Part-3.md

Web Application Development Tutorial - Part 3: Creating, Updating and Deleting Books

//[doc-params]
{
    "UI": ["MVC","Blazor","NG"],
    "DB": ["EF","Mongo"]
}

About This Tutorial

In this tutorial series, you will build an ABP based web application named Acme.BookStore. This application is used to manage a list of books and their authors. It is developed using the following technologies:

• {{DB_Value}} as the ORM provider.
• {{UI_Value}} as the UI Framework.

This tutorial is organized as the following parts;

• Part 1: Creating the server side
• Part 2: The book list page
• Part 3: Creating, updating and deleting books (this part)
• Part 4: Integration tests
• Part 5: Authorization
• Part 6: Authors: Domain layer
• Part 7: Authors: Database Integration
• Part 8: Authors: Application Layer
• Part 9: Authors: User Interface
• Part 10: Book to Author Relation

Download the Source Code

This tutorial has multiple versions based on your UI and Database preferences. We've prepared a few combinations of the source code to be downloaded:

• MVC (Razor Pages) UI with EF Core
• Blazor UI with EF Core
• Angular UI with MongoDB

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Video Tutorial

This part is also recorded as a video tutorial and published on YouTube.

{{end}}

{{if UI == "MVC"}}

Creating a New Book

In this section, you will learn how to create a new modal dialog form to create a new book. The modal dialog will look like in the image below:

Create the Modal Form

Create a new razor page, named CreateModal.cshtml under the Pages/Books folder of the Acme.BookStore.Web project.

CreateModal.cshtml.cs

Open the CreateModal.cshtml.cs file (CreateModalModel class) and replace with the following code:

using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Acme.BookStore.Books;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;

namespace Acme.BookStore.Web.Pages.Books
{
    public class CreateModalModel : BookStorePageModel
    {
        [BindProperty]
        public CreateUpdateBookDto Book { get; set; }

        private readonly IBookAppService _bookAppService;

        public CreateModalModel(IBookAppService bookAppService)
        {
            _bookAppService = bookAppService;
        }

        public void OnGet()
        {
            Book = new CreateUpdateBookDto();
        }

        public async Task<IActionResult> OnPostAsync()
        {
            await _bookAppService.CreateAsync(Book);
            return NoContent();
        }
    }
}

• This class is derived from the BookStorePageModel instead of standard PageModel. BookStorePageModel indirectly inherits the PageModel and adds some common properties & methods that can be shared in your page model classes.
• [BindProperty] attribute on the Book property binds post request data to this property.
• This class simply injects the IBookAppService in the constructor and calls the CreateAsync method in the OnPostAsync handler.
• It creates a new CreateUpdateBookDto object in the OnGet method. ASP.NET Core can work without creating a new instance like that. However, it doesn't create an instance for you and if your class has some default value assignments or code execution in the class constructor, they won't work. For this case, we set default values for some of the CreateUpdateBookDto properties.

CreateModal.cshtml

Open the CreateModal.cshtml file and paste the code below:

@page
@using Acme.BookStore.Localization
@using Acme.BookStore.Web.Pages.Books
@using Microsoft.Extensions.Localization
@using Volo.Abp.AspNetCore.Mvc.UI.Bootstrap.TagHelpers.Modal
@model CreateModalModel
@inject IStringLocalizer<BookStoreResource> L
@{
    Layout = null;
}
<abp-dynamic-form abp-model="Book" asp-page="/Books/CreateModal">
    <abp-modal>
        <abp-modal-header title="@L["NewBook"].Value"></abp-modal-header>
        <abp-modal-body>
            <abp-form-content />
        </abp-modal-body>
        <abp-modal-footer buttons="@(AbpModalButtons.Cancel|AbpModalButtons.Save)"></abp-modal-footer>
    </abp-modal>
</abp-dynamic-form>

• This modal uses abp-dynamic-form tag helper to automatically create the form from the CreateBookViewModel model class.
• abp-model attribute indicates the model object where it's the Book property in this case.
• abp-form-content tag helper is a placeholder to render the form controls (it is optional and needed only if you have added some other content in the abp-dynamic-form tag, just like in this page).

Tip: Layout should be null just as done in this example since we don't want to include all the layout for the modals when they are loaded via AJAX.

Add the "New book" Button

Open the Pages/Books/Index.cshtml and set the content of abp-card-header tag as below:

<abp-card-header>
    <abp-row>
        <abp-column size-md="_6">
            <abp-card-title>@L["Books"]</abp-card-title>
        </abp-column>
        <abp-column size-md="_6" class="text-right">
            <abp-button id="NewBookButton"
                        text="@L["NewBook"].Value"
                        icon="plus"
                        button-type="Primary"/>
        </abp-column>
    </abp-row>
</abp-card-header>

The final content of the Index.cshtml is shown below:

@page
@using Acme.BookStore.Localization
@using Acme.BookStore.Web.Pages.Books
@using Microsoft.Extensions.Localization
@model IndexModel
@inject IStringLocalizer<BookStoreResource> L
@section scripts
{
    <abp-script src="/Pages/Books/Index.js"/>
}

<abp-card>
    <abp-card-header>
        <abp-row>
            <abp-column size-md="_6">
                <abp-card-title>@L["Books"]</abp-card-title>
            </abp-column>
            <abp-column size-md="_6" class="text-right">
                <abp-button id="NewBookButton"
                            text="@L["NewBook"].Value"
                            icon="plus"
                            button-type="Primary"/>
            </abp-column>
        </abp-row>
    </abp-card-header>
    <abp-card-body>
        <abp-table striped-rows="true" id="BooksTable"></abp-table>
    </abp-card-body>
</abp-card>

This adds a new button called New book to the top-right of the table:

Open the Pages/Books/Index.js and add the following code just after the Datatable configuration:

var createModal = new abp.ModalManager(abp.appPath + 'Books/CreateModal');

createModal.onResult(function () {
    dataTable.ajax.reload();
});

$('#NewBookButton').click(function (e) {
    e.preventDefault();
    createModal.open();
});

• abp.ModalManager is a helper class to manage modals in the client side. It internally uses Twitter Bootstrap's standard modal, but abstracts many details by providing a simple API.
• createModal.onResult(...) used to refresh the data table after creating a new book.
• createModal.open(); is used to open the model to create a new book.

