Model-View-Controller for the ASP.NET framework

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AngularJS: Http API Service - any improvements / remarks?

Could you please review the below AngularJS service. What it does is centralize all (relevant) HTTP action calls. Do you see any chances for improvement?: ...
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Combating magic strings in a web application

I'm on a quest to combat all the magic strings which tends to pile up in an ASP.NET MVC application. All reviews will be highly appreciate but please note that: Some of the classes contains more ...
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View Model Constructor Arguments

I have created a ViewModel for a Product Edit page because it has specific related entities I need to load - the class currently looks like this: ...
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Method GetById and SingleResult

Here is my method that I use to get one entity in an ASP.NET Web API application. ...
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A set of Razor HTML helpers for disabling elements

I am developing a huge form with a lot of elements in it. The purpose of this form is editing one domain entity. Now, I finished developing the whole form and it just shows the bunch of text boxes, ...
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Business logic in controller

Led by the recently read premise "Lean controllers and fat models" I've come to the conclusion that my controller might be too fat at the moment. Basically, what I'm trying to achieve is simple Edit ...
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Master detail INSERT in Entity Framework 6 Database First MVC 5

I have a DB with a master table called "facturas" and another detail table "facturas_detalle." I would like to insert to them, so this is a "Database-First". I need some guidance or advise of best ...
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Implementing Search method For a Class

In my web app, I have a view where users can search in receipts and drafts. I've implemented this ability in search method at my view model, but I'm not sure if this is the best place to put it. So ...
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Checking locked users using Identity 2.0

I'm writing a theoretical MVC application to aid in learning more about ASP Identity 2. In real terms I'm new to ASP Identity as a whole but thought I'd jump in in this release as it's the default ...
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Adding a link on page with current URL (including hash) in a querystring

I'm trying to add a link to a page. The link should contain the current URL in a querystring (to be used as a ReturnUrl) and it can contain a hash. ...
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Writing a thin navigation controller

I'm trying to achieve a thin controller, and I started out with a thin controller but over time as the project has progressed the controller has got more complex. Could you please review the following ...
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Highlight Current Link

I'm using this technique for highlighting current links (e.g. how the "Questions" link is highlighted on this very page you're looking at). I changed the code a little bit and came up with this ...
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Choose the right type for method GetById

I designed my repository class and I need some advice from you. Now I have a method GetByID that returns a generic type: ...
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Method that return related entities using OData

There is method GetFull that should use OData return related entities. When I call GetFull(12, "entity1,entity2") then I will ...
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Getting a user's property

Can this extension method be improved? ...
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WebApi action that updates entity using stored procedure

I have ASP.NET WebApi project. Some of controller has method SetAsMain(int id) that get information about people then use stored procedure update people. How can I ...
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Run stored procedure from repository using EF

I need to dynamically call a stored procedures from my repository, and here is a my implementation: ...
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Storing an integer counter in indexer

I've been implementing a custom internal server error page in ASP.Net MVC which will check if the current user is either an administrator or accessing the page from localhost, and if so, show them a ...
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Helper for DropDownLists with extension method

Is the following helper idiomatic ASP.NET MVC? All the built-in DropDownListFor helpers only accept ...
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Monkeying around with Survey Monkey and Asp.Net Mvc

Intro I've been a desktop dev for a long time now, and have never really had to monkey with web development until very recently. I have a need to do some custom integration with Survey Monkey's Api ...
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Generic Repository For Web Apps

I was developing a web app using Entity Framework 6 and MVC 5. For the data access layer, I eased the job and wrote a generic repository as following: ...
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Partial view for frequently used drop down lists

I have one input that is needed in many forms, so I created a partial view for that. In the partial view I query the database and generate a drop down list. I just want to make sure, this is the best ...
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MVC-Web API 2 integration

For the first time ever, I'm integrating an MVC website to an ASP.NET Web API 2 web service (both of which are coded by myself). I'd appreciate it if you can just look this over for me and let me ...
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Basic survey app

I am learning MVC 5 .NET and this is a bit different than Rails activerecord when creating relations. I have created a basic survey app that has a Survey class and this relates to the questions and ...
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N-Layer using MEF dependency injection on MVC project

I'm trying to create a "perfect" generic solution structure for MVC (5.2.3.0) projects using MEF. Currently my solution looks like this. Core layer contains generic classes that could be used in ...
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Address validation unit test

