Can we check for permissions in code instead of relying on the console to connect to the application and determining whether certain controls are visible/enabled?

You can check in code that the current user has a given permission with the GetPermissionMethod
You can also check the role of the current user, get its list of permissions, etc...

GetPermissionMethod
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