Develop the UX

Question 1

asp-action

Answer 1

tag helper that tells Razor what controller action we want to use on submit

Question 2

asp-controller

Answer 2

tag helper to let our form know which controller to find the action in

Question 3

ApplicationDbContext

Answer 3

provides the context to interface with the database and is referenced in the models

Question 4

DbContext

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Within ApplicationDbContext and teaches entity framework how the database will work

Question 5

DbSet

Answer 5

a collection that represents an individual database table or view

Question 6

private readonly ApplicationDbContext _context;

public AController(ApplicationDbContext Context)

Answer 6

allows for the same instance of the DbContext to be used instead of being created each time we request it

Question 7

Inversion of Control

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allows us to loosen the coupling of dependencies

Question 8

_context.SaveChanges()

Answer 8

required to actually push the changes to the database (can do multiple then call)

Question 9

startup.cs

Answer 9

configure the application and let it know what is is going to use

Question 10

asp-for=”Name”

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Tag helper - will populate the label with a field’s Name and also set the type, id, and name attributes on an input field

Question 11

[Display(Name = “Name with Space”)]

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Data Annotation - sets the display name which gets passed asp-for what you want the label to be

Question 12

_ViewStart.cshtml

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allows us to set code that applies when you return a view:

@{ Layout = “_Layout”; }

Question 13

@ViewData

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is a dictionary that allows us to pass data from our controller to our view

Question 14

@RenderSection

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acts as a placeholder to pass specific content into the page (can be set as required or optional)

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@RenderBody

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where all content not set to a specific section will be rendered

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@section

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will match up with any RenderSection with a matching name and replace it with its content

Question 17

Partial views

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can be used for duplicate formatting that is applied multiple times to reduce repeat code

Question 18

@Html.EditorForModel()

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automatically creates labels and input fields in this form based on properties in the model

Question 19

Shared/EditorTemplates

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Folder to hold field overrides that Razor uses to auto-generate fields

Question 20

Application wide route formatting

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do within the startup.cs

Question 21

routing for specific actions

Answer 21

do within the select controller

Question 22

[Route(“”)]

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set a custom route for a given action

Question 23

[HttpGet]

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specify for an action to only allow a GET request

Question 24

[Key]

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Data Annotation - to make sure field is unique

Question 25

[Required]

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Data Annotation - makes field non-nullable

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[MinLength(3)]

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Data Annotation - makes field have a minimum length

Question 27

asp-validation-summary=”All”

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used to display errors for the given model and will include all, not just a specific field

Question 28

ModelState.IsValid

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checks the current state of the model and can be referenced to handle errors (auto populates asp-validation-summary)

Question 29

ModelState.AddModelError(“A”, “B”)

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manually adds an error for the given field name (A) and the appropriate error message to display (B)

Question 30

[A(ErrorMessage = “B”)]

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Data Annotation - For a given rule (A) set a more semantic error message (B)

Question 31

_ViewImports

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Way to add things that will appear on every page (usually @using statements such as controllers)

Question 32

@addTagHelper *, A

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_ViewImports component that brings in the most recent version of the associated tag helper library (A)

Question 33

[HttpGet(“A”)]

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Can change the routing for a given action to specify the desired URL (A)

Question 34

asp-validation-for=”A”

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tag helper to display an error for a specific field (A)