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markhazleton
Joined GitHub on March 2010Solutions Architect, lifelong learner, passionate for solutions which make technology work for business, not sidetracked by sizzle
Wichita, KS
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- Blog: https://markhazleton.com
- Public Repos: 31
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| Owner | markhazleton |
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| Size | 6453 KB |
| Default Branch | main |
| Visibility | public |
| License | None |
| Created At | 2021-04-17 |
| Last Push | 2024-11-19 01:42 |
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This is my first React Portfolio site used to learn react and vite
Main Language: CSS
| Owner | markhazleton |
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| Size | 38690 KB |
| Default Branch | main |
| Visibility | public |
| License | MIT License |
| Created At | 2024-10-11 |
| Last Push | 2024-11-14 20:31 |
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Demonstration of some Async Methods
Main Language: C#
| Owner | markhazleton |
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| Size | 818 KB |
| Default Branch | main |
| Visibility | public |
| License | MIT License |
| Created At | 2022-08-07 |
| Last Push | 2024-11-13 15:59 |
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Decorator Design Pattern: Adding Telemetry to HttpClient
Main Language: C#
| Owner | markhazleton |
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| Size | 1975 KB |
| Default Branch | main |
| Visibility | public |
| License | MIT License |
| Created At | 2023-02-09 |
| Last Push | 2024-11-13 15:55 |
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An application to demonstrate multiple ways of implementing simple maintenance (CRUD) and user interface in ASP.Net using latest public versions.
Main Language: C#
| Owner | markhazleton |
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| Size | 28924 KB |
| Default Branch | main |
| Visibility | public |
| License | MIT License |
| Created At | 2019-04-25 |
| Last Push | 2024-11-13 15:27 |
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Some useful base classes, mainly used with the CleanArchitecture template. Also, a template to make your own SharedKernel nuget package.
Main Language: C# Fork
| Owner | markhazleton |
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| Size | 52 KB |
| Default Branch | main |
| Visibility | public |
| License | MIT License |
| Created At | 2024-07-25 |
| Last Push | 2024-10-29 13:18 |
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TaskListProcessor is a .NET utility for managing and monitoring asynchronous tasks, providing concurrent execution, result tracking, and detailed telemetry.
Main Language: C#
| Owner | markhazleton |
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| Size | 64 KB |
| Default Branch | main |
| Visibility | public |
| License | MIT License |
| Created At | 2023-11-09 |
| Last Push | 2024-10-29 12:47 |
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Pluralsight Project for Blazor Bug Tracking
Main Language: C# Fork
| Owner | markhazleton |
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| Size | 1556 KB |
| Default Branch | master |
| Visibility | public |
| License | None |
| Created At | 2022-06-08 |
| Last Push | 2024-10-29 12:43 |
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A JavaScript Development Environment (a.k.a. Starter Kit)
Main Language: EJS
| Owner | markhazleton |
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| Size | 2112 KB |
| Default Branch | main |
| Visibility | public |
| License | None |
| Created At | 2022-06-06 |
| Last Push | 2024-10-22 19:42 |
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A multipurpose Bootstrap full website template created by Start Bootstrap
Main Language: Pug Fork
| Owner | markhazleton |
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| Size | 5611 KB |
| Default Branch | master |
| Visibility | public |
| License | MIT License |
| Created At | 2020-07-08 |
| Last Push | 2024-10-01 15:47 |
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A Demo of what you can do with a CSV file
Main Language: Visual Basic .NET
| Owner | markhazleton |
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| Size | 12170 KB |
| Default Branch | main |
| Visibility | public |
| License | MIT License |
| Created At | 2023-04-20 |
| Last Push | 2024-09-24 15:55 |
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Demo Of Hitting Art Institute Public API
Main Language: C#
| Owner | markhazleton |
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| Size | 16 KB |
| Default Branch | main |
| Visibility | public |
| License | MIT License |
| Created At | 2023-01-30 |
| Last Push | 2024-09-21 03:52 |
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Learning Concurrent Processing Through Code
Main Language: C#
| Owner | markhazleton |
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| Size | 33 KB |
| Default Branch | main |
| Visibility | public |
| License | MIT License |
| Created At | 2023-09-18 |
| Last Push | 2024-09-21 03:28 |
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A console application for Sqlite database that runs a set of SQL scripts and save the output to CSV files
Main Language: C#
| Owner | markhazleton |
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| Size | 85 KB |
| Default Branch | main |
| Visibility | public |
| License | None |
| Created At | 2017-11-06 |
| Last Push | 2024-09-21 03:27 |
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A very simple key press counter and logger for windows
Main Language: C#
| Owner | markhazleton |
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| Size | 44 KB |
| Default Branch | main |
| Visibility | public |
| License | MIT License |
| Created At | 2024-03-07 |
| Last Push | 2024-09-21 03:25 |
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Samples associated with Pluralsight design patterns in c# courses.
