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// credit: http://stackoverflow.com/a/2759898/487544
public static string RenderRazorViewToString(this Controller controller, string viewName, object model)
{
    controller.ViewData.Model = model;
    using (var sw = new StringWriter())
    {
        var viewResult = ViewEngines.Engines.FindPartialView(controller.ControllerContext, viewName);
        var viewContext = new ViewContext(controller.ControllerContext, viewResult.View, controller.ViewData, controller.TempData, sw);
        viewResult.View.Render(viewContext, sw);
        viewResult.ViewEngine.ReleaseView(controller.ControllerContext, viewResult.View);

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/*-- js/nojs with Modernizr --*/
html.js .js-hide, .no-js-hide
{
    display: none;
}
html.js .no-js-hide
{
    display: inherit;
}

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/*-- to detect mobile size in js --*/
/* credit: http://bricss.net/post/22198838298/easily-checking-in-javascript-if-a-css-media-query-has */
function isMobileSize() {
    var size = window.getComputedStyle(document.body, ':after').getPropertyValue('content');
    return size.indexOf('mobile') != -1;
}
/*
@media (max-width: 767px)
{
    body:after

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// credit: @mcintyre321
public static class ModelStateDictionaryExtensions
{
    public static bool Try(this ModelStateDictionary ms, string key, Action action)
    {
        try
        {
            action();
            return true;
        }

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/// <summary>
/// adds the active class if the link's action & controller matches current request
/// </summary>
public static MvcHtmlString MenuActionLink(this HtmlHelper htmlHelper,
    string linkText, string actionName, string controllerName,
    object routeValues = null, object htmlAttributes = null,
    string activeClassName = "active")
{
    IDictionary<string, object> htmlAttributesDictionary =
        HtmlHelper.AnonymousObjectToHtmlAttributes(htmlAttributes);

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        public static string AbsoluteAction(this UrlHelper url, 
            string actionName, string controllerName, object routeValues = null, bool isHttps = false)
        {
            return url.Action(actionName, controllerName, routeValues, "http" + (isHttps ? "s" : ""));
        }

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public static string Truncate(this string s, int maxLength, bool withEllipsis = false)
{
    if (maxLength < 0) throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(maxLength), "must be at least zero");
    if (s == null || s.Length <= maxLength) return s;
    if (withEllipsis && maxLength > 3)
    {
        return s.Substring(0, maxLength - 3) + "...";
    }
    return s.Substring(0, maxLength);
}

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        // credit: http://www.extensionmethod.net/Details.aspx?ID=453
        public static string ToUrlFragment(this string s)
        {
            if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(s)) return "";
            // Unicode Character Handling: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/michkap/archive/2007/05/14/2629747.aspx
            string stFormD = s.Trim().ToLowerInvariant().Normalize(NormalizationForm.FormD);
            var sb = new StringBuilder();
            foreach (var t in from t in stFormD let uc = CharUnicodeInfo.GetUnicodeCategory(t) where uc != UnicodeCategory.NonSpacingMark select t)
            {
                sb.Append(t);

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        /// <summary>
        /// Converts PascalCase and camelCase to underscore_case. Leaves underscore_case unaffected.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="s">the string to convert</param>
        /// <returns>the underscore_cased string</returns>
        internal static string ToUnderscoreCase(this string s)
        {
            return Regex.Replace(s, @"(\p{Ll})(\p{Lu})", "$1_$2").ToLower();
        }

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// use Microsoft.Experience.CloudFx.Framework.Storage.InMemoryCloudTableStorage