunch of IHttpActionResult helpers.

Returning HttpResponseMessage

The shim introduces the ability to work with HttpResponseMessage in MVC 6 projects. How is this achieved? First of all, the Microsoft.AspNet.WebApi.Client package is referenced, and that brings in the familiar types – HttpResponseMessage and HttpRequestMessage.

On top of that, an extra formatter is injected into your application – HttpResponseMessageOutputFormatter. This allows you to return HttpResponseMessage from your actions, just like you were used to doing in Web API projects!

How does it work under the hood? Remember, in Web API, returning an instance of HttpResponseMessage bypassed content negotiation and simply forwarded the instance all the way to the hosting layer, which was responsible to convert it to a response that was relevant for a given host.

In the case of MVC 6, the new formatter will grab your HttpResponseMessage and copy its headers and contents onto the Microsoft.AspNet.Http.HttpResponse which is the new abstraction for HTTP response in ASP.NET 5.

As a result such type of an action as the one shown below, is possible in MVC 6, and as a consequence it should be much simpler to migrate your Web API 2 projects.

public HttpResponseMessage Post()
{
    return new HttpResponseMessage(HttpSattusCode.NoContent);
}

public HttpResponseMessage Post()

{

return new HttpResponseMessage(HttpSattusCode.NoContent);

}

Binding HttpRequestMessage

In Web API it was possible to bind HttpRequestMessage in your actions. For example this was easily doable:

 [Route("test/{id:int}")]
    public string Get(int id, HttpRequestMessage req)
    {
        return id + " " + req.RequestUri;
    }
    [Route("testA")]
    public async Task&lt;TestItem&gt; Post(HttpRequestMessage req)
    {
        return await req.Content.ReadAsAsync&lt;TestItem&gt;();
    }

[Route("test/{id:int}")]

public string Get(int id, HttpRequestMessage req)

{

return id + " " + req.RequestUri;

}

[Route("testA")]

public async Task<TestItem> Post(HttpRequestMessage req)

{

return await req.Content.ReadAsAsync<TestItem>();

}

The shim introduces an HttpRequestMessageModelBinder which allows the same thing to be done under MVC 6. As a result, if you relied on HttpRequestMessage binding in Web API, your code will migrate to MVC 6 fine.

How does it work? The shim will use an intermediary type, HttpRequestMessageFeature, to create an instance of HttpRequestMessage from the ASP.NET 5 HttpContext.

HttpRequestMessage extensions

Since it was very common in the Web API world to use HttpResponseMessage as an action return type, there was a need for a mechanism that allowed easy creation of its instances. This was typically achieved by using the extension methods on the HttpRequestMessage, as they would perform content negotiation for you.

HttpError

If you use/used the CreateErrorResponse method mentioned above, you will end up relying on the HttpError class which is another ghost of the Web API past rejuvenated by the compatibility shim.

HttpError was traditionally used by Web API to serve up error information to the client in a (kind of) standardized way. It contained properties such as ModelState, MessageDetail or StackTrace.

It was used by not just the CreateErrorResponse extension method but also by a bunch of IHttpActionResults – InvalidModelStateResult, ExceptionResult and BadRequestErrorMessageResult. As a result, HttpError is back to facilitate all of these types.

How to Create Nested WebGrid with Expand/Collapse in ASP.NET MVC 6

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Steps :

Step – 1 : Create New Project.

Go to File > New > Project > Select asp.net MVC6 web application > Entry Application Name > Click OK > Select Internet Application > Select view engine Razor > OK

Step-2: Add a Database.

Go to Solution Explorer > Right Click on App_Data folder > Add > New item > Select SQL Server Database Under Data > Enter Database name > Add.

Step-3: Create table for fetch data.

Open Database > Right Click on Table > Add New Table > Add Columns > Save > Enter table name > OK.

In this example, I have used two tables as below

Step-4: Add Entity Data Model.

