public async Task <ActionResult <ForaViewModel[]> > GetFora()
        {
            List <ForaViewModel> foraIndexItemViewModels = new List <ForaViewModel>();
            List <Forum>         fora = null;

            try
            {
                fora = await _context.Fora.ToListAsync();
            }
            catch (Exception exception)
            {
                Console.WriteLine($"Reading fora tabe threw an exception {exception.Message}");
            }

            foreach (Forum forum in fora)
            {
                ForaViewModel foraIndexItemViewModel = new ForaViewModel();

                foraIndexItemViewModel.InjectFrom(forum);
                foraIndexItemViewModel.ThreadCount = await ControllerHelpers.GetThreadCountAsync(forum, _context).ConfigureAwait(false);

                foraIndexItemViewModel.LastThread = "Empty";
                if (foraIndexItemViewModel.ThreadCount > 0)
                {
                    LastForumThread LastThread = await ControllerHelpers.GetLatestThreadDataAsync(forum, _context).ConfigureAwait(false);

                    foraIndexItemViewModel.LastThread = LastThread.Forum.Title + ": " + LastThread.Title + "By - " + LastThread.Author.UserName;
                }

                foraIndexItemViewModels.Add(foraIndexItemViewModel);
            }

            return(foraIndexItemViewModels.ToArray());
        }
        public static async Task <LastForumThread> GetLatestThreadDataAsync(Forum forum, JCarrollOnlineV3DbContext data)
        {
            LastForumThread lastThreadViewModel = new LastForumThread();

            if (data == null)
            {
                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(data));
            }

            Models.ThreadEntry forumThreadEntry = null;

            try
            {
                forumThreadEntry = await data.ForumThreadEntrys.Where(i => i.Forum.Id == forum.Id)
                                   .Include(i => i.Author)
                                   .OrderByDescending(i => i.UpdatedAt)
                                   .FirstOrDefaultAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
            }
            catch (Exception exception)
            {
                Console.WriteLine($"ForumThreadEntrys query threw and exception: {exception.Message}");
            }

            if (forumThreadEntry != null)
            {
                lastThreadViewModel.InjectFrom(forumThreadEntry);
                lastThreadViewModel.Author = new ApplicationUserViewModel();
                lastThreadViewModel.Author.InjectFrom(forumThreadEntry.Author);
                lastThreadViewModel.Forum = new ForaViewModel();
                lastThreadViewModel.Forum.InjectFrom(forumThreadEntry.Forum);

                bool rootNotFound = true;

                if (forumThreadEntry.Parent?.Id != null)
                {
                    while (rootNotFound)
                    {
                        forumThreadEntry = await data.ForumThreadEntrys.FindAsync(forumThreadEntry.Parent?.Id).ConfigureAwait(false);

                        if (forumThreadEntry != null)
                        {
                            if (forumThreadEntry.Parent?.Id == null)
                            {
                                rootNotFound = false;
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }

                lastThreadViewModel.PostRoot = forumThreadEntry.Id;

                return(lastThreadViewModel);
            }

            return(null);
        }