This is an example of a unit test I've just written for an ASP.NET controller action to test whether the model's RequiresClassification flag is set to true. The ...
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Populating Charts with Chart.js

I have a dashboard page which populates some charts. They execute a Linq query to then transform the data into Json to populate the Chart. These charts maybe used throughout the site, so I am ...
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Including functions in _ViewStart.cshtml

I've got the following code in my _ViewStart.cshtml file: ...
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Checking for user permissions

The idea here is we have Roles, Permissions, and a table called PermissionRoles that connect the two. So a Permissions can be in many Roles, and many Permissions can have the same Role. So what the ...
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MVC refactoring parameter check

I had this code repeated in many Actions: ...
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Method that checks whether to disable or enable the buttons depending on whether data is null or not

I have this bit of code that needs refactoring/simplification. The below grabs the planning data for view A and B. Then it joins the planning and matching image for view details. So then it determines ...
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Pagination implementation for a blog system

Last night I was working on a project that I've embarked upon as a learning exercise. I decided to add a pagination feature to my blog system. I made an attempt at it and got close... but I decided to ...
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Is it an anti-pattern to let ViewModel fill itself from a domain object? [closed]

Let's say you have a Employees table mapped to a Employee class. Now you want to code a Edit page for general information. You need a ViewModel with all the properties you need to build the page, so ...
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Code separation in MVC

Firstly I am not a professional programmer and I am just learning C#, MVC and Web Development. Much of what I describe here is self taught and comes from lots of googling and posts on Stack Overflow. ...
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MVC N-Tier Architecture

I am working on a new MVC web application, so the project is in early stages. I have created 4 projects. Let me explain what they do: Common --> contains all my DTOs, enums helpers, ViewModels ...
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Passing values to a partial view

I have button which I would like to use for update and create actions. Currently a create action is based on the URL parameter equalling 0 . If for instance, in a ...
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Check if modelitem refers to currently logged in user with mvc identity

I'm using MVC in order to generate a couple of views within my webpage. For a way of logging in, I've decided to use Asp.net's Identity, which I am very happy with. However, I'm trying to find an ...
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Using ASP.NET identity in a new app

I need code review for using ASP.NET Identity in a new app. Goals: Use int instead of GUID for IDs. Separate identity from view layer I need code review if I ...
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Adding data to the DB in EF without using navigation properties

Questions: Is there a better way other than assigning IDs manually and creating separate lists for each model the way I have? (for this particular scenario). If so, how? (Still taking the conditions ...
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ViewModel creator design

I am trying to move some logic outside my controller for creating my view models for the view. I have a lot of queries to fire to make sure the complete view model is ready, so to keep my ...
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Persisting database row ID between controller actions on a multi-step “create item” form

I have a form on an anonymous site which has 3 steps. A user submits each step individually, in sequence (1-2-3). BUT, step 1 creates a new table row, while steps 2 and 3 only update the existing row ...
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Dependency Injection With Unity in MVC 5 without repository and unit of work

I want to use dependency injection with Unity in my application. I am not following repository pattern and unit-of-work (and don't want to). I also have ViewModel in my controller action method. ...
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Handling CRUD for look-up tables

I'm creating the admin portion of a project. Specifically, I am wanting to allow the users to update the look-up tables for their areas of interest. All of my look-up tables have the same structure: ...
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Use of Model and View (MVC)

I have an application using c# and MVC5, with RazorEngine. My application manages requests (orders from clients) and I need to show them in tables. To achieve this I have a Controller ...
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Abstracting a Password Service

I want to use Microsoft.AspNet.Identity's PasswordHasher but I don't want to pollute my Domain layer with knowledge of it. As ...
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Creating bootstrap modals that can run JavaScript in MVC5

I have an MVC5, C# application using the Razor engine. In my application I have a view, called "Index.cshtml". In this view I want to present a bootstrap modal to the user. When presented to the ...
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Refactoring IEnumerable<ValidationResult>

I have the below code which increases the code complexity. Any way to refactor it? I am trying to refactor the below code so that the CCM can be reduced for the code. i.e code complexity matrix. ...
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Null checks in view

It's really a nitty-gritty issue for me, and I have been here many times before. How could this be improved? I have a basic viewmodel for a view: ...
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Code optimization by constant if-structure iteration removal

Below you will find the specific code that I am attempting to optimize. I have a method previous to called getCount() which, based on similar parameters as below, ...