The final content of the Index.js should be like that:

$(function () {
    var l = abp.localization.getResource('BookStore');

    var dataTable = $('#BooksTable').DataTable(
        abp.libs.datatables.normalizeConfiguration({
            serverSide: true,
            paging: true,
            order: [[1, "asc"]],
            searching: false,
            scrollX: true,
            ajax: abp.libs.datatables.createAjax(acme.bookStore.books.book.getList),
            columnDefs: [
                {
                    title: l('Name'),
                    data: "name"
                },
                {
                    title: l('Type'),
                    data: "type",
                    render: function (data) {
                        return l('Enum:BookType:' + data);
                    }
                },
                {
                    title: l('PublishDate'),
                    data: "publishDate",
                    render: function (data) {
                        return luxon
                            .DateTime
                            .fromISO(data, {
                                locale: abp.localization.currentCulture.name
                            }).toLocaleString();
                    }
                },
                {
                    title: l('Price'),
                    data: "price"
                },
                {
                    title: l('CreationTime'), data: "creationTime",
                    render: function (data) {
                        return luxon
                            .DateTime
                            .fromISO(data, {
                                locale: abp.localization.currentCulture.name
                            }).toLocaleString(luxon.DateTime.DATETIME_SHORT);
                    }
                }
            ]
        })
    );

    var createModal = new abp.ModalManager(abp.appPath + 'Books/CreateModal');

    createModal.onResult(function () {
        dataTable.ajax.reload();
    });

    $('#NewBookButton').click(function (e) {
        e.preventDefault();
        createModal.open();
    });
});

Now, you can run the application and add some new books using the new modal form.

Updating a Book

Create a new razor page, named EditModal.cshtml under the Pages/Books folder of the Acme.BookStore.Web project:

EditModal.cshtml.cs

Open the EditModal.cshtml.cs file (EditModalModel class) and replace with the following code:

using System;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Acme.BookStore.Books;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;

namespace Acme.BookStore.Web.Pages.Books
{
    public class EditModalModel : BookStorePageModel
    {
        [HiddenInput]
        [BindProperty(SupportsGet = true)]
        public Guid Id { get; set; }

        [BindProperty]
        public CreateUpdateBookDto Book { get; set; }

        private readonly IBookAppService _bookAppService;

        public EditModalModel(IBookAppService bookAppService)
        {
            _bookAppService = bookAppService;
        }

        public async Task OnGetAsync()
        {
            var bookDto = await _bookAppService.GetAsync(Id);
            Book = ObjectMapper.Map<BookDto, CreateUpdateBookDto>(bookDto);
        }

        public async Task<IActionResult> OnPostAsync()
        {
            await _bookAppService.UpdateAsync(Id, Book);
            return NoContent();
        }
    }
}

• [HiddenInput] and [BindProperty] are standard ASP.NET Core MVC attributes. SupportsGet is used to be able to get Id value from query string parameter of the request.
• In the OnGetAsync method, we get BookDto from the BookAppService and this is being mapped to the DTO object CreateUpdateBookDto.
• The OnPostAsync uses BookAppService.UpdateAsync(...) to update the entity.

Mapping from BookDto to CreateUpdateBookDto

To be able to map the BookDto to CreateUpdateBookDto, configure a new mapping. To do this, open the BookStoreWebAutoMapperProfile.cs in the Acme.BookStore.Web project and change it as shown below:

using AutoMapper;

namespace Acme.BookStore.Web
{
    public class BookStoreWebAutoMapperProfile : Profile
    {
        public BookStoreWebAutoMapperProfile()
        {
            CreateMap<BookDto, CreateUpdateBookDto>();
        }
    }
}

• We have just added CreateMap<BookDto, CreateUpdateBookDto>(); to define this mapping.

Notice that we do the mapping definition in the web layer as a best practice since it is only needed in this layer.

EditModal.cshtml

Replace EditModal.cshtml content with the following content:

@page
@using Acme.BookStore.Localization
@using Acme.BookStore.Web.Pages.Books
@using Microsoft.Extensions.Localization
@using Volo.Abp.AspNetCore.Mvc.UI.Bootstrap.TagHelpers.Modal
@model EditModalModel
@inject IStringLocalizer<BookStoreResource> L
@{
    Layout = null;
}
<abp-dynamic-form abp-model="Book" asp-page="/Books/EditModal">
    <abp-modal>
        <abp-modal-header title="@L["Update"].Value"></abp-modal-header>
        <abp-modal-body>
            <abp-input asp-for="Id" />
            <abp-form-content />
        </abp-modal-body>
        <abp-modal-footer buttons="@(AbpModalButtons.Cancel|AbpModalButtons.Save)"></abp-modal-footer>
    </abp-modal>
</abp-dynamic-form>

This page is very similar to the CreateModal.cshtml, except:

• It includes an abp-input for the Id property to store Id of the editing book (which is a hidden input).
• It uses Books/EditModal as the post URL.

Add "Actions" Dropdown to the Table

We will add a dropdown button to the table named Actions.

