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private static void SetJsonSerializerDefaults()
{
    // I set the default JSON setting to provide camel-cased properties        
    JsonConvert.DefaultSettings = () => new JsonSerializerSettings()
    {
        ReferenceLoopHandling = ReferenceLoopHandling.Ignore,
        ContractResolver = new CamelCasePropertyNamesContractResolver()
    };
    
    // I set the web API serializer for JSON to use JsonConverts default settings

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private _getErrorMessage(jqXHR: JQueryXHR, textStatus, errorThrown): string {
  var message = textStatus + ' ' + errorThrown;
  var error = <any>$.parseJSON(jqXHR.responseText);
  if (error) {
     message = error.Message;

    if (error.ExceptionMessage) {
      message += error.ExceptionMessage;
    }
  }

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// Sometimes the compiler will try to statically type-check when you don't want it to.
// TODO: I need to get a better example in here.
// This extension method to object makes the static type checker give up through the use of a generic method that does the casting.

public static T CastAs<T>(this object value)
{
  return (T)value;
}

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WebRequestHandler handler = new WebRequestHandler()
{                
  UseProxy = true,                                    
};

var client = new HttpClient(handler);
client.BaseAddress = new Uri("https://api.github.com/");

// You should set the version so that GitHub knows what API you area calling
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Add(new System.Net.Http.Headers.MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue("application/vnd.github.v3+json"));

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// Note: Install WebEssentials for VisualStudio 2012

// Add the TypeScript properties to the debug & release compile groups
// For example: <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' ">

    <TypeScriptTarget>ES5</TypeScriptTarget>
    <TypeScriptRemoveComments>false</TypeScriptRemoveComments>
    <TypeScriptSourceMap>true</TypeScriptSourceMap>
    <TypeScriptModuleKind>AMD</TypeScriptModuleKind>