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Mastering ASP.NET Core 2.0

By : Ricardo Peres
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Mastering ASP.NET Core 2.0

By: Ricardo Peres

Overview of this book

<p>ASP.NET is an open source web framework that builds modern web apps and services. This book is your one-stop guide to the new features of ASP.NET Core 2.0, including web APIs and MVC. We begin with a brief overview of the basics, taking you through the MVC pattern, platforms, dependencies, and frameworks. We then move on to setting up and configuring the MVC environment before talking about routing and advanced routing options. Next, we'll look at model binding, controllers and actions, filters, user authentication, and testing.</p> <p>Moving on, you’ll learn about all the aspects of syntax and processes when working with Razor. You’ll be introduced to client-side development and will get to know about the security aspects of ASP.NET Core. We will also look at Microservices with ASP.NET Core. Finally, you’ll find out how to deploy ASP.NET Core to new environments such as Azure, AWS, and Docker. By the end of the book, you will be well versed with development in ASP.NET Core and will have a deep understanding of how to interact with the framework and work cross-platform.</p>
Table of Contents (23 chapters)
Title Page
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface

Form context


The view context object (ViewContext) is available in view components (which will be discussed in a later chapter) and as a property of Razor Pages (IRazorPage), meaning you can access it in views. In it, besides the usual context properties (HttpContext, ModelStateDictionary, RouteData, ActionDescriptor) you also have access to the form context (FormContext) object. This object offers the following properties:

  • CanRenderAtEndOfForm (bool): Indicates whether the form can render additional contents (the EndOfFormContent) at its end
  • EndOfFormContent (IList<IHtmlContent>): A collection of contents to add at the end of the form (before the </form> tag)
  • FormData (IDictionary<string, object>): The submitted form data
  • HasAntiforgeryToken (bool): Indicates whether the form is rendering the anti-forgery token, which depends on how the BeginForm method was called; the default is true
  • HasEndOfFormContent (bool): Indicates whether any end of form content has been added
  • HasFormData...