Open the Pages/Books/Index.js and replace the content as below:

$(function () {
    var l = abp.localization.getResource('BookStore');
    var createModal = new abp.ModalManager(abp.appPath + 'Books/CreateModal');
    var editModal = new abp.ModalManager(abp.appPath + 'Books/EditModal');

    var dataTable = $('#BooksTable').DataTable(
        abp.libs.datatables.normalizeConfiguration({
            serverSide: true,
            paging: true,
            order: [[1, "asc"]],
            searching: false,
            scrollX: true,
            ajax: abp.libs.datatables.createAjax(acme.bookStore.books.book.getList),
            columnDefs: [
                {
                    title: l('Actions'),
                    rowAction: {
                        items:
                            [
                                {
                                    text: l('Edit'),
                                    action: function (data) {
                                        editModal.open({ id: data.record.id });
                                    }
                                }
                            ]
                    }
                },
                {
                    title: l('Name'),
                    data: "name"
                },
                {
                    title: l('Type'),
                    data: "type",
                    render: function (data) {
                        return l('Enum:BookType:' + data);
                    }
                },
                {
                    title: l('PublishDate'),
                    data: "publishDate",
                    render: function (data) {
                        return luxon
                            .DateTime
                            .fromISO(data, {
                                locale: abp.localization.currentCulture.name
                            }).toLocaleString();
                    }
                },
                {
                    title: l('Price'),
                    data: "price"
                },
                {
                    title: l('CreationTime'), data: "creationTime",
                    render: function (data) {
                        return luxon
                            .DateTime
                            .fromISO(data, {
                                locale: abp.localization.currentCulture.name
                            }).toLocaleString(luxon.DateTime.DATETIME_SHORT);
                    }
                }
            ]
        })
    );

    createModal.onResult(function () {
        dataTable.ajax.reload();
    });

    editModal.onResult(function () {
        dataTable.ajax.reload();
    });

    $('#NewBookButton').click(function (e) {
        e.preventDefault();
        createModal.open();
    });
});

• Added a new ModalManager named editModal to open the edit modal dialog.
• Added a new column at the beginning of the columnDefs section. This column is used for the "Actions" dropdown button.
• "Edit" action simply calls editModal.open() to open the edit dialog.
• editModal.onResult(...) callback refreshes the data table when you close the edit modal.

You can run the application and edit any book by selecting the edit action on a book.

The final UI looks as below:

Deleting a Book

Open the Pages/Books/Index.js and add a new item to the rowAction items:

{
    text: l('Delete'),
    confirmMessage: function (data) {
        return l('BookDeletionConfirmationMessage', data.record.name);
    },
    action: function (data) {
        acme.bookStore.books.book
            .delete(data.record.id)
            .then(function() {
                abp.notify.info(l('SuccessfullyDeleted'));
                dataTable.ajax.reload();
            });
    }
}

• confirmMessage option is used to ask a confirmation question before executing the action.
• acme.bookStore.books.book.delete(...) method makes an AJAX request to the server to delete a book.
• abp.notify.info() shows a notification after the delete operation.

Since we've used two new localization texts (BookDeletionConfirmationMessage and SuccessfullyDeleted) you need to add these to the localization file (en.json under the Localization/BookStore folder of the Acme.BookStore.Domain.Shared project):

"BookDeletionConfirmationMessage": "Are you sure to delete the book '{0}'?",
"SuccessfullyDeleted": "Successfully deleted!"

The final Index.js content is shown below:

$(function () {
    var l = abp.localization.getResource('BookStore');
    var createModal = new abp.ModalManager(abp.appPath + 'Books/CreateModal');
    var editModal = new abp.ModalManager(abp.appPath + 'Books/EditModal');

    var dataTable = $('#BooksTable').DataTable(
        abp.libs.datatables.normalizeConfiguration({
            serverSide: true,
            paging: true,
            order: [[1, "asc"]],
            searching: false,
            scrollX: true,
            ajax: abp.libs.datatables.createAjax(acme.bookStore.books.book.getList),
            columnDefs: [
                {
                    title: l('Actions'),
                    rowAction: {
                        items:
                            [
                                {
                                    text: l('Edit'),
                                    action: function (data) {
                                        editModal.open({ id: data.record.id });
                                    }
                                },
                                {
                                    text: l('Delete'),
                                    confirmMessage: function (data) {
                                        return l(
                                            'BookDeletionConfirmationMessage',
                                            data.record.name
                                        );
                                    },
                                    action: function (data) {
                                        acme.bookStore.books.book
                                            .delete(data.record.id)
                                            .then(function() {
                                                abp.notify.info(
                                                    l('SuccessfullyDeleted')
                                                );
                                                dataTable.ajax.reload();
                                            });
                                    }
                                }
                            ]
                    }
                },
                {
                    title: l('Name'),
                    data: "name"
                },
                {
                    title: l('Type'),
                    data: "type",
                    render: function (data) {
                        return l('Enum:BookType:' + data);
                    }
                },
                {
                    title: l('PublishDate'),
                    data: "publishDate",
                    render: function (data) {
                        return luxon
                            .DateTime
                            .fromISO(data, {
                                locale: abp.localization.currentCulture.name
                            }).toLocaleString();
                    }
                },
                {
                    title: l('Price'),
                    data: "price"
                },
                {
                    title: l('CreationTime'), data: "creationTime",
                    render: function (data) {
                        return luxon
                            .DateTime
                            .fromISO(data, {
                                locale: abp.localization.currentCulture.name
                            }).toLocaleString(luxon.DateTime.DATETIME_SHORT);
                    }
                }
            ]
        })
    );

    createModal.onResult(function () {
        dataTable.ajax.reload();
    });

    editModal.onResult(function () {
        dataTable.ajax.reload();
    });

    $('#NewBookButton').click(function (e) {
        e.preventDefault();
        createModal.open();
    });
});

You can run the application and try to delete a book.

{{end}}

{{if UI == "NG"}}

Creating a New Book

In this section, you will learn how to create a new modal dialog form to create a new book.

