C# 7 and .NET Core Cookbook: I have recently published a book on C# 7 that takes a look at the new features in C# 7.0 as well as a host of other goodies for your developer palate. C# 7 and .NET Core Cookbook It takes a look at all…
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…
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.…
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 mine). Check…
A COLLECTION OF LINKS FOR LOVERS OF I.T. Dirk Strauss Top TED Talks The Top 10 TED Talks of 2016 via The Daily Dot Other [adrotate banner="3"] 11 TED Talks that show how strange and mysterious the human mind really is via Business Insider US 'got it so wrong' on…
A COLLECTION OF LINKS FOR LOVERS OF I.T. Dirk Strauss Shadow Brokers Selling Hacking Tools Newly Uncovered Site Suggests NSA Exploits for Direct Sale via Motherboard Other [adrotate banner="3"] Does It Make Sense for Programmers to Move to the Bay Area? via Hacker News Drones might be used for urban…
A COLLECTION OF LINKS FOR LOVERS OF I.T. Dirk Strauss US Election Russia Hacked Us Russia Didn’t Hack the U.S. Election via Slate - Technology Other [adrotate banner="3"] BILL GATES: 'Stocks are expensive' via Business Insider Good luck finding Apple's new AirPods in time for Christmas via Business Insider Microsoft…
A COLLECTION OF LINKS FOR LOVERS OF I.T. Dirk Strauss SQL Server Service Pack 1 SQL Product Team announces availability of SQL Server 2016 SP1 via SQLServerCentral.com Articles Other Ex-CIA acting director Michael Morell: Russian meddling in US election 'is the political equivalent of 9/11' via Business Insider How would…
A COLLECTION OF LINKS FOR LOVERS OF I.T. Dirk Strauss Ensure HTTPS Enabled Google Pushing for HTTPS via InfoQ Other [adrotate banner="3"] Five Things You Notice When You Quit the News via Hacker News Computation and State Machines [pdf] via Hacker News Bill Gates et al launch massive clean-energy fund…
A COLLECTION OF LINKS FOR LOVERS OF I.T. Dirk Strauss Exploring Wyam Exploring Wyam - a .NET Static Site Content Generator via Scott Hanselman's Blog Other [adrotate banner="3"] Fogging your Google search history with Python and Reddit via Hacker News Steve Wozniak Was My Computer Teacher in 1995 via Digg…