Go to Solution Explorer > Right Click on Project name form Solution Explorer > Add > New item > Select ADO.net Entity Data Model under data > Enter model name > Add.
A popup window will come (Entity Data Model Wizard) > Select Generate from database > Next >
Chose your data connection > select your database > next > Select tables > enter Model Namespace > Finish.

Step-5: Add a class for create a view model.

1st : Add a folder.
Go to Solution Explorer > Right Click on the project > add > new folder.
2nd : Add a class on that folder
Go to Solution Explorer > Right Click on that folder > Add > Class… > Enter Class name > Add.

Write the following code in this class

using System.Collections.Generic;
namespace MVCNestedWebgrid.ViewModel
{
    public class OrderVM
    {
        public OrderMaster order { get; set; }
        public List<OrderDetail> orderDetails { get; set; }
    }
}

using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace MVCNestedWebgrid.ViewModel

{

public class OrderVM

{

public OrderMaster order { get; set; }

public List<OrderDetail> orderDetails { get; set; }

}

Step-6: Add a new Controller.

Go to Solution Explorer > Right Click on Controllers folder form Solution Explorer > Add > Controller > Enter Controller name > Select Templete “empty MVC Controller”> Add.

Step-7: Add new action into your controller for show nested data in a webgrid.

Here I have added “List” Action into “Order” Controller. Please write this following code

public ActionResult List()
{
    List<OrderVM> allOrder = new List<OrderVM>();
 
    // here MyDatabaseEntities is our data context
    using (MyDatabaseEntities dc = new MyDatabaseEntities())
    {
        var o = dc.OrderMasters.OrderByDescending(a => a.OrderID);
        foreach (var i in o)
        {
            var od = dc.OrderDetails.Where(a => a.OrderID.Equals(i.OrderID)).ToList();
            allOrder.Add(new OrderVM { order= i, orderDetails = od });
        }
    }
    return View(allOrder);
}

public ActionResult List()

{

List<OrderVM> allOrder = new List<OrderVM>();

// here MyDatabaseEntities is our data context

using (MyDatabaseEntities dc = new MyDatabaseEntities())

{

var o = dc.OrderMasters.OrderByDescending(a => a.OrderID);

foreach (var i in o)

{

var od = dc.OrderDetails.Where(a => a.OrderID.Equals(i.OrderID)).ToList();

allOrder.Add(new OrderVM { order= i, orderDetails = od });

}

return View(allOrder);

}

Step-8: Add view for the Action & design.

Right Click on Action Method (here right click on form action) > Add View… > Enter View Name > Select View Engine (Razor) > Check “Create a strong-typed view” > Select your model class > Add.