BookComponent

Open /src/app/book/book.component.ts and replace the content as below:

import { ListService, PagedResultDto } from '@abp/ng.core';
import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
import { BookService, BookDto } from '@proxy/books';

@Component({
  selector: 'app-book',
  templateUrl: './book.component.html',
  styleUrls: ['./book.component.scss'],
  providers: [ListService],
})
export class BookComponent implements OnInit {
  book = { items: [], totalCount: 0 } as PagedResultDto<BookDto>;

  isModalOpen = false; // add this line

  constructor(public readonly list: ListService, private bookService: BookService) {}

  ngOnInit() {
    const bookStreamCreator = (query) => this.bookService.getList(query);

    this.list.hookToQuery(bookStreamCreator).subscribe((response) => {
      this.book = response;
    });
  }

  // add new method
  createBook() {
    this.isModalOpen = true;
  }
}

• We defined a property called isModalOpen and a method called createBook.

Open /src/app/book/book.component.html and make the following changes:

<div class="card">
  <div class="card-header">
    <div class="row">
      <div class="col col-md-6">
        <h5 class="card-title">{%{{{ '::Menu:Books' | abpLocalization }}}%}</h5>
      </div>        
      <div class="text-right col col-md-6">
          
        <!-- Add the "new book" button here -->
        <div class="text-lg-right pt-2">
          <button id="create" class="btn btn-primary" type="button" (click)="createBook()">
            <i class="fa fa-plus mr-1"></i>
            <span>{%{{{ "::NewBook" | abpLocalization }}}%}</span>
          </button>
        </div>
          
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
  <div class="card-body">
    <!-- ngx-datatable should be here! -->
  </div>
</div>

<!-- Add the modal here -->
<abp-modal [(visible)]="isModalOpen">
  <ng-template #abpHeader>
    <h3>{%{{{ '::NewBook' | abpLocalization }}}%}</h3>
  </ng-template>

  <ng-template #abpBody> </ng-template>

  <ng-template #abpFooter>
    <button type="button" class="btn btn-secondary" #abpClose>
      {%{{{ '::Close' | abpLocalization }}}%}
    </button>
  </ng-template>
</abp-modal>

• Added New book button to the card header..
• Added the abp-modal which renders a modal to allow user to create a new book. abp-modal is a pre-built component to show modals. While you could use another approach to show a modal, abp-modal provides additional benefits.

You can open your browser and click New book button to see the new modal.

Create a Reactive Form

Reactive forms provide a model-driven approach to handling form inputs whose values change over time.

Open /src/app/book/book.component.ts and replace the content as below:

import { ListService, PagedResultDto } from '@abp/ng.core';
import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
// import bookTypeOptions from @proxy/books
import { BookService, BookDto, bookTypeOptions } from '@proxy/books';
import { FormGroup, FormBuilder, Validators } from '@angular/forms'; // add this

@Component({
  selector: 'app-book',
  templateUrl: './book.component.html',
  styleUrls: ['./book.component.scss'],
  providers: [ListService],
})
export class BookComponent implements OnInit {
  book = { items: [], totalCount: 0 } as PagedResultDto<BookDto>;

  form: FormGroup; // add this line

  // add bookTypes as a list of BookType enum members
  bookTypes = bookTypeOptions;

  isModalOpen = false;

  constructor(
    public readonly list: ListService,
    private bookService: BookService,
    private fb: FormBuilder // inject FormBuilder
  ) {}

  ngOnInit() {
    const bookStreamCreator = (query) => this.bookService.getList(query);

    this.list.hookToQuery(bookStreamCreator).subscribe((response) => {
      this.book = response;
    });
  }

  createBook() {
    this.buildForm(); // add this line
    this.isModalOpen = true;
  }

  // add buildForm method
  buildForm() {
    this.form = this.fb.group({
      name: ['', Validators.required],
      type: [null, Validators.required],
      publishDate: [null, Validators.required],
      price: [null, Validators.required],
    });
  }

  // add save method
  save() {
    if (this.form.invalid) {
      return;
    }

    this.bookService.create(this.form.value).subscribe(() => {
      this.isModalOpen = false;
      this.form.reset();
      this.list.get();
    });
  }
}

• Imported FormGroup, FormBuilder and Validators from @angular/forms.
• Added form: FormGroup property.
• Added bookTypes property as a list of BookType enum members. That will be used in form options.
• Injected FormBuilder into the constructor. FormBuilder provides convenient methods for generating form controls. It reduces the amount of boilerplate needed to build complex forms.
• Added buildForm method to the end of the file and executed the buildForm() in the createBook method.
• Added save method.

Open /src/app/book/book.component.html and replace <ng-template #abpBody> </ng-template> with the following code part:

<ng-template #abpBody>
  <form [formGroup]="form" (ngSubmit)="save()">
    <div class="form-group">
      <label for="book-name">Name</label><span> * </span>
      <input type="text" id="book-name" class="form-control" formControlName="name" autofocus />
    </div>

    <div class="form-group">
      <label for="book-price">Price</label><span> * </span>
      <input type="number" id="book-price" class="form-control" formControlName="price" />
    </div>

    <div class="form-group">
      <label for="book-type">Type</label><span> * </span>
      <select class="form-control" id="book-type" formControlName="type">
        <option [ngValue]="null">Select a book type</option>
        <option [ngValue]="type.value" *ngFor="let type of bookTypes"> {%{{{ type.key }}}%}</option>
      </select>
    </div>

    <div class="form-group">
      <label>Publish date</label><span> * </span>
      <input
        #datepicker="ngbDatepicker"
        class="form-control"
        name="datepicker"
        formControlName="publishDate"
        ngbDatepicker
        (click)="datepicker.toggle()"
      />
    </div>
  </form>
</ng-template>

Also replace <ng-template #abpFooter> </ng-template> with the following code part:

<ng-template #abpFooter>
  <button type="button" class="btn btn-secondary" #abpClose>
      {%{{{ '::Close' | abpLocalization }}}%}
  </button>

  <!--added save button-->
  <button class="btn btn-primary" (click)="save()" [disabled]="form.invalid">
        <i class="fa fa-check mr-1"></i>
        {%{{{ '::Save' | abpLocalization }}}%}
  </button>
</ng-template>

Datepicker

We've used NgBootstrap datepicker in this component. So, need to arrange dependencies related to this component.

