Essential Tools to find bugs... before they get to production

Developers now have access to free and inexpensive developer tools that can help find and fix many common application problems. These new APM tools are now an essential part of every developer’s tool set. Show me the tools!

A few Raspberry Pi Wins

So a little update. I’ve managed to install CUPS (Unix Printing at its best) this evening; which has been around forever and lets you print from a Raspberry Pi. Interestingly CUPS was developed by Apple. ...

Print spoolsv.exe won’t start on Windows Server

Have you ever had a Print Server where the print spooler keeps stopping for no apparent reason? Oh my! Well it could be caused by several things e.g. low disk space or, as in my case, I logged into the ...

Neo4jClient now supports JsonProperty for Sending Cypher

So, you want a demo graph, and you fire up Neo4j, go to the admin (http://localhost:7474/) and then run :play movies This gets you a graph to play around with, and so you head into Visual Studio (or maybe ...

Heartland Developers Conference 2015 Takeways

I was able to go to the HDC again this year in Omaha, NE (#hdc15 on Twitter). As always there was a lot of great speakers and it was a lot of fun. Think about your desired outcome and work backwards to ...

CSS horizontally centering

I’m continually forgetting this (and having to ask), so here’s a reminder to myself and maybe it will be useful to you. To center text horizontally in div, use display: block; margin: 0 auto; .center-horizontal ...

Rick Rolling - New Apple TV

Had to be done… A bit of fun… I wanted to work out, how to play video on the new Apple TV. I downloaded the sample of how to use TVML from Apple at - HERE Follow the included Readme.md for instructions ...

server was unable to process request failed to publish workflow - Nintex Workflow

I had just finished up with installing a new SharePoint 2013 web farm with Nintex workflow and activate the web apps in SharePoint Central Admin.Also activated it in site collection and site feature but ...

SharePoint 2013 Power End User Course in Singapore

Duration: 4 DaysREGISTER NOW!!! Overview This course incorporates all of the modules from our SharePoint 2013 Collaboration for End Users and SharePoint 2013 Site Management for End Users classes - which ...

SQL Server: How do I start an agent job on a remote server?

This sql script will start an agent job on a remote server. If you're running this as a step in another agent job, keep in mind that the job you are running it from will be determined to be successful, ...

sql server: Why can't I use the xp_cmdshell in SSMS?

You will need to enable the feature first.Follow these steps:EXEC sp_configure 'show advanced options', 1GO-- this updates whatever the currently configured value for advanced optionsRECONFIGUREGO-- Now ...

SQL Server: Why is it taking so long for SQL Server to take my database OFFLINE?

If you are using the SSMS GUI, you may not be aware that behind the scenes, you are really issuing an ALTER DATABSE command. It is likely that another process (or processes) were accessing the database ...

SCAMB Bin Collection App

I’m pleased to announce, SCAMBS Bin Collection App. is ready for Apple iOS 9 and Watch OS 2. Once again, I’ve made it on the first day of release. This new version adds Bin Collections information as a ...

Dedicated servers – Understanding RAID

What RAID set should you select for your dedicated server? Before coming to this question, it would be imperative to get a little clarity on what exactly is RAID. RAID stands for "Redundant Array of Independent ...

Some ActiveX Pain

The first question any person would ask me is "Why are you still using ActiveX controls in 2015? That's so 2003!" That question, or rather veiled criticism, is never helpful to a developer asking for help. ...

Code Sample: Creating a Calculator app in Windows 10 Universal Windows Platform

The code sample demonstrates a standard calculator app in Windows 10 Universal Windows Platform. Its functionality is almost identical to the built-in Standard Calculator app in Windows 10. Live Demo: ...

What's new in C# 6.0

What's new in C# 6.0 In this article, I am going to talk about new language feature of C# 6.0. I am personally liking these features a lot because they help in writing clean and understandable code. With ...

Send email using SendGrid

The "something-as-a-service" model is already a defacto standard in IT. If you need something to get done, there is almost certainly a service that will do that for you. As the model matures, you can sit ...

An Upgrade on using a Predicate as a Key to a Dictionary

In an earlier post, I discussed using a Predicate<string> as a key to a Dictionary. Dictionary<Predicate<... string> : that utilizes a where clause to determine TRUE. This post is ...

Windows 10 Nav Pane App Template for Visual Studio 2015

Here is the new Windows 10 Nav Pane App Template for Visual Studio 2015. https://visualstudiogallery... A navigation pane (or just "nav" pane) ...

Tips para reuniones efectivas

Seguramente más de una vez has escuchado a alguien quejarse tras salir de una reunión que parecía eterna o que, peor aún, no fue fructífera.Aquí enlisto algunos de los tips que suelo utilizar y que pueden ...

Understanding Filters in ASP.net MVC

Filters in ASP.net MVC Filters are interesting and somewhat unique part of ASP.net MVC. Filters are designed to inject logic in between MVC request life cycle events. Filters provide developers with powerful ...

iBeacon In/Out Board - The Cake Issue

Introduction So cakes are an issue in our office. We have two offices one in the UK one in the US. When someone has a birthday an allusers email gets sent out that cakes are in the office. This inevitably ...

Surprise - 4th Gen. Apple Time-Capsule died

Over the past few years as we’ve added more and more devices to our home network, I wanted a solid way of backing up PC’s and Macs both to local storage and to the cloud. I’m not going to cover the cloud ...

The simplest way to centre vertically and horizontally

A article on Tutorialzine by Danny Markov shows how to centre an object on a page, both horizontally and vertically, using CSS flexbox. And it really is simple ...

