I know I have a number of unique add-ins and tools in Visual Studio, and I wanted to describe the tools that I have installed for those that may want to use them as well.
In this article, I will show you how to quickly take JSON data and convert it into a C# class that can be used with WebAPI and Entity Framework to persist data to a database from client applications. I will also write a simple authentication controller to allow WebAPI interactions to be secured with standard ASP.Net Forms Authentication.
On my current project, I have been asked to provide the users with the ability to export the contents of any grid to Excel. To do this, I decided to use the XML SDK 2.0 for Microsoft Office to create the Excel spreadsheet. I’ve used the …