Question

I am writing a wizard to let users map strings to properties on an object. This is done by using some predefined rules that the user selects and supplies the arguments to. These collections of rules are saved to a database and run later via service calls.

The problem is that in the wizard I have it highlighting and updating some example text as the user selects the rules and types the arguments. This is done using JavaScript so obviously is duplicating the logic contained inside the C# rules.

So I’m looking for ways to get around this.

The rules are quite simple and just contain a list of arguments to apply and a single method that takes the input string and returns the result.

Answer 1

You can use AJAX to send the data to the backend, process it, and drop it in the right place. This wouldn’t duplicate that logic then. You’ll likely need to maintain a bit of JS code to keep the screen and the service attached though.