Tag Archives: MVC
An alternative way to build and bundle Javascript, CSS in ASP.NET Core MVC and Razor Page projects
This article shows how Javascript packages, files, CSS files could be built and bundled in an ASP.NET Core MVC or Razor Page application. The Javascript packages are loaded using npm in which most Javascript projects are deployed. No CDNs are used, only local files so that all external URLs, non self URL links can be […]
Using Chained Certificates for Certificate Authentication in ASP.NET Core 3.1
This article shows how to create self signed certificates and use these for chained certificate authentication in ASP.NET Core. By using chained certificates, each client application can use a unique certificate which was created from a root CA directly, or an intermediate certificate which was created from the root CA. The clients can then be […]
ASP.NET Core OAuth Device Flow Client with IdentityServer4
This article shows how to implement the OAuth 2.0 Device Flow for Browserless and Input Constrained Devices in an ASP.NET Core application. The tokens are then saved to a cookie for later usage. IdentityServer4 is used to implement the secure token server. Code: https://github.com/damienbod/AspNetCoreHybridFlowWithApi History 2020-12-11 Updated to .NET 5 2019-10-06 Updated to .NET Core […]
Passing Javascript values to ASP.NET Core View components
In this post, I show how an ASP.NET Core MVC view can send a Javascript parameter value to an ASP.NET Core view component. Invoking a view component in the view using ‘@await Component.InvokeAsync’ will not work, as this is rendered before the Javascript value has been created. Code: https://github.com/damienbod/AspNetCoreBootstrap4Validation History 2019-01-24 Added an Anti-Forgery token […]
Using MVC ASP.NET Core APPs in a Host ASP.NET Core Application
This article shows how ASP.NET Core applications could be deployed inside a separate host ASP.NET Core MVC application. This could be useful if you have separate applications, services, or layouts but want to have a common user interface, or common deployment to improve the user experience. Code: https://github.com/damienbod/MultipleMvcApps Setup The applications are split into four […]
ASP.NET Core MVC Ajax Form requests using jquery-unobtrusive
This article shows how to send Ajax requests in an ASP.NET Core MVC application using jquery-unobtrusive. This can be tricky to setup, for example when using a list of data items with forms using the onchange Javascript event, or the oninput event. Code: https://github.com/damienbod/AspNetCoreBootstrap4Validation History 2020-08-31 Updated to use latest packages. Setting up the Project […]
Updating part of an ASP.NET Core MVC View which uses Forms
This article shows how to update part of an ASP.NET Core MVC view which uses forms. Sometimes, within a form, some values depend on other ones, and cannot be updated on the client side. Changes in the form input values sends a partial view update which updates the rest of the dependent values, but not […]
An ASP.NET Core Razor Pages Bootstrap 4 Application using Webpack, Typescript, and npm
This article shows how an ASP.NET Core Razor Pages application could be setup to use webpack, Typescript and npm to build, and bundle the client js, CSS for development and production. The application uses Bootstrap 4. Code: https://github.com/damienbod/AspNetCorePagesWebpack The example is setup so that the vendor ( 3rd Party packages ) javascript files are used […]
ASP.NET Core MVC Form Requests and the Browser Back button
This article shows how an ASP.NET Core MVC application can request data using a HTML form so that the browser back button will work. When using a HTTP POST to request data from a server, the back button does not work, because it tries to re-submit the form data. This can be solved by using […]
Dynamic CSS in an ASP.NET Core MVC View Component
This post shows how a view with dynamic css styles could be implemented using an MVC view component in ASP.NET Core. The values are changed using a HTML form with ASP.NET Core tag helpers, and passed into the view component which displays the view using css styling. The styles are set at runtime. Code: https://github.com/damienbod/AspNetCoreMvcDynamicViews […]
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