NOTE ” Please Rebuild solution before add view

Html Code
@model IEnumerable<MVCNestedWebgrid.ViewModel.OrderVM>

@{
    ViewBag.Title = "Order List";
    WebGrid grid = new WebGrid(source: Model, canSort: false);
}
<div id="main" style="padding:25px; background-color:white;">
    @grid.GetHtml(
    htmlAttributes: new {id="gridT", width="700px" },
    columns:grid.Columns(
            grid.Column("order.OrderID","Order ID"),
            grid.Column(header:"Order Date",format:(item)=> string.Format("{0:dd-MM-yyyy}",item.order.OrderDate)),
            grid.Column("order.CustomerName","Customer Name"),
            grid.Column("order.CustomerAddress","Address"),
            grid.Column(format:(item)=>{
                WebGrid subGrid = new WebGrid(source: item.orderDetails);
                return subGrid.GetHtml(
                    htmlAttributes: new { id="subT" },
                    columns:subGrid.Columns(
                            subGrid.Column("Product","Product"),
                            subGrid.Column("Quantity", "Quantity"),
                            subGrid.Column("Rate", "Rate"),
                            subGrid.Column("Amount", "Amount")
                        )                   
                    );
            })
        )
    )
</div>
Css Code
<style>
th, td {
        padding:5px;
    }
    th
    {
        background-color:rgb(248, 248, 248);       
    }
    #gridT,  #gridT tr {
        border:1px solid #0D857B;
    }
    #subT,#subT tr {
        border:1px solid #f3f3f3;
    }
    #subT {
        margin:0px 0px 0px 10px;
        padding:5px;
        width:95%;
    }
    #subT th {
        font-size:12px;
    }
    .hoverEff {
        cursor:pointer;
    }
    .hoverEff:hover {
        background-color:rgb(248, 242, 242);
    }
    .expand {
        background-image: url(/Images/pm.png);
        background-position-x: -22px;
        background-repeat:no-repeat;
    }
    .collapse  {
        background-image: url(/Images/pm.png);
        background-position-x: -2px;
        background-repeat:no-repeat;
    }
</style>
Write the following Jquery code for make webgrid collapsible
<script>
    $(document).ready(function () {
        var size = $("#main #gridT > thead > tr >th").size(); // get total column
        $("#main #gridT > thead > tr >th").last().remove(); // remove last column
        $("#main #gridT > thead > tr").prepend("<th></th>"); // add one column at first for collapsible column
        $("#main #gridT > tbody > tr").each(function (i, el) {
            $(this).prepend(
                    $("<td></td>")
                    .addClass("expand")
                    .addClass("hoverEff")
                    .attr('title',"click for show/hide")
                );
            //Now get sub table from last column and add this to the next new added row
            var table = $("table", this).parent().html();
            //add new row with this subtable
            $(this).after("<tr><td></td><td style='padding:5px; margin:0px;' colspan='" + (size - 1) + "'>" + table + "</td></tr>");
            $("table", this).parent().remove();
            // ADD CLICK EVENT FOR MAKE COLLAPSIBLE
            $(".hoverEff", this).live("click", function () {
                $(this).parent().closest("tr").next().slideToggle(100);
                $(this).toggleClass("expand collapse");
            });
        });
        //by default make all subgrid in collapse mode
        $("#main #gridT > tbody > tr td.expand").each(function (i, el) {
            $(this).toggleClass("expand collapse");
            $(this).parent().closest("tr").next().slideToggle(100);
        });    
    });
</script>

100

101

Html Code

@model IEnumerable<MVCNestedWebgrid.ViewModel.OrderVM>

ViewBag.Title = "Order List";

WebGrid grid = new WebGrid(source: Model, canSort: false);

}

@grid.GetHtml(

htmlAttributes: new {id="gridT", width="700px" },

columns:grid.Columns(

grid.Column("order.OrderID","Order ID"),

grid.Column(header:"Order Date",format:(item)=> string.Format("{0:dd-MM-yyyy}",item.order.OrderDate)),

grid.Column("order.CustomerName","Customer Name"),

grid.Column("order.CustomerAddress","Address"),

grid.Column(format:(item)=>{

WebGrid subGrid = new WebGrid(source: item.orderDetails);

return subGrid.GetHtml(

htmlAttributes: new { id="subT" },

columns:subGrid.Columns(

subGrid.Column("Product","Product"),

subGrid.Column("Quantity", "Quantity"),

subGrid.Column("Rate", "Rate"),

subGrid.Column("Amount", "Amount")

)

);

})

)

</div>

Css Code

<style>

th, td {

padding:5px;

}

{

background-color:rgb(248, 248, 248);

}

#gridT, #gridT tr {

border:1px solid #0D857B;

}

#subT,#subT tr {

border:1px solid #f3f3f3;

}

#subT {

margin:0px 0px 0px 10px;

padding:5px;

width:95%;

}

#subT th {

font-size:12px;

}

.hoverEff {

cursor:pointer;

}

.hoverEff:hover {

background-color:rgb(248, 242, 242);

}

.expand {

background-position-x: -22px;

background-repeat:no-repeat;

}

.collapse {

background-position-x: -2px;

background-repeat:no-repeat;

}

</style>

Write the following Jquery code for make webgrid collapsible

$(document).ready(function () {

var size = $("#main #gridT > thead > tr >th").size(); // get total column

$("#main #gridT > thead > tr >th").last().remove(); // remove last column

$("#main #gridT > thead > tr").prepend("<th></th>"); // add one column at first for collapsible column

