Intial

InventoryTraker.Web/Utilities/DateExtensions.cs

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+using System;
+
+namespace InventoryTraker.Web.Utilities
+{
+	public static class DateExtensions
+	{
+		public static DateTime ToStartOfMonth(this DateTime date)
+		{
+			return new DateTime(date.Year, date.Month, 1);
+		}
+
+		public static DateTime ToEndOfMonth(this DateTime date)
+		{
+			return new DateTime(date.Year, date.Month, 1).AddMonths(1).AddDays(-1);
+		}
+	}
+}

InventoryTraker.Web/Utilities/JsonExtensions.cs

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+using System;
+using System.Globalization;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Linq.Expressions;
+using System.Web.Mvc;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
+using Newtonsoft.Json.Converters;
+using Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization;
+
+namespace InventoryTraker.Web.Utilities
+{
+	public static class JsonExtensions
+	{
+		public static string ToJson<T>(this T obj, bool includeNull = true)
+		{
+			var settings = new JsonSerializerSettings
+			{
+				ContractResolver = new CamelCasePropertyNamesContractResolver(),
+				Converters = new JsonConverter[] { new StringEnumConverter() },
+				NullValueHandling = includeNull ? NullValueHandling.Include : NullValueHandling.Ignore
+			};
+
+			return JsonConvert.SerializeObject(obj, settings);
+		}
+
+		public static string ToCamelCaseName<TModel, TProp>(
+			this Expression<Func<TModel, TProp>> property)
+		{
+			//Turns x => x.SomeProperty.SomeValue into "SomeProperty.SomeValue"
+			var pascalCaseName = ExpressionHelper.GetExpressionText(property);
+
+			//Turns "SomeProperty.SomeValue" into "someProperty.someValue"
+			var camelCaseName = ConvertFullNameToCamelCase(pascalCaseName);
+			return camelCaseName;
+		}
+
+		//Converts expressions of the form Some.PropertyName to some.propertyName
+		private static string ConvertFullNameToCamelCase(string pascalCaseName)
+		{
+			var parts = pascalCaseName.Split('.')
+				.Select(ConvertToCamelCase);
+
+			return string.Join(".", parts);
+		}
+
+		//Borrowed from JSON.NET. Turns a single name into camel case.
+		private static string ConvertToCamelCase(string s)
+		{
+			if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(s))
+				return s;
+			if (!char.IsUpper(s[0]))
+				return s;
+			char[] chars = s.ToCharArray();
+			for (int i = 0; i < chars.Length; i++)
+			{
+				bool hasNext = (i + 1 < chars.Length);
+				if (i > 0 && hasNext && !char.IsUpper(chars[i + 1]))
+					break;
+				chars[i] = char.ToLower(chars[i], CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
+			}
+			return new string(chars);
+		}
+	}
+}