Mapping an Angular Resource Service to a Web API

Previously I was calling an ASP.NET Web API controller from an AngularJS controller using the $http service. $http.get(serviceUrl).success(function (data) { $scope.videos = data; }); With a little bit of work I can use a higher level of abstraction in Angular - a custom service based on $resource.

ASP.NET WebAPI Tip #3: camelCasing JSON

var formatters = GlobalConfiguration.Configuration.Formatters; var jsonFormatter = formatters.JsonFormatter; var settings = jsonFormatter.SerializerSettings; settings.Formatting = Formatting.Indented; settings.ContractResolver = new CamelCasePropertyNamesContractResolver();

DropDownListFor with ASP.NET MVC

Building tags generates a few questions and is something I've written about before (see Dropdown Lists and ASP.NET MVC). Here's a quick example to examine the scenario from different perspectives with the DropDownListFor HTML helper. Let's say you have a class to represent different flavors of ice cream.