Open /src/app/book/book.module.ts and replace the content as below:

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { SharedModule } from '../shared/shared.module';
import { BookRoutingModule } from './book-routing.module';
import { BookComponent } from './book.component';
import { NgbDatepickerModule } from '@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap'; // add this line

@NgModule({
  declarations: [BookComponent],
  imports: [
    BookRoutingModule,
    SharedModule,
    NgbDatepickerModule, // add this line
  ]
})
export class BookModule { }

• We imported NgbDatepickerModule to be able to use the date picker.

Open /src/app/book/book.component.ts and replace the content as below:

import { ListService, PagedResultDto } from '@abp/ng.core';
import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
import { BookService, BookDto, bookTypeOptions } from '@proxy/books';
import { FormGroup, FormBuilder, Validators } from '@angular/forms';

// added this line
import { NgbDateNativeAdapter, NgbDateAdapter } from '@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap';

@Component({
  selector: 'app-book',
  templateUrl: './book.component.html',
  styleUrls: ['./book.component.scss'],
  providers: [
    ListService,
    { provide: NgbDateAdapter, useClass: NgbDateNativeAdapter } // add this line
  ],
})
export class BookComponent implements OnInit {
  book = { items: [], totalCount: 0 } as PagedResultDto<BookDto>;

  form: FormGroup;

  bookTypes = bookTypeOptions;

  isModalOpen = false;

  constructor(
    public readonly list: ListService,
    private bookService: BookService,
    private fb: FormBuilder
  ) {}

  ngOnInit() {
    const bookStreamCreator = (query) => this.bookService.getList(query);

    this.list.hookToQuery(bookStreamCreator).subscribe((response) => {
      this.book = response;
    });
  }

  createBook() {
    this.buildForm();
    this.isModalOpen = true;
  }

  buildForm() {
    this.form = this.fb.group({
      name: ['', Validators.required],
      type: [null, Validators.required],
      publishDate: [null, Validators.required],
      price: [null, Validators.required],
    });
  }

  save() {
    if (this.form.invalid) {
      return;
    }

    this.bookService.create(this.form.value).subscribe(() => {
      this.isModalOpen = false;
      this.form.reset();
      this.list.get();
    });
  }
}

• Imported NgbDateNativeAdapter and NgbDateAdapter.
• We added a new provider NgbDateAdapter that converts Datepicker value to Date type. See the datepicker adapters for more details.

Now, you can open your browser to see the changes:

Updating a Book

Open /src/app/book/book.component.ts and replace the content as shown below:

import { ListService, PagedResultDto } from '@abp/ng.core';
import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
import { BookService, BookDto, bookTypeOptions } from '@proxy/books';
import { FormGroup, FormBuilder, Validators } from '@angular/forms';
import { NgbDateNativeAdapter, NgbDateAdapter } from '@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap';

@Component({
  selector: 'app-book',
  templateUrl: './book.component.html',
  styleUrls: ['./book.component.scss'],
  providers: [ListService, { provide: NgbDateAdapter, useClass: NgbDateNativeAdapter }],
})
export class BookComponent implements OnInit {
  book = { items: [], totalCount: 0 } as PagedResultDto<BookDto>;

  selectedBook = {} as BookDto; // declare selectedBook

  form: FormGroup;

  bookTypes = bookTypeOptions;

  isModalOpen = false;

  constructor(
    public readonly list: ListService,
    private bookService: BookService,
    private fb: FormBuilder
  ) {}

  ngOnInit() {
    const bookStreamCreator = (query) => this.bookService.getList(query);

    this.list.hookToQuery(bookStreamCreator).subscribe((response) => {
      this.book = response;
    });
  }

  createBook() {
    this.selectedBook = {} as BookDto; // reset the selected book
    this.buildForm();
    this.isModalOpen = true;
  }

  // Add editBook method
  editBook(id: string) {
    this.bookService.get(id).subscribe((book) => {
      this.selectedBook = book;
      this.buildForm();
      this.isModalOpen = true;
    });
  }

  buildForm() {
    this.form = this.fb.group({
      name: [this.selectedBook.name || '', Validators.required],
      type: [this.selectedBook.type || null, Validators.required],
      publishDate: [
        this.selectedBook.publishDate ? new Date(this.selectedBook.publishDate) : null,
        Validators.required,
      ],
      price: [this.selectedBook.price || null, Validators.required],
    });
  }

  // change the save method
  save() {
    if (this.form.invalid) {
      return;
    }

    const request = this.selectedBook.id
      ? this.bookService.update(this.selectedBook.id, this.form.value)
      : this.bookService.create(this.form.value);

    request.subscribe(() => {
      this.isModalOpen = false;
      this.form.reset();
      this.list.get();
    });
  }
}

• We declared a variable named selectedBook as BookDto.
• We added editBook method. This method fetches the book with the given id and sets it to selectedBook object.
• We replaced the buildForm method so that it creates the form with the selectedBook data.
• We replaced the createBook method so it sets selectedBook to an empty object.
• We changed the save method to handle both of create and update operations.

Add "Actions" Dropdown to the Table

Open the /src/app/book/book.component.html  and add the following ngx-datatable-column definition as the first column in the ngx-datatable:

<ngx-datatable-column
  [name]="'::Actions' | abpLocalization"
  [maxWidth]="150"
  [sortable]="false"
>
  <ng-template let-row="row" ngx-datatable-cell-template>
    <div ngbDropdown container="body" class="d-inline-block">
      <button
        class="btn btn-primary btn-sm dropdown-toggle"
        data-toggle="dropdown"
        aria-haspopup="true"
        ngbDropdownToggle
      >
        <i class="fa fa-cog mr-1"></i>{%{{{ '::Actions' | abpLocalization }}}%}
      </button>
      <div ngbDropdownMenu>
        <button ngbDropdownItem (click)="editBook(row.id)">
          {%{{{ '::Edit' | abpLocalization }}}%}
        </button>
      </div>
    </div>
  </ng-template>
</ngx-datatable-column>

Added an "Actions" dropdown as the first column of the table that is shown below:

Also, change the ng-template #abpHeader section as shown below:

<ng-template #abpHeader>
    <h3>{%{{{ (selectedBook.id ? '::Edit' : '::NewBook' ) | abpLocalization }}}%}</h3>
</ng-template>

This template will show Edit text for edit record operation, New Book for new record operation in the title.

