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DaST Concept: A simpler, smarter, and much more powerful alternative to Forms and MVC.

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Pure HTML templates and uniform codebehind is the future of web development. The article presents ASP.NET DaST Rendering Engine and its underlying DaST concept that brings web apps architecture to a new level getting rid of all problems and complexity related to standard ASP.NET Forms and MVC.
  • VideoLibraryDEMO_1.14.zip
    • VideoLibraryDEMO_1.14
      • App_Code
      • App_Data
      • Bin
        • AspNetDaST.dll
      • Default.aspx
      • Default.aspx.cs
      • Global.asax
      • res
        • CSS
        • jQuery
          • jquery-1.4.4.min.js
          • jquery-ui-1.8.9.custom.min.js
          • Themes
            • le-frog
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              • jquery-ui.custom.css
            • start
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              • jquery-ui.custom.css
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              • jquery-ui.custom.css
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              • jquery-ui.custom.css
      • VideoLibrary.aspx
      • VideoLibrary.aspx.cs
      • web.config
// VideoLibrary DEMO - DaST Technology Demonstrator
// Copyright (C) 2011 Roman Gubarenko 
// http://www.rgubarenko.net
// 
// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
// modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
// as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
// of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
// 
// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
//
// GNU General Public License for more details.
// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
// along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
// Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
// 
// Licence terms for AspNetDaST.dll (in Bin folder) are below.
// 
// ASP.NET DaST Rendering Engine (BETA version)
// Copyright (C) 2011 Roman Gubarenko
// http://www.rgubarenko.net
// 
// Redistribution and use of BETA version of DaST Rendering Engine 
// is permitted in binary form without modification. Only original and
// unmodified .NET dll (AspNetDaST.dll) can be used in your own projects and 
// redistributed. You may not copy, decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, 
// modify, or create derivative works of the software or any part thereof.
//
// THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER "AS IS" AND ANY
// EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 
// IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
// PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR 
// ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
// DAMAGES ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
//
// DaST technology dev site: http://www.rgubarenko.net
// My contact email for questions: rgubarenko@gmail.com


using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Xml.Linq;
using System.Web.Hosting;
using System.IO;

/// <summary>
/// Summary description for DataLayer
/// </summary>
public static class DataLayer
{
  private static XElement XmlDoc
  {
    get
    {
      var xmlDoc = HttpContext.Current.Session["Data.XmlDocument"] as XElement;
      if (xmlDoc == null)
      {
        string dataPath = HostingEnvironment.MapPath("~/App_Data/Data/VideoLibrarySource.xml");
        xmlDoc = XElement.Parse(File.ReadAllText(dataPath));
        HttpContext.Current.Session["Data.XmlDocument"] = xmlDoc;
      }
      return xmlDoc;
    }
  }

  public static int GetVideoItemCount(string videoCategory)
  {
    return (from video in XmlDoc.Elements("Video")
            where videoCategory == null || video.Element("Category").Value == videoCategory
            select video).Count();
  }

  public static object[] GetVideoItems(int startIdx, int count, string videoCategory)
  {
    return (from video in XmlDoc.Elements("Video")
            where videoCategory == null || video.Element("Category").Value == videoCategory
            let commElems = video.Element("Comments").Elements("Comment")
            select new
            {
              ID = video.Element("ID").Value,
              Name = video.Element("Name").Value,
              Category = video.Element("Category").Value,
              Description = video.Element("Description").Value,
              CommCount = commElems.Count(),
              Rating = commElems.Count() > 0 ? commElems.Average(elem => decimal.Parse(elem.Element("Rated").Value)) : 0.0m
            }).Skip(startIdx).Take(count).ToArray();
  }

  public static object GetVideoItem(string videoID)
  {
    var videoElem = (from video in XmlDoc.Elements("Video")
                     where video.Element("ID").Value == videoID
                     select video).Single();

    var commElems = videoElem.Element("Comments").Elements("Comment");
 
    return new
    {
      ID = videoElem.Element("ID").Value,
      Name = videoElem.Element("Name").Value,
      Category = videoElem.Element("Category").Value,
      Description = videoElem.Element("Description").Value,
      CommCount = commElems.Count(),
      Rating = commElems.Count() > 0 ? commElems.Average(elem => decimal.Parse(elem.Element("Rated").Value)) : 0.0m
    };
  }

  public static object[] GetVideoComments(int startIdx, int count, string videoID)
  {
    var videoElem = (from video in XmlDoc.Elements("Video")
                     where video.Element("ID").Value == videoID
                     select video).Single();

    return (from comm in videoElem.Element("Comments").Elements("Comment")
            select new
            {
              CommID = comm.Element("ID").Value,
              Date = comm.Element("Time").Value,
              Author = comm.Element("Name").Value,
              Rated = int.Parse(comm.Element("Rated").Value),
              Text = comm.Element("Text").Value
            }).Skip(startIdx).Take(count).ToArray();
  }

  public static void AddNewComment(string videoID, string name, int rated, string comment)
  {
    var videoElem = (from video in XmlDoc.Elements("Video")
                     where video.Element("ID").Value == videoID
                     select video).Single();

    videoElem.Element("Comments").Add(new XElement("Comment",
      new XElement("ID", Guid.NewGuid()),
      new XElement("Time", DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss")),
      new XElement("Name", name),
      new XElement("Rated", rated),
      new XElement("Text", comment)));
  }


  #region Playlist simulation 
 
  private static List<string> PlaylistVideoItems
  {
    get
    {
      var playlist = HttpContext.Current.Session["DaST.VideoLibrary.PlaylistVideoItems"] as List<string>;
      if (playlist == null)
      {
        playlist = new List<string>();
        HttpContext.Current.Session["DaST.VideoLibrary.PlaylistVideoItems"] = playlist;
      }

      return playlist;
    }
  }

  public static int GetPlayItemCount()
  {
    return PlaylistVideoItems.Count;
  }

  public static object[] GetPlayItems(int startIdx, int count)
  {
    var videoIDs = PlaylistVideoItems.Skip(startIdx).Take(count);

    return (from videoID in videoIDs
            select GetVideoItem(videoID)).ToArray();
  }

  public static void AddToPlaylist(string videoID)
  {
    if (!PlaylistVideoItems.Contains(videoID))
    {
      PlaylistVideoItems.Add(videoID);
    }
  }

  public static void RemoveFromPlaylist(string videoID)
  {
    if (PlaylistVideoItems.Contains(videoID))
    {
      PlaylistVideoItems.Remove(videoID);
    }
  }

  public static bool CheckPlaylistContains(string videoID)
  {
    return PlaylistVideoItems.Contains(videoID);
  }

  #endregion


  public static int[] GetAvailablePageSizes()
  {
    return new int[] { 3, 5, 10, 20, 40 };
  }

  public static string[] GetAvailableThemes()
  {
    //string strPath = HostingEnvironment.MapPath("~/App_Themes");
    //string[] dirs = Directory.GetDirectories(strPath);
    //return dirs.Select(str => Path.GetFileName(str)).ToArray();
    return new string[] { "ui-lightness", "ui-darkness", "start", "sunny", "le-frog", "swanky-purse" };
  }
}

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Software Architect with over 15 years in IT field. Started with deep math and C++ Computer Vision software. Currently in .NET and PHP web development. Creator of DaST pattern, open-source frameworks, and plugins. Interested in cutting Edge IT, open-source, Web 2.0, .NET, MVC, C++, Java, jQuery, Mobile tech, and extreme sports.

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