Some very important lessons learned
Absorb what is useful, discard what is not
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2023
NodeJS or .NET For new projects
Often the decision comes up when starting new software projects, what platform, language to develop with…..
Some funny code moments
We have all done it at one point or another, written a piece of code and than just thought… “wtf” or “what was I thinking” or something like that. Those mome...
2022
Converting Jekyll to Astro - Lessons Learned Part 2
Copying Portfolio & Blogs By Years
Converting Jekyll to Astro - Lessons Learned Part 1
What is Jekyll and Astro
Essential Microservice Components
I have spent the last decade or so converting monoliths to microservice based architectures, with the microservices being primarily in .NET (.NET Framework a...
2021
A Quick Web API REST Refresher
So, I have been creating and working with web api’s since the early 2000’s. First with perl cgi-bin requests, PHP simple RPC style POST/GET requests, than SO...
Dont return api exceptions as bad requests
So recently, when looking at some new projects that have web api or azure function http endpoints, I have noticed a lack of basic understanding of http knowl...
What to consider in .NET Core / 5 / 6+ Projects
Welcome, perhaps your relatively new to .NET Core, you may come from Java, PHP, or even the older .NET Framework.
Use IEnumerable over List for DTO, Models properties with collections
Over the past year or so I have seen developers using List<T> for poco properties, public method signatures and results.
NugetVersion tool updated to 1.0.5
Over the years I have refactored many large codebases across multiple solutions, with this often comes updating of nuget packages, while you can use the VS g...
Docker LinqPad Driver
So recently, I have been doing a lot of docker stuff.
Some interesting new things to check out
So lately, I have been learning some new things such as crypto and blockchain development.
An evolution of note taking.
Remember Google Notes, aka mid 2005ish, somewhere around there. And Evernote came out and replaced many note taking apps, it was excellent, categorized organ...
Could this be the future of web development?
A history lesson
Wasmer v1 released
So V1 of wasmer) has been released, this is an exciting new platform for running webassembly (wasm) codebases anywhere on any client.
2020
Sending notification cards within release pipelines in Azure Devops to Microsoft Teams via a webhook
Here, I will demonstrate how to send nice notifications to Microsoft Teams, from a release pipeline in Azure Devops, notifying that a web application has bee...
The faster, simpler way to build content driven websites
The Content Management System
Essential Tools of the trade - C# .NET Developer
Every type of development has certain tools that they use, some are the standard, and some can significantly help with development, or deployment, or debuggi...
Vehicle Licence plate scanning app - From March 2020
Hi there, I recently uploaded a video I made in march of 2020 of an alpha version of a mobile app to help with vehicle scanning. I have a newer version, just...
How to create a nodejs microservice REST api with typescript, jest - PART 5 Logging
Part #5 - Add loosely coupled logging
How to create a nodejs microservice REST api with typescript, jest - PART 4 JSDOM and MONGODB
Part #4 - (Optional) Add JSDOM
How to create a nodejs microservice REST api with typescript, jest - PART 3 PUPPETEER
Part #3 - (Optional) Add Puppeteer
How to create a nodejs microservice REST api with typescript, jest - PART 2 EXPRESS AND SOCKET IO
Part #2 - Add Express
How to create a nodejs microservice REST api with typescript, jest - PART 1 SETUP
Recently, for a client project I was tasked with creating a nodejs based microservice, I’ve have created many nodejs projects over the years, though like to ...
Updated dotnet web libraries to .NET 5
.NET Core is an awesome platform for development, out of the box, it’s lightweight, fast, and highly extensible, with good patterns to begin with.
Migrated site
I have now migrated this site from mkdocs to Jekyll Static Site Generation.
Upgraded Nuget Version tool to .NET Core 3.1
Upgraded nuget versions library
What is your software dev process like?
What is your software development process like?
Creating software is easy, creating good software is not
Creating software is actually the easiest part of software development.
Azure Active Directory Helpers
On a recent project, I needed to write some Azure Active Directory functionality to help with retrieving user information via C#. Here is a helper I wrote.
2019
10 Minutes to a ASP NET MVC Core Web App with Authentication.
Creating ASP.NET Web Applications with .NET Core 3.x+ onwards is very simple, even including authentication.
2018
Created an electroneum C# .NET Core REST API Library
Created a C# .NET Core library for the Electroneums crypto currency REST API, based on the PHP Vendor Lib.
