You must call the “WebSecurity.InitializeDatabaseConnection” method before you call any other method of the “WebSecurity” class. This call should be placed in an _AppStart.cshtml file in the root of your site. – MVC4

Hey everyone,

Just another small issue I ran into while attempting to retrieve a user’s ID:

You must call the “WebSecurity.InitializeDatabaseConnection” method before you call any other method of the “WebSecurity” class. This call should be placed in an _AppStart.cshtml file in the root of your site.

Thankfully the first Google result was pretty helpful: http://stackoverflow.com/a/15864133/522859

All you need to do is remove [InitializeSimpleMembership] from the top of the AccountController and then add the following line to App_Start/AuthConfig.cs

WebSecurity.InitializeDatabaseConnection("DefaultConnection", "UserProfile", "UserId", "UserName", autoCreateTables: true);

Forcing a Link to Behave Normally – AngularJS

Hey everyone,

Another quick post. Working with AngularJS this morning I had a need for a link to redirect to a login page that was not contained within the “angular” part of the app. Unfortunately Angular was overriding the behavior and trying to route it.

The solution is fairly easy for this, simply add a target attribute:



Sign In


Sign In

There are a few other solutions depending on your use case, check out the following StackOverflow post for more info: http://stackoverflow.com/a/16838013/522859

JSON Issue: This request has been blocked because sensitive information – MVC

Hey everyone,

Started redoing Learner Lessons in MVC4 and AngularJS today. I ran into this little issue while trying to retrieve JSON:

This request has been blocked because sensitive information could be disclosed to third party web sites when this is used in a GET request. To allow GET requests, set JsonRequestBehavior to AllowGet

It turns out that this behavious is intentionally prevented in order to avoid JSON hijacking. Thankfully the data I’m working with is not at all sensitive so the workaround is pretty straight forward:

public ActionResult Index()
{
     return Json(db.Regions.ToList(), JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
}

Source: http://stackoverflow.com/a/4616442/522859

For those of you working with sensitive data that don’t want to risk exposing it, posting is suggested as an alternative on StackOverflow: http://stackoverflow.com/a/6440163/522859

Movies.mdf not in App_data Folder – MVC4 Tutorial

Hey everyone,

I’ve decided to take a look MVC4 (C#) and have just started the Movies tutorial. Unfortunately I ran into a bit of trouble with the database setup, for some reason mine wasn’t appearing in the app_data folder.

Apparently there are a few things you can try here:

Click Show All Files
This one is pretty simple, just click Show All Files
– Project > Show All Files

Refresh
Hit the refresh button
– Project > Refresh

Ensure that you’ve created a movie
You’ll need to make sure you’ve created a movie first. Apparently the database is not created until after a new row is inserted.

Final Solution, also the one that worked for me
The database wasn’t actually created under app_data, instead it was placed under: C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL ServerMSSQL10_50.SQLEXPRESSMSSQLDATA

This StackOverflow post explains why: asp-net-retrieving-data-from-nowhere

ng-class with ng-repeat – AngularJS

Hey everyone,

Just another quick AngularJS post. This one is for using ng-class with ng-repeat. The goal here is to have a class applied to the non-selected elements. To start with, we’ll chuck the following in our controller:

$scope.transmission = {
selected: null,
options: [
{
name: 'Any'
},			
{	
name: 'Manual'
},			
{
name: 'Automatic'
}			
]
};

Here we’re just creating a few random objects. To keep things simple we’re going with transmission types: a manual car, automatic or any. Next you’ll want to add the markup:

...
{{option.name}}
...

Finally the class to be applied:

.line-through{
	text-decoration: line-through;
}

Creating a ‘Starts With’ Filter in AngularJs

Hey everyone,

Just a quick post on how to create a simply custom filter in AngularJS. We’ll be using the same regions objects as the other day:

{
	"regions": [
		{
			"id": "1",
			"postcode": "4700",
			"name": "Rockhampton",
			"description": "One of the major cities in Central Queensland."
		},
		{
			"id": "16",
			"postcode": "4214",
			"name": "Keppel Island",
			"description": "Awesome islands, very few people, heaps of fish beautiful clear water."
		}
	]
}

We’ll create the filter like so:

app.filter('regionsWithPostcode', function(){
	return function(regions, postcode){

