November 2021 – Full Stack Soup

React useContext() Hook Example

By -Danny B.
Posted on November 30, 2021April 18, 2022
Posted in React

Overview This post is a short walk thru of a small app that demonstrates the useContext() hook. The useContext() hook provides a convenient way to share a state variable between multiple components. The example application will consist of three components. The context is declared in the Parent component and passed to the Input and Output

Next.js Material UI Layout with Side Menu

By -Danny B.
Posted on November 7, 2021January 29, 2022
Posted in Material, Material UI, NextJS, React

Overview This is a simple example of how to create a Material UI layout with an AppBar and Drawer side menu for the entire application. The pages are rendered inside the layout. This post uses Material UI Version 4.12.3. MUI Version 5 was released in September 2021. You can find out more about Material UI

Entity Framework – Date and Time

By -Danny B.
Posted on November 4, 2021February 2, 2022
Posted in ASP.NET Web API, Entity Framework

Overview Short example of how to compare the date and time with Entity Framework query. Also, how to truncate the time from a Date Time value, Compare Time With DateTime.Today() for the date and DateTime.Now() for the time. To filter by todays date and an hour or X minutes in the future or back in