$("#main #gridT > tbody > tr").each(function (i, el) {

$(this).prepend(

$("<td></td>")

.addClass("expand")

.addClass("hoverEff")

.attr('title',"click for show/hide")

);

//Now get sub table from last column and add this to the next new added row

var table = $("table", this).parent().html();

//add new row with this subtable

$(this).after("<tr><td></td><td style='padding:5px; margin:0px;' colspan='" + (size - 1) + "'>" + table + "</td></tr>");

$("table", this).parent().remove();

// ADD CLICK EVENT FOR MAKE COLLAPSIBLE

$(".hoverEff", this).live("click", function () {

$(this).parent().closest("tr").next().slideToggle(100);

$(this).toggleClass("expand collapse");

});

//by default make all subgrid in collapse mode

$("#main #gridT > tbody > tr td.expand").each(function (i, el) {

$(this).toggleClass("expand collapse");

$(this).parent().closest("tr").next().slideToggle(100);

});

</script>

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CheapASPNETHostingReview.com | Cheap and Reliable ASP.NET MVC 6 Hosting. For those looking for a reason to use ASP.NET MVC, I have 10 reasons why now is a great time to use ASP.NET MVC.

If you are already a developer of PHP or Java (or even .NET) or you are just interested in learning how to build web applications, this is probably the best time to get into ASP.NET MVC which is why I’m going to give you my top 10 reasons for using ASP.NET MVC.

Here is why you should look into ASP.NET MVC.

<strong>No System.Web</strong>

For those us WebForm users, this was always a large assembly that was always required to make a web application. If you decide to move towards the ASP.NET MVC Core 1.0, this brand new framework removes the Elvis-like, hunky System.Web library (3MB assembly footprint), making it faster to load an ASP.NET web site and appeasing the Google Monster.

<strong>A Brand New Sleeker 2016 Model</strong>

ASP.NET MVC 5 is dead…Love Live ASP.NET MVC 5. Recently, .NET was completely rewritten and renamed (ASP.NET Core 1.0). This makes a developer’s life even easier. Instead of the development cycle of writing code, compiling, and testing the functionality, they eliminated the middle man (compiling). This makes the development process faster and it provides quick feedback to developers in Visual Studio.

<strong>Feels More Natural</strong>

Everyone who knows me knows that I’ve been a Microsoft developer since the Classic ASP days and when I moved to WebForms, it didn’t feel like a natural transition. When MVC came along, building web applications felt more natural and the workflow seemed to fit.

<strong>It's One Of The Popular Kids</strong>

Since ASP.NET runs on IIS and it’s one of the most popular web servers on the web, this makes ASP.NET MVC a natural fit. Most corporations started with IIS back in the day with Classic ASP.

<strong>Easier JavaScript Integrations</strong>

With WebForms, things can get a little sticky with JavaScript. I’ve seen developers hard-coded JavaScript in a Page_Load in WebForm’s code-behind…a lot! ASP.NET MVC allows for easier JavaScript framework integration. Try to put AngularJs into a WebForms web app and tell me you don’t have any hair left by the end of the day.

<strong>Open Source</strong>

Anyone can now see the code. If you want to expand on the View and create your own ViewEngine, examine the code at Github to find out how they did it. Source code galore to make your imagination run wild!

<strong>Cross-Platform</strong>

Yes, it’s true. You can now code web applications using an Apple, Linux, or Windows platform.

