Node Development on Windows
Until the long file name issue is fixed node.js development on a Windows machine is going to continue to suck. That is all.
Azure Resource Naming
On several occasions I’ve had issues with the naming of my Azure resources. The most annoying of these issues was when I’d created a resource for prototyping in one subscription, deleted it and then attempted to recreate it with the same name under a different subscription only to discover that the …
ClickOnce, Squirrel and Nuts
Background # In a post two years ago I expressed my admiration of ClickOnce. At the time we’d experienced years of tremendous success using it as our client application’s primary deployment mechanism and since that time it has not faltered. I now regret to say that over the last year …
Inital thoughts on Visual Studio 2015 RTM: Not Ready for Prime Time
I’m a HUGE fan of Visual Studio. In my opinion it is the best IDE available by a wide margin. I’ve been a heavy user of every version since VS2003 and I dabbled in several previous to that. I’ve anxiously awaited each new release and then migrated immediately and I’d always …
Microsoft Build 2015
Pre-Build # Just as last year my flight from Portland to San Francisco was delayed due to foggy conditions in the bay area (note to self: no further morning flights to SFO). This year my wife Lynda accompanied me and we finally landed in SFO around 1:00 PM only an hour late. The flight was smooth …
Handy Windows Shortcut
In File Explorer hold Shift+Right-Click on any selected item or group of items and you’ll find the context menu item “Copy as path”. Selecting this will add the path strings for the selected items to your clipboard. For example the image below shows a folder and two files selected …
Comparison of Empty Versus Web API ASP.NET Web Application Templates (VS 2013)
A quick comparison of the complexity of Web API versus Empty templates in ASP.NET Web Application creation. Values were recorded through inspection of the projects and the project folders after a successful debug compile. Empty template, Web API core references NuGet Packages: 5 References: 22 …
Azure SQL Performance Level Comparison
Abstract Currently Azure SQL allows you to configure your database in one of three service tiers, i.e. Basic, Standard and Premium. The service tiers each allow you to select one of several performance levels. In all you have eight possible performance levels; Basic, S0, S1, S2, S3, P1, P2, P3. The …
Boeing's Big Data
I recently attended the seminar CloudFest Azure Workshop at the Microsoft offices in downtown Portland, OR. The event was hosted by Northwest Cadence and the Marquam Group and had two tracts, Dev/Ops and Azure Active Directory. I attended AAD and ended up leaving half way through the day very …
RecipeBox is Live
I spend time most weekends programming, typically in the evenings over a craft beer at my favorite pub. During these sessions I occasionally perform pressing tasks for my job but most often I use the time to explore and further my craft. Sometimes I watch videos, others I read but mostly I write …