Main Language: C# Fork
| Owner | markhazleton |
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| Size | 203 KB |
| Default Branch | main |
| Visibility | public |
| License | MIT License |
| Created At | 2021-02-03 |
| Last Push | 2024-09-21 03:20 |
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Demo of FastEndpoints Nuget Packages
Main Language: C#
| Owner | markhazleton |
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| Size | 45 KB |
| Default Branch | main |
| Visibility | public |
| License | MIT License |
| Created At | 2024-04-06 |
| Last Push | 2024-09-21 03:17 |
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Main Language: C# Fork
| Owner | markhazleton |
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| Size | 1313 KB |
| Default Branch | master |
| Visibility | public |
| License | MIT License |
| Created At | 2020-07-02 |
| Last Push | 2024-09-21 02:30 |
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C# Barcode Image Generation Library
Main Language: JavaScript Fork
| Owner | markhazleton |
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| Size | 53596 KB |
| Default Branch | main |
| Visibility | public |
| License | Apache License 2.0 |
| Created At | 2019-06-20 |
| Last Push | 2024-09-21 01:33 |
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Google Maps Web Services API wrapper for .NET
Main Language: C# Fork
| Owner | markhazleton |
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| Size | 2221 KB |
| Default Branch | main |
| Visibility | public |
| License | BSD 2-Clause "Simplified" License |
| Created At | 2024-03-28 |
| Last Push | 2024-09-06 02:03 |
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Web Content Management system written in ASP.Net
Main Language: Visual Basic .NET
| Owner | markhazleton |
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| Size | 51381 KB |
| Default Branch | main |
| Visibility | public |
| License | None |
| Created At | 2017-09-19 |
| Last Push | 2024-08-22 14:15 |
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Simple RESTful API built with ASP.NET 6 and Net Standard 2.0 to show how to create RESTful services using a decoupled, maintainable architecture.
Main Language: C# Fork
| Owner | markhazleton |
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| Size | 259 KB |
| Default Branch | main |
| Visibility | public |
| License | MIT License |
| Created At | 2020-03-30 |
| Last Push | 2024-08-05 14:12 |
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Main Language: JavaScript Fork
| Owner | markhazleton |
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| Size | 19430 KB |
| Default Branch | master |
| Visibility | public |
| License | None |
| Created At | 2020-03-29 |
| Last Push | 2024-08-05 12:23 |
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:sound: A Client for the Spotify Web API, written in C#/.NET
Main Language: C# Fork
| Owner | markhazleton |
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| Size | 6324 KB |
| Default Branch | master |
| Visibility | public |
| License | MIT License |
| Created At | 2022-10-25 |
| Last Push | 2024-08-05 11:55 |
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A Library to allow theming of MVC Websites from Bootswatch
Main Language: C#
| Owner | markhazleton |
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| Size | 3869 KB |
| Default Branch | main |
| Visibility | public |
| License | MIT License |
| Created At | 2022-08-24 |
| Last Push | 2024-03-27 18:46 |
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Main Language: C# Fork
| Owner | markhazleton |
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| Size | 457 KB |
| Default Branch | main |
| Visibility | public |
| License | Other |
| Created At | 2023-03-24 |
| Last Push | 2024-07-09 22:03 |
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A small console application to run REST requests
Main Language: C#
| Owner | markhazleton |
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| Size | 162 KB |
| Default Branch | main |
| Visibility | public |
| License | MIT License |
| Created At | 2021-09-30 |
| Last Push | 2024-09-21 01:46 |
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This is the personal GitHub profile for Mark Hazleton
Main Language: Ruby
| Owner | markhazleton |
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| Size | 87 KB |
| Default Branch | sources |
| Visibility | public |
| License | None |
| Created At | 2021-04-18 |
| Last Push | 2023-05-10 14:39 |
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Sandbox for trying out new stuff
Main Language: C#
| Owner | markhazleton |
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| Size | 170 KB |
| Default Branch | main |
| Visibility | public |
| License | None |
| Created At | 2022-06-10 |
| Last Push | 2024-02-07 13:56 |
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Course starting project for Pluralsight Course
Main Language: C# Fork
| Owner | markhazleton |
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| Size | 266 KB |
| Default Branch | main |
| Visibility | public |
| License | MIT License |
| Created At | 2019-08-08 |
| Last Push | 2024-07-09 21:53 |
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Understanding GitHub and Its API
GitHub is the world’s leading platform for software development and version control, enabling millions of developers to collaborate on open-source projects and private repositories. With a rich ecosystem of tools for version control, collaboration, and code management, GitHub has become essential for both individual developers and large teams.
