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Asynchronous Programming Succinctly Published

Programming

- September 15, 2017September 15, 2017 11434

Asynchronous Programming Succinctly Unresponsive or sluggish applications can give the impression of a broken or low-quality app. Using asynchronous programming methods, apps can be made to function well even when performing other tasks. I was fortunate enough to work with Syncfusion to publish Asynchronous Programming Succinctly. I show devs how to

Operation Not Legal in the Current State – Debugging ASP.NET Core

- September 1, 2017September 1, 2017 11305

Operation Not Legal in the Current State The other evening I was playing around with an ASP.NET Core application. When I started debugging it, I immediately saw an error message pop up that said Unable to start program 'http://localhost:59676/'. An operation is not legal in the current state. It was a bit of

Visual Studio 2017 Installer Projects

- August 30, 2017 11958

Visual Studio 2017 Installer Projects The one thing that frustrates me a bit (other than iTunes) is how often the Visual Studio installer projects change from version to version. In fact, as of this writing there is no project template for Visual Studio 2017. It just so happened that the project

EncryptValidate – My First NuGet Package

Programming

- August 13, 2017August 13, 2017 11322

NuGet is something that I'm sure all of you have used before. It is such fun in fact, that I decided to package and publish my own NuGet package. It's nothing fancy, it's just a simple encryption dll that will encrypt data, validate encrypted data, decrypt data (not the same

Debug Client Side JavaScript in ASP.NET

Programming

- February 21, 2017March 28, 2017 37465

Debug Client Side JavaScript As the saying goes, there are many ways to skin a cat. The same is true for debugging your client side code in an ASP.NET application. This is the way I do it. It is a workflow that I have gotten accustomed to and one that I

Using Code Shortcuts in Visual Studio 2017

Programming

- February 19, 2017 16794

Using Code Shortcuts While this feature isn't exclusive to Visual Studio 2017, it certainly is very useful. I continually find myself modifying a specific section of code in a very large project. It sure is a pain having to sift through lines of code to find that specific code again. This

Live Unit Testing with Visual Studio 2017

Programming

- February 18, 2017May 28, 2017 08393

Live Unit Testing Live Unit Testing has become a reality with the release of Visual Studio 2017. The next iteration of Microsoft's world-class IDE which was released on the 7th of March 2017, has given developers a host of new and exciting features (a new-ish feature C# Interactive being a favorite of

TF30063 Authorization Error – Visual Studio Team Services

Programming

- October 31, 2016November 2, 2016 04845

TF30063 Authorization Error If you are getting an TF30063 Authorization Error when trying to check in your code using Visual Studio Team Services, try this quick tip to see if it resolves the issue. It literally takes two minutes and might save you from scratching your head for too long while your

C# Programming Cookbook Published Recently

Programming

- October 26, 2016November 16, 2016 02257

C# Programming Cookbook As you folks probably noticed, I haven't been blogging regularly for the past couple of months. I was lucky enough to be working on my first book, something which I was very fortunate to have done. It was a fantastic experience and something I would recommend to anyone thinking

Code Contracts Succinctly

Programming

- April 10, 2016November 2, 2016 01932

Code Contracts Succinctly It has been a while since I have blogged here, and not without good reason. I have been busy writing and have recently released C# Code Contracts Succinctly which can be downloaded for free from Syncfusion's website. Code Contracts, love them or hate them... I think they're pretty cool.