Optimzing .NET Core nuget references in projects
With the development of the new .NET Core we have the new nuget package referencing which no longer uses packages.config, rather PackageReference.
2017
Implementing Microservices
First, lets look at a Microservices definition from : https://microservices.io/
Setting environment variables for IIS from the command line
Nowadays many people are using cloud services to host their websites, however there is still a usage for I.I.S for website hosting.
2016
Starting VSCode on a specific line number for files
How to start visual studio code on a file with specific line number
SQL Server Distributed Transaction Notes
About SQL Server Distributed Transactions https://redmondmag.com/articles/2014/02/27/sql-server-distributed-transactions.aspx Questions relating to MSDT...
Configure ftp with iis manager users 7.5
http://www.iis.net/learn/publish/using-the-ftp-service/configure-ftp-with-iis-manager-authentication-in-iis-7
Using Fiddler with .NET Framework Winforms Apps
Open exe config file for the environment in a text editor.
2013
Setting up Web Deploy in iis8 Windows Server 2012
Part 1 Setup IIS.
Deploy NodeJs on Windows in 2013
First, download portable node
Get MSBuild Path from Registry
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/328017/path-to-msbuild
Create ramdrive to improve system performance
So, I remmember in the old days I had an Amiga 500, now with the amiga you could easily setup a ram drive for fast access, this became very important when us...
Choose client side js templating after jquery templates has ended
Choosing a client side JS templating system after jquery templates has been abandoned, NOT knockout, just simple templating solution.
2012
Tech shop concept
Business and Consumer consulting technology solutions Streamlining your business processes with technology to dramatically reduce operating costs, and pro...
Autoscraper Lead Gen
Lead Generation Every company needs leads to survive and grow, leads are often purchased in batches of hundreds, thousands and hundreds of thousands at varyi...
Autoscraper Dev Notes 2012
Winforms based Web Scraper
2011
Browser Rendering Engines 2011
There are currently several main layout engines Gecko (and Gecko like Firefox) Webkit (Safari, Chrome, Android) Trident (IE) Presto (Opera) Browser ...
Software trends idea 2011
When it comes to software, its good to see how a software has improved over the years or degraded, to determine how well that piece of software actually is o...
Create circle around google maps API v3
Using the Google Maps API V3, create a Circle object, then use bindTo() to tie it to the position of your Marker (since they are both google.maps.MVCObject i...
2010
Post: Link Permalink
This theme supports link posts, made famous by John Gruber. To use, just add link: http://url-you-want-linked to the post’s YAML front matter and you’re done.
Post: Notice
A notice displays information that explains nearby content. Often used to call attention to a particular detail.
Sandbox 2010
this is my sandbox, basically a testing ground for anything im testing, reviewing, and generally playing around with.. Apps I have developed, but never rea...
Lead Generator
Lead Generator Generate fresh leads at the click of a button, dont waste time buying outdated and stale leads, generate thousands of leads in minutes from ...
2009
Cms Rant
After spending years implementing and delivering so many custom solutions in a variety of languages, I have constantly been looking for a complete solution t...
Demonstration of my Web Scraper
Uploaded a short video of a Web Scraper I made in C# .NET 2.0 Winforms.
Ideas to improve processes technology, productivity 2009
Using software, processes that improve the lifecycle of the project and produce more robust results
Global Membership card idea 2009
Global Membership Card ONE card to handle memberships at retail stores, shops, restaurants, cafe’s etc instead of individual membership cards, having to lo...
2008
WebDev Project Idea - How to develop a website 2008
Project Idea 22/12/2008 How to develop a Website (From Business/Customer Point of View) Aim: To educate clients, businesses what needs to be done to ache...
Very Rough high level ballpark estimate
Here was a very high level overview of an estimate I made for a recent project. This was rewritten into a professional document
Person responsible for defect should fix it
Person responsible for defect should be one following it up initially Defects appearing due to HTML change (support.aspx form changed form field values ...
Improve processes
I have done a fair number of functional / technical specs for various projects, and when working on a specific project for a company, I was a little surprise...
2005
Yay received my Cert IV small business certificate
Happy day today, finished Certificate IV in Small Business.
2004
Completed Diploma in Web Development
Happy to have completed my Diploma in Web Development.
Completed Cert IV in Web Design
Happy to have completed my Cert IV in Web Design