Deleting a Book

Open the /src/app/book/book.component.ts and inject the ConfirmationService.

Replace the constructor as below:

// ...

// add new imports
import { ConfirmationService, Confirmation } from '@abp/ng.theme.shared';

//change the constructor
constructor(
  public readonly list: ListService,
  private bookService: BookService,
  private fb: FormBuilder,
  private confirmation: ConfirmationService // inject the ConfirmationService
) {}

// Add a delete method
delete(id: string) {
  this.confirmation.warn('::AreYouSureToDelete', '::AreYouSure').subscribe((status) => {
    if (status === Confirmation.Status.confirm) {
      this.bookService.delete(id).subscribe(() => this.list.get());
    }
  });
}

• We imported ConfirmationService.
• We injected ConfirmationService to the constructor.
• Added a delete method.

See the Confirmation Popup documentation for more about this service.

Add a Delete Button

Open /src/app/book/book.component.html and modify the ngbDropdownMenu to add the delete button as shown below:

<div ngbDropdownMenu>
  <!-- add the Delete button -->
    <button ngbDropdownItem (click)="delete(row.id)">
        {%{{{ '::Delete' | abpLocalization }}}%}
    </button>
</div>

The final actions dropdown UI looks like below:

Clicking the "Delete" action calls the delete method which then shows a confirmation popup as shown below:

{{end}}

{{if UI == "Blazor"}}

Creating a New Book

In this section, you will learn how to create a new modal dialog form to create a new book. Since we've inherited from the AbpCrudPageBase, we only need to develop the view part.

Add "New Button" Button

Open the Books.razor and replace the <CardHeader> section with the following code:

<CardHeader>
    <Row Class="justify-content-between">
        <Column ColumnSize="ColumnSize.IsAuto">
            <h2>@L["Books"]</h2>
        </Column>
        <Column ColumnSize="ColumnSize.IsAuto">
            <Button Color="Color.Primary"
                    Clicked="OpenCreateModalAsync">@L["NewBook"]</Button>
        </Column>
    </Row>
</CardHeader>

This will change the card header by adding a "New book" button to the right side:

Now, we can add a modal that will be opened when we click to the button.

Book Creation Modal

Open the Books.razor and add the following code to the end of the page:

<Modal @ref="@CreateModal">
    <ModalBackdrop />
    <ModalContent IsCentered="true">
        <Form>
            <ModalHeader>
                <ModalTitle>@L["NewBook"]</ModalTitle>
                <CloseButton Clicked="CloseCreateModalAsync"/>
            </ModalHeader>
            <ModalBody>
                <Validations @ref="@CreateValidationsRef" Model="@NewEntity" ValidateOnLoad="false">
                    <Validation MessageLocalizer="@LH.Localize">
                        <Field>
                            <FieldLabel>@L["Name"]</FieldLabel>
                            <TextEdit @bind-Text="@NewEntity.Name">
                                <Feedback>
                                    <ValidationError/>
                                </Feedback>
                            </TextEdit>
                        </Field>
                    </Validation>
                    <Field>
                        <FieldLabel>@L["Type"]</FieldLabel>
                        <Select TValue="BookType" @bind-SelectedValue="@NewEntity.Type">
                            @foreach (int bookTypeValue in Enum.GetValues(typeof(BookType)))
                            {
                                <SelectItem TValue="BookType" Value="@((BookType) bookTypeValue)">
                                    @L[$"Enum:BookType:{bookTypeValue}"]
                                </SelectItem>
                            }
                        </Select>
                    </Field>
                    <Field>
                        <FieldLabel>@L["PublishDate"]</FieldLabel>
                        <DateEdit TValue="DateTime" @bind-Date="NewEntity.PublishDate"/>
                    </Field>
                    <Field>
                        <FieldLabel>@L["Price"]</FieldLabel>
                        <NumericEdit TValue="float" @bind-Value="NewEntity.Price"/>
                    </Field>
                </Validations>
            </ModalBody>
            <ModalFooter>
                <Button Color="Color.Secondary"
                        Clicked="CloseCreateModalAsync">@L["Cancel"]</Button>
                <Button Color="Color.Primary"
                        Type="@ButtonType.Submit"
                        PreventDefaultOnSubmit="true"
                        Clicked="CreateEntityAsync">@L["Save"]</Button>
            </ModalFooter>
        </Form>
    </ModalContent>
</Modal>

This code requires a service; Inject the AbpBlazorMessageLocalizerHelper<T> at the top of the file, just before the @inherits... line:

@inject AbpBlazorMessageLocalizerHelper<BookStoreResource> LH

• The form implements validation and the AbpBlazorMessageLocalizerHelper is used to simply localize the validation messages.
• CreateModal object, CloseCreateModalAsync and CreateEntityAsync method are defined by the base class. See the Blazorise documentation if you want to understand the Modal and the other components.

That's all. Run the application and try to add a new book:

Updating a Book

Editing a books is similar to the creating a new book.

Actions Dropdown

Open the Books.razor and add the following DataGridEntityActionsColumn section inside the DataGridColumns as the first item:

<DataGridEntityActionsColumn TItem="BookDto" @ref="@EntityActionsColumn">
    <DisplayTemplate>
        <EntityActions TItem="BookDto" EntityActionsColumn="@EntityActionsColumn">
            <EntityAction TItem="BookDto"
                          Text="@L["Edit"]"
                          Clicked="() => OpenEditModalAsync(context)" />
        </EntityActions>
    </DisplayTemplate>
</DataGridEntityActionsColumn>

• OpenEditModalAsync is defined in the base class which takes the entity (book) to edit.