VS 2015 and Typescript module flag

Typescript 1.5 allows you to import modules using the import statement. import {DataService} from"../Modules/jQueryAjaxD... In Visual Studio 2015, the Build: Cannot compile modules unless the ...

VS2015 Automatically Sync Open File in Solution Tree

In Visual Studio 2010 the default functionality meant that when you made a file Active, it was automatically selected in the Solution Explorer tree (but only if the containing folder was open). In Visual ...

Clarity

I have written a couple of essays that I haven't posted yet talking about some design fallacies, but it occurs to me that I should probably talk about what actually counts as good design first. So let ...

Getting started with Apache Cordova

Building cross platform Mobile Applications using Apache Cordova – Part 1 Apache Cordova is an open source platform for building cross platform mobile applications that runs on several mobile devices including ...

50 Free E-Books for Web Designers and Developers

The Speckyboy Design Magazine site has a list of 50 free e-books for designers and developers that is worth looking at ...

This blog is moving! Now on https://blog.sixeyed.com

After 7 years on Geeks with Blogs I’m moving on, you’ll find me now at: Elton Stoneman’s new blog - https://blog.sixeyed.com RSS - https://blog.sixeyed.com/rss The guys at GWB do a great job – over the ...

Windows 10 – How to set default transparency of CMD and PowerShell windows

Transparency always looks cool. Since I noticed that everytime when I launch CMD or PoSH console I have to 3-4 times use "SHIFT CTRL – " combination time to change the default behavior. Windows Registry ...

Why Is The First Start Of An Application Slow?

All of us have experienced it but very few of us have gone into the details to really find the reasons for it. First of all why should I care? After the first time the application starts much faster. Well ...

C++/CLI Enumerable::GroupJoin example for MSDN

Adding to the “Missing from MSDN” series of posts: I find tremendous benefit in the Enumerable::GroupJoin method for mimicking the function of a left outer join in SQL -- the construct where the system ...

Developers, Get Ready for Windows 10

The wave of Windows 10 development has already started. With many cool features, and the Universal Windows Platform (with APIs that are guaranteed to be present on all devices running Windows 10), you ...

Creating Templates for Mac Apps

It was actually much easier than I thought to create a template for re-use with Mac OS X. It turns out its actually a feature of the OS for the most part. Pick a file you wish to use as a template, perform ...

WordPress vs Orchard CMS

It's been about 1 year since I migrated from Wordpress to OrchardCMS for my personal website and blog and I developed 2 additional websites using Orchard CMS for my clients, so I want to share my experience ...

Get Azure Tools 2.7 for some great new features including the new Cloud Explorer

I like to think of myself as an early adopter, but I’m a month behind in getting the latest set of tools for Visual Studio 2015 and Azure. One of the great additions is the Cloud Explorer, a new utility ...

How to protect server from Brute Force Attacks?

Here are a few of the many security options the WHM/cPanel has built in to protect your cPanel dedicated server:With Brute force attacks, an attacker is enabled to run an automated app/script thus finding ...

Using the CSS :checked pseudo-class

A recent article on SitePoint by Omar Wraikat shows how to build a pure CSS style switcher. The key to this is the :checked pseudo-class, which I’d never come across before. Definitely worth reading and ...

Edgy.Cool

For the last week or so there's been a lot of discussion about the New York Times piece about Amazon's dystopian work culture, which you can read over here if you have been living under a pile of rocks ...

$.ajax and WebApi example

I showed $.ajax at lunch yesterday and I've put up my code on github. There’s a simple javaScript class example and a Knockout example for comparison. I also avoided using jQuery (except for the $.ajax). ...

C++/CLI Shell Exercise Code

A number of years ago, I was helping someone on DaniWeb with some code that was (probably) more than they expected. I never got closure on the code because it seemed the requester didn’t understand to ...

Return to Dev.Hell

Well folks, it has been a very long time but I've decided to resurrect this blog. I've undone the failed attempted at a rebrand and restored most of the old posts that I believe still have some relevance ...

Need a class at runtime - .NET 4.5 helps

Ever came across a need to create class definitions at run-time based on some meta definitions coming from some external source. Well, we will not care about where those meta definition about the class ...

Enumerable::SelectMany Example in C++/CLI for MSDN

Here is another example taken (slightly) directly from the MSDN page concerning Enumerable::SelectMany. This example is in C++/CLI and appears to be missing from the list of examples. // MSDN_bb534336_CPP.cpp ...

AssociateRecentWorkItems Extension available for Visual Studio 2015

Moved to http://blog.ehn.nu/2015/08/... ...

Now we are tracking flights with SDR

So I’ve now run the command rtl_tcp -g 999 Which basically sets your software defined radio up as a service. (http connectable, and looks very respectible) I then installed and launched Cocoa1090, which ...

Progress on Software Defined Radio

I’ve got some updates. I followed this guide to install the following on OSX libusbrtl-sdrrtl-433 This is the guide you need to follow, to install all of this stuff - https://gist.github.com/0xa... ...

C++/CLI Join Generic Method Syntax for MSDN

Here is a code snippet for MSDN where the example for C++/CLI under “Join Generic Method” is missing.The code is slightly different to make more sense (to me) and still can be used in the same spirit.I ...

Make WPA Simple - Symbol Loading Is Not Slow

When you open an etl file you normally want to see which methods were executed most often. To decode the recorded stack pointers WPA needs your symbols. By default WPA adds the Microsoft symbol server ...