		//Create vars
		var matching_regions = [];		

		//Check if input matches current postcode
		if(regions && postcode){		 	
		 	
		 	//Loop through each region
			for(var i = 0; i < regions.length; i++){
				if(regions[i].postcode.substr(0, postcode.length) == postcode){
					matching_regions.push(regions[i]);
				}
			}

			//Return matching regions
			return matching_regions;
		}
		else{
			return regions;
		}		
	}
});

And finally, we’ll setup the HTML as follows:

	
Use Postcode
{{region.name}}

Filter by Object Property in Ng-Repeat – AngularJS

Hey everyone,

Just a quick post on how to filter by a property when using ng-repeat. To start with, we’ll use the following objects:

{
	"regions": [
		{
			"id": "1",
			"postcode": "4700",
			"name": "Rockhampton",
			"description": "One of the major cities in Central Queensland."
		},
		{
			"id": "16",
			"postcode": "4214",
			"name": "Keppel Island",
			"description": "Awesome islands, very few people, heaps of fish beautiful clear water."
		}
	]
}

Then assuming you want to filter by the postcode all you need is the following:

Region

{{region.name}}

AngularJS ngAnimate Transitions – Basic Demo

Hey everyone,

I’ve just starting using Angular and went to do a few animations. I had a bit of trouble trying to find anywhere that mentioned what each class does. This is the demo we’ll be making, it’s pretty basic but hopefully enough to get you started: JSFiddle Demo

Dummy Page
To start with, just create a new page with the following. Note that none of the stuff below applies to the animation itself, this is just so that we’ve got something to work with.


	
		Test Animation
		
	
	
		
Add
{{person.name}}
//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.1.5/angular.min.js //Initialisation stuff, note that you don't need any of this for animations, just using it so there's something to see function PeopleController($scope){ $scope.name = ""; $scope.people = [ { name: "Santa Clause"}, { name: "Easter Bunny"}, { name: "Tooth Fairy"}, { name: "Chris Owens"}, { name: "Phillip Farnsworth"}, { name: "Clark Kent"}, { name: "Lana Lang"} ]; $scope.removePerson = function(row){ $scope.people.splice(row, 1); } $scope.addPerson = function(){ $scope.people.push({name: $scope.name}); $scope.name = ""; } }

Adding the ng-animate Directive
The first step to adding the transitions is to add the ng-animate directive:

{{person.name}}

Classes for Adding a New Element
Now we’re going to add the styles that are used when a new element is added to the page. To start with, you’ll want to create .person-enter. This is the class that will be animated from. In this instance we want new elements to start off invisible so we’ll set the opacity to 0.

.person-enter{
	-webkit-transition: 1s linear all;
	-moz-transition: 1s linear all;
	-ms-transition: 1s linear all;
	-o-transition: 1s linear all;
	transition: 1s linear all;
	opacity: 0;
}

Next we’ll want to add the styles for .person-enter.person-enter-active. These will be the styles that we want to animate to. Because we’re going from invisible to visible we’ll adjust the opacity:

.person-enter.person-enter-active{
	opacity: 1;
}

Classes for Removing an Element
Now we’ll add the class to animate from. This will the opposite of what we used when adding an element – start visible, go to invisble:

.person-leave{
	-webkit-transition: 1s linear all;
	-moz-transition: 1s linear all;
	-ms-transition: 1s linear all;
	-o-transition: 1s linear all;
	transition: 1s linear all;
	opacity: 1;
}

And finally the class to animate to when an element is removed:

.person-leave.person-leave-active{
	opacity: 0;
}

All Together Now
Finally we can put the whole thing together. The people boxes should now fade out and in whenever an element is added or removed. You can see it in action here: JSFiddle Demo


	
		Test Animation
		

		
			.person{
				padding: 20px;
				width: 50px;
				height: 50px;
				background-color: #E8FCE4;
				border: 1px solid #C0E2BB;
				float: left;
				margin: 5px;
				text-align: center;
				box-shadow: 2px 2px 2px #DAD3D3;
				text-shadow: 0px -1px 1px #FFF;
				cursor: pointer;
			}


			/*
				Note: you can condense these, however they've been split to make the explanation a little easier to follow;
			*/