At the core of GitHub's capabilities lies the GitHub API, a powerful interface that allows developers to programmatically interact with GitHub data. Whether you're looking to retrieve user profiles, list repositories, or track issues and pull requests, the GitHub API provides an accessible and efficient way to integrate GitHub’s vast data into your applications.
By using the GitHub API, developers can automate workflows, create custom dashboards, and extend the functionality of their projects with data straight from GitHub. In this guide, we’ll explore how to leverage this API to asynchronously fetch user and repository information, integrating it into a responsive and polished web interface using .NET and Bootstrap 5.
Integrating GitHub User and Repo Data into WebSpark's AsyncSpark Section
In this tutorial, we’ll walk through how to use GitHub’s API and asynchronous programming in .NET to create a responsive and interactive interface for displaying GitHub user and repository data in the AsyncSpark section of WebSpark. We will also make use of Bootstrap 5 to design a polished and user-friendly interface.
Why Use Async Programming?
Asynchronous programming is crucial when working with external APIs, like GitHub's, because it ensures the web page remains responsive while waiting for the API responses. The async/await pattern in .NET helps make non-blocking API calls and ensures that the user experience is not interrupted, enhancing the smoothness and efficiency of your web application.
Fetching GitHub Data Asynchronously
First, we will create a method that fetches GitHub user and repository data asynchronously using the HttpClient class. This allows us to make non-blocking HTTP requests to the GitHub API.
public async Task<GitHubCacheViewModel> GetGitHubDataAsync(string username, string repoName)
{
var user = await _httpClient.GetFromJsonAsync<GitHubUser>($"https://api.github.com/users/{username}");
var repo = await _httpClient.GetFromJsonAsync<GitHubRepo>($"https://api.github.com/repos/{username}/{repoName}");
return new GitHubCacheViewModel
{
User = user,
RepoInfo = repo
};
}
In the code above, we use the await keyword to make sure the API requests to GitHub are handled asynchronously, improving the efficiency of our application by not blocking the main thread.
Creating the View Model
Next, we define a view model, GitHubCacheViewModel, to store the user and repository data. This helps to separate the data fetching logic from the view.
public class GitHubCacheViewModel
{
public GitHubRepo? RepoInfo { get; set; }
public GitHubUser? User { get; set; }
}
With this model, we can easily pass data from our controller to the view and render it in the UI.
Building the Bootstrap-Powered View
We can now create a Bootstrap-powered view to display the GitHub user and repository data. Bootstrap 5’s responsive components make it easy to create an attractive and functional UI that works across different screen sizes. Below is an example of how to display the GitHub user’s information in a card component.
<div class="card shadow-sm">
<div class="card-header bg-dark text-white">
<h5 class="card-title mb-0">
<i class="bi bi-person-circle"></i> GitHub User
</h5>
</div>
<div class="card-body text-center">
<img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/223906?v=4" alt="Avatar" class="rounded-circle img-thumbnail mb-3">
<h5 class="card-title">markhazleton</h5>
<p class="text-muted">Solutions Architect, lifelong learner, passionate for solutions which make technology work for business, not sidetracked by sizzle</p>
<a href="https://github.com/markhazleton" class="btn btn-primary" target="_blank">
<i class="bi bi-github"></i> View Profile
</a>
</div>
</div>
In this example, we used Bootstrap’s card component along with Bootstrap Icons to create a user-friendly and aesthetically pleasing UI for displaying GitHub user data.
Handling Asynchronous Fetching with Grace
When working with asynchronous data fetching, it’s essential to provide feedback to the user. If the GitHub API request fails or data is unavailable, displaying an error message can enhance the user experience. Here’s an example:
if (Model.User == null)
{
<div class="alert alert-danger" role="alert">
Could not retrieve GitHub user data. Please try again later.
</div>
}
This ensures that the UI remains engaging, even if the external API call fails.
Conclusion
Integrating GitHub user and repository data into the AsyncSpark section of WebSpark demonstrates the power of asynchronous programming in .NET. Not only does it show how easily external APIs can be consumed, but it also highlights how to build a responsive, user-friendly interface using Bootstrap 5.
Asynchronous programming ensures that the page loads smoothly, even when waiting for external resources like GitHub’s API. Combining clean async code with polished Bootstrap design, WebSpark illustrates how developers can benefit from both performance and aesthetics in real-world applications.