DataGridEntityActionsColumn component is used to show an "Actions" dropdown for each row in the DataGrid. DataGridEntityActionsColumn shows a single button instead of a dropdown if there is only one available action inside it:

Edit Modal

We can now define a modal to edit the book. Add the following code to the end of the Books.razor page:

<Modal @ref="@EditModal">
    <ModalBackdrop />
    <ModalContent IsCentered="true">
        <Form>
            <ModalHeader>
                <ModalTitle>@EditingEntity.Name</ModalTitle>
                <CloseButton Clicked="CloseEditModalAsync"/>
            </ModalHeader>
            <ModalBody>
                <Validations @ref="@EditValidationsRef" Model="@NewEntity" ValidateOnLoad="false">
                    <Validation MessageLocalizer="@LH.Localize">
                        <Field>
                            <FieldLabel>@L["Name"]</FieldLabel>
                            <TextEdit @bind-Text="@EditingEntity.Name">
                                <Feedback>
                                    <ValidationError/>
                                </Feedback>
                            </TextEdit>
                        </Field>
                    </Validation>
                    <Field>
                        <FieldLabel>@L["Type"]</FieldLabel>
                        <Select TValue="BookType" @bind-SelectedValue="@EditingEntity.Type">
                            @foreach (int bookTypeValue in Enum.GetValues(typeof(BookType)))
                            {
                                <SelectItem TValue="BookType" Value="@((BookType) bookTypeValue)">
                                    @L[$"Enum:BookType:{bookTypeValue}"]
                                </SelectItem>
                            }
                        </Select>
                    </Field>
                    <Field>
                        <FieldLabel>@L["PublishDate"]</FieldLabel>
                        <DateEdit TValue="DateTime" @bind-Date="EditingEntity.PublishDate"/>
                    </Field>
                    <Field>
                        <FieldLabel>@L["Price"]</FieldLabel>
                        <NumericEdit TValue="float" @bind-Value="EditingEntity.Price"/>
                    </Field>
                </Validations>
            </ModalBody>
            <ModalFooter>
                <Button Color="Color.Secondary"
                        Clicked="CloseEditModalAsync">@L["Cancel"]</Button>
                <Button Color="Color.Primary"
                        Type="@ButtonType.Submit"
                        PreventDefaultOnSubmit="true"
                        Clicked="UpdateEntityAsync">@L["Save"]</Button>
            </ModalFooter>
        </Form>
    </ModalContent>
</Modal>

AutoMapper Configuration

The base AbpCrudPageBase uses the object to object mapping system to convert an incoming BookDto object to a CreateUpdateBookDto object. So, we need to define the mapping.

Open the BookStoreBlazorAutoMapperProfile inside the Acme.BookStore.Blazor project and change the content as the following:

using Acme.BookStore.Books;
using AutoMapper;

namespace Acme.BookStore.Blazor
{
    public class BookStoreBlazorAutoMapperProfile : Profile
    {
        public BookStoreBlazorAutoMapperProfile()
        {
            CreateMap<BookDto, CreateUpdateBookDto>();
        }
    }
}

• We've just added the CreateMap<BookDto, CreateUpdateBookDto>(); line to define the mapping.

Test the Editing Modal

You can now run the application and try to edit a book.

Tip: Try to leave the Name field empty and submit the form to show the validation error message.

Deleting a Book

Open the Books.razor page and add the following EntityAction under the "Edit" action inside the EntityActions:

<EntityAction TItem="BookDto"
              Text="@L["Delete"]"
              Clicked="() => DeleteEntityAsync(context)"
              ConfirmationMessage="() => GetDeleteConfirmationMessage(context)" />

• DeleteEntityAsync is defined in the base class that deletes the entity by performing a call to the server.
• ConfirmationMessage is a callback to show a confirmation message before executing the action.
• GetDeleteConfirmationMessage is defined in the base class. You can override this method (or pass another value to the ConfirmationMessage parameter) to customize the localization message.

The "Actions" button becomes a dropdown since it has two actions now:

Run the application and try to delete a book.

Full CRUD UI Code

Here the complete code to create the book management CRUD page, that has been developed in the last two parts:

@page "/books"
@using Volo.Abp.Application.Dtos
@using Acme.BookStore.Books
@using Acme.BookStore.Localization
@using Microsoft.Extensions.Localization
@inject IStringLocalizer<BookStoreResource> L
@inject AbpBlazorMessageLocalizerHelper<BookStoreResource> LH
@inherits AbpCrudPageBase<IBookAppService, BookDto, Guid, PagedAndSortedResultRequestDto, CreateUpdateBookDto>