			/* This is the class that will be animated *FROM* when a new person is added */
			.person-enter{
				-webkit-transition: 1s linear all;
				-moz-transition: 1s linear all;
				-ms-transition: 1s linear all;
				-o-transition: 1s linear all;
				transition: 1s linear all;
				opacity: 0;
			}

			/* This is the class that will be animated *TO* when a new person is added */
			.person-enter.person-enter-active{
				opacity: 1;
			}


			/* This is the class that will be animated *FROM* when a person is removed */
			.person-leave{
				-webkit-transition: 1s linear all;
				-moz-transition: 1s linear all;
				-ms-transition: 1s linear all;
				-o-transition: 1s linear all;
				transition: 1s linear all;
				opacity: 1;
			}

			/* This is the class that will be animated *TO* when a person is removed */
			.person-leave.person-leave-active{
				opacity: 0;
			}


		
	
	
		
Add
{{person.name}}
//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.1.5/angular.min.js //Initialisation stuff, note that you don't need any of this for animations, just using it so there's something to see function PeopleController($scope){ $scope.name = ""; $scope.people = [ { name: "Santa Clause"}, { name: "Easter Bunny"}, { name: "Tooth Fairy"}, { name: "Chris Owens"}, { name: "Phillip Farnsworth"}, { name: "Clark Kent"}, { name: "Lana Lang"} ]; $scope.removePerson = function(row){ $scope.people.splice(row, 1); } $scope.addPerson = function(){ $scope.people.push({name: $scope.name}); $scope.name = ""; } }

Problems
If you’re having issues, one of the first things to check is that you’re on the right version of angular. There have been a lot of changes and many of the styles used in one this version don’t seem to work in the older ones. If there’s anything else that’s not working let me know!

Where to From Here?
There’s heaps more that nganimate can do, make sure you checkout http://www.nganimate.org/.

Chrome Incognito Mode not Working – Registry Fix

Hey everyone,

I use incognito mode at work as a quick test for cookie/caching issues. I ran into a bit of an issue with it this morning after an MOE update yesterday. Using the shortcut (ctrl + shift + n) did nothing, and the tools option showed incognito mode greyed out.

After a bit of Googling I came across a registry value that had been added to prevent incognito mode. The fix for this is pretty simple, just remove the value. There are a few variations on this so you may have to do a bit of digging to find which one has been added to your machine (Run > regedit or C:Windowsregedit.exe).

One additonal note, my unwanted registry key was added during the login process each time I removed it. A quick way around this is to do up a quick batch script to remove it. Just modify my one below to include your registry key and throw it in your startup folder:

reg delete HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPoliciesGoogleChrome /v IncognitoModeAvailability /f

Cannot set property ‘show’ of undefined at new DeathrayMenuController – AngularJS

Hey everyone,

I’ve just started working my way through AngularJS by Brad Green & Shyam Seshadri. Unfortunately I ran into a bit of an issue on page 23 (line 19):

TypeError: Cannot set property 'show' of undefined
    at new DeathrayMenuController (http://127.0.0.1/:18:27)
    at d (http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.0.7/angular.min.js:28:174)
    at Object.instantiate (http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.0.7/angular.min.js:28:304)
    at $get (http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.0.7/angular.min.js:52:239)
    at $get.g (http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.0.7/angular.min.js:43:348)
    at m (http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.0.7/angular.min.js:6:494)
    at i (http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.0.7/angular.min.js:43:213)
    at e (http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.0.7/angular.min.js:39:307)
    at e (http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.0.7/angular.min.js:39:324)
    at e (http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.0.7/angular.min.js:39:324) 

The solution to this problem turned out to be pretty straight forward, just set the menu state in a similar fashion to that used in the previous exercises:


	
		Your Shopping Cart
	
	
		
		
Toggle Menu
  • Stun
  • Disintergrate
  • Erase
//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.0.7/angular.min.js function DeathrayMenuController($scope){ /*$scope.menuState.show = false; //Switch this line with the one below $scope.menuState = {show: false}; $scope.toggleMenu = function(){ $scope.menuState.show = !$scope.menuState.show; } $scope.erase = function(){ window.alert('erased'); } $scope.disintergrate = function(){ window.alert('Disintergrated'); } $scope.stun = function(){ window.alert('Stunned'); } } <!--http://controllers.js-->