<strong>We Ain't In Visual Studio Any More</strong>

Since the mere mention of a newer .NET/ASP.NET release, various vendors (including Microsoft themselves) started building different IDEs to show off the capabilities of the newly-reformed .NET. Such IDEs like Visual Studio Code and JetBrains’ new C# IDE called Rider will allow you to build ASP.NET and C# projects without using a fully-loaded Visual Studio. Now, it doesn’t matter what you use to code your Microsoft web solutions

<strong>Healthy Community</strong>

ASP.NET MVC was a breath of fresh air for most Microsoft web developers. It took us into a new web era and moved us away from WebForms

<strong>Unit Testable</strong>

Out of the box, ASP.NET MVC is unit testable. Making your code unit-testable provides a certain checks-and-balances. To some WebForm developers, this was a new concept. It was difficult to test some UI and business components. With ASP.NET MVC, you can easily test all of your components and have a strong piece of mind that everything works as coded when it ships.

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CheapASPNETHostingReview.com | Best and Cheap ASP.NET MVC 6 hosting review and comparison. Did you know that the default route of ASP.NET MVC will produce multiple URL’s that display the same content? And as I am sure you are aware, duplicate content can cause all sorts of SEO problems. In this post, I will show you three steps to prevent duplicate content with ASP.NET MVC 6.

1. Use attribute routing instead of the default route

Attribute Routing is a new feature added to ASP.NET MVC 6 that allows you to manually define each route by placing an attribute on each action.

Why use attribute routing?

Create a new ASP.NET MVC 6 application, and you will find the following URL’s all show the home page:

http://localhost
http://localhost/home
http://localhost/home/

Now I know, that it is unlikely that the search engine will discover the duplicate URL’s, but it is better to make sure only one can be accessed, and this can be done by using attribute routing.

Also, in my experience I have found that using attribute routing instead of the default route makes it easier to debug routing issues.

How to enable attribute routing?

Remove the default route from your RouteConfig. Or even better, replace the default route with a catch all that points to an action that displays 404 not found.
Enable Attribute routing by calling the routes.MapMvcAttributeRoutes() method in your RouteConfig class.
Manually add the route to each action. For example, assigning [Route("")] to the index action of the home controller will fix the issue above.

2. Add or remove the trailing forward slash from your URL’s

There is still a slight issue. For example, with the following attribute applied to the about page:

[Route("about")]
public ActionResult About()
{
    ViewBag.Message = "Your application description page.";
    return View()
}

[Route("about")]

public ActionResult About()

{

ViewBag.Message = "Your application description page.";

return View()

}

The about page can be accessed using the following URL’s:

http://localhost/about
http://localhost/about/

You can fix this by adding a rewrite rule to your Web.config file. For example, the following rule will remove the trailing forward slash from all URL’s:

<system.webServer>
  <rewrite>
  <rules>
  <rule name="RemoveTrailingSlashRule1" stopProcessing="true">
    <match url="(.*)/$" />
    <conditions>
      <add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsDirectory" negate="true" />
      <add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsFile" negate="true" />
    </conditions>
    <action type="Redirect" url="{R:1}" />
  </rule>
</rules>
</rewrite>
</system.webServer>

<system.webServer>

<rules>

</conditions>

</rule>

</rules>

</rewrite>

</system.webServer>

Just remember to set the AppendTrailingSlash to false in the RouteConfig class so that the routing system generates URL’s that have no trailing forward slash.

3. Redirect none www to www

It’s best practice to have either the www redirect to the none www or the www redirect to the www. For example, on this site cheapaspnethostingreview.com redirects to www.cheapaspnethostingreview.com This prevents duplicate content.

The following example shows a rewrite rule that redirect the none www to the www subdomain.

<rule name="Rewrite domain requests" stopProcessing="true" enabled="true">
      <match url="(.*)" />
      <conditions>
        <add input="{HTTP_HOST}" pattern="^(www.)?([.a-zA-Z0-9]+)$" />
        <add input="{HTTP_HOST}" pattern="^www\.yourdomain\.com$" negate="true" />
      </conditions>
      <action type="Redirect" url="http://www.yourdomain.com/{R:1}" redirectType="Permanent" appendQueryString="true" />
</rule>

</conditions>

</rule>

The other good thing about the rule above, is it will redirect all domains to the primary domain. For example, if you host your site on ASPHostPortal. The ASPHostPortal.com domain will be redirected to your main domain, preventing more duplicate content.