<Card>
    <CardHeader>
        <Row Class="justify-content-between">
            <Column ColumnSize="ColumnSize.IsAuto">
                <h2>@L["Books"]</h2>
            </Column>
            <Column ColumnSize="ColumnSize.IsAuto">
                <Button Color="Color.Primary"
                        Clicked="OpenCreateModalAsync">@L["NewBook"]</Button>
            </Column>
        </Row>
    </CardHeader>
    <CardBody>
        <DataGrid TItem="BookDto"
                  Data="Entities"
                  ReadData="OnDataGridReadAsync"
                  CurrentPage="CurrentPage"
                  TotalItems="TotalCount"
                  ShowPager="true"
                  PageSize="PageSize">
            <DataGridColumns>
                <DataGridEntityActionsColumn TItem="BookDto" @ref="@EntityActionsColumn">
                    <DisplayTemplate>
                        <EntityActions TItem="BookDto" EntityActionsColumn="@EntityActionsColumn">
                            <EntityAction TItem="BookDto"
                                          Text="@L["Edit"]"
                                          Clicked="() => OpenEditModalAsync(context)" />
                            <EntityAction TItem="BookDto"
                                          Text="@L["Delete"]"
                                          Clicked="() => DeleteEntityAsync(context)"
                                          ConfirmationMessage="()=>GetDeleteConfirmationMessage(context)" />
                        </EntityActions>
                    </DisplayTemplate>
                </DataGridEntityActionsColumn>
                <DataGridColumn TItem="BookDto"
                                Field="@nameof(BookDto.Name)"
                                Caption="@L["Name"]"></DataGridColumn>
                <DataGridColumn TItem="BookDto"
                                Field="@nameof(BookDto.Type)"
                                Caption="@L["Type"]">
                    <DisplayTemplate>
                        @L[$"Enum:BookType:{(int) context.Type}"]
                    </DisplayTemplate>
                </DataGridColumn>
                <DataGridColumn TItem="BookDto"
                                Field="@nameof(BookDto.PublishDate)"
                                Caption="@L["PublishDate"]">
                    <DisplayTemplate>
                        @context.PublishDate.ToShortDateString()
                    </DisplayTemplate>
                </DataGridColumn>
                <DataGridColumn TItem="BookDto"
                                Field="@nameof(BookDto.Price)"
                                Caption="@L["Price"]">
                </DataGridColumn>
                <DataGridColumn TItem="BookDto"
                                Field="@nameof(BookDto.CreationTime)"
                                Caption="@L["CreationTime"]">
                    <DisplayTemplate>
                        @context.CreationTime.ToLongDateString()
                    </DisplayTemplate>
                </DataGridColumn>
            </DataGridColumns>
        </DataGrid>
    </CardBody>
</Card>

<Modal @ref="@CreateModal">
    <ModalBackdrop />
    <ModalContent IsCentered="true">
        <Form>
            <ModalHeader>
                <ModalTitle>@L["NewBook"]</ModalTitle>
                <CloseButton Clicked="CloseCreateModalAsync"/>
            </ModalHeader>
            <ModalBody>
                <Validations @ref="@CreateValidationsRef" Model="@NewEntity" ValidateOnLoad="false">
                    <Validation MessageLocalizer="@LH.Localize">
                        <Field>
                            <FieldLabel>@L["Name"]</FieldLabel>
                            <TextEdit @bind-Text="@NewEntity.Name">
                                <Feedback>
                                    <ValidationError/>
                                </Feedback>
                            </TextEdit>
                        </Field>
                    </Validation>
                    <Field>
                        <FieldLabel>@L["Type"]</FieldLabel>
                        <Select TValue="BookType" @bind-SelectedValue="@NewEntity.Type">
                            @foreach (int bookTypeValue in Enum.GetValues(typeof(BookType)))
                            {
                                <SelectItem TValue="BookType" Value="@((BookType) bookTypeValue)">
                                    @L[$"Enum:BookType:{bookTypeValue}"]
                                </SelectItem>
                            }
                        </Select>
                    </Field>
                    <Field>
                        <FieldLabel>@L["PublishDate"]</FieldLabel>
                        <DateEdit TValue="DateTime" @bind-Date="NewEntity.PublishDate"/>
                    </Field>
                    <Field>
                        <FieldLabel>@L["Price"]</FieldLabel>
                        <NumericEdit TValue="float" @bind-Value="NewEntity.Price"/>
                    </Field>
                </Validations>
            </ModalBody>
            <ModalFooter>
                <Button Color="Color.Secondary"
                        Clicked="CloseCreateModalAsync">@L["Cancel"]</Button>
                <Button Color="Color.Primary"
                        Type="@ButtonType.Submit"
                        PreventDefaultOnSubmit="true"
                        Clicked="CreateEntityAsync">@L["Save"]</Button>
            </ModalFooter>
        </Form>
    </ModalContent>
</Modal>

<Modal @ref="@EditModal">
    <ModalBackdrop />
    <ModalContent IsCentered="true">
        <Form>
            <ModalHeader>
                <ModalTitle>@EditingEntity.Name</ModalTitle>
                <CloseButton Clicked="CloseEditModalAsync"/>
            </ModalHeader>
            <ModalBody>
                <Validations @ref="@EditValidationsRef" Model="@NewEntity" ValidateOnLoad="false">
                    <Validation MessageLocalizer="@LH.Localize">
                        <Field>
                            <FieldLabel>@L["Name"]</FieldLabel>
                            <TextEdit @bind-Text="@EditingEntity.Name">
                                <Feedback>
                                    <ValidationError/>
                                </Feedback>
                            </TextEdit>
                        </Field>
                    </Validation>
                    <Field>
                        <FieldLabel>@L["Type"]</FieldLabel>
                        <Select TValue="BookType" @bind-SelectedValue="@EditingEntity.Type">
                            @foreach (int bookTypeValue in Enum.GetValues(typeof(BookType)))
                            {
                                <SelectItem TValue="BookType" Value="@((BookType) bookTypeValue)">
                                    @L[$"Enum:BookType:{bookTypeValue}"]
                                </SelectItem>
                            }
                        </Select>
                    </Field>
                    <Field>
                        <FieldLabel>@L["PublishDate"]</FieldLabel>
                        <DateEdit TValue="DateTime" @bind-Date="EditingEntity.PublishDate"/>
                    </Field>
                    <Field>
                        <FieldLabel>@L["Price"]</FieldLabel>
                        <NumericEdit TValue="float" @bind-Value="EditingEntity.Price"/>
                    </Field>
                </Validations>
            </ModalBody>
            <ModalFooter>
                <Button Color="Color.Secondary"
                        Clicked="CloseEditModalAsync">@L["Cancel"]</Button>
                <Button Color="Color.Primary"
                        Type="@ButtonType.Submit"
                        PreventDefaultOnSubmit="true"
                        Clicked="UpdateEntityAsync">@L["Save"]</Button>
            </ModalFooter>
        </Form>
    </ModalContent>
</Modal>

{{end}}

The Next Part

See the next part of this tutorial.