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Scheduling Azure WebJobs

Scheduled Azure WebJob Options # I had a need to understand the options for scheduling Azure WebJobs. I quickly found the Azure documentation article Run background tasks with WebJobs which provides two possible methods for scheduling the execution of a WebJob, CRON expression and the use of Azure …

Azure App Service deploy from VS with Fiddler running

Yes I did. I attempted to deploy to an Azure Web App from VS2015 while Fiddler was running. Of course it failed. More importantly I received a very generic connection error. This is exactly what you’d expect from such a simple “attack”. Azure App Service +1

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 …

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 …

Visual Studio 2013 HTML Editor...AAARRRRRGGG!

The first version of Visual Studio I used heavily was VS 2003 and since then I’ve used every version typically installing them immediately upon RTM, sometimes even before. I’ve loved every version and each one has become progressively better IMO. Historically I’ve spent very little …

Visual Studio 2012

I installed Visual Studio 2012 about two weeks ago and I’ve been spending time experimenting with it whenever possible. I have to admit I had more than a few doubts about VS2012 going in. I disliked how Microsoft removed all colors from everything in the UI and the accents like the ALL CAP …