Using ASP.NET Web API for streaming pictures

ASP.NET Web API 2.0 provides various new features and one of which is Attribute Routing. Attribute routing allows custom configuration for routing by assigning attribute to the web method. Get latest version of ASP.NET Web API 2.0 via Nuget package Install-Package Microsoft.AspNet.WebApi.WebHost Update WebApiConfig to include config.MapHttpAttributeRoutes() public static class WebApiConfig { public static void...

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Server Side MVC vs Client Side MVC

MVC (Model–view–controller) is an architecture patterns that addresses separation of concerns, test driven development, statelessness, extensibility, SEO, REST and many more. Choosing MVC pattern for developing web application is a very easy decision, but that is just the beginning. Rest of decision is deciding how to design, develop and implement the web application.Now deciding on "Server Side MVC" or "Client Side MVC" is not...

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Streaming millions of rows as a csv in ASP.NET MVC

Generating reports using the data from the database is something any project will generally have, but to be able to actually download all of the data as a csv is not easy. Not just thousands of rows but if database has millions of rows then challange will be to decide best approach. Consider following approaches 1. Generate the report on server and then stream the file to clients machine 2. Stream data in batches onto client...

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