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Teaching coding from the Metal Up or from the Glass Back?
Maria on my team and I have been pairing (working in code and stuff together) occasionally in order to improve our coding and tech skills. We all have gaps and it's a good idea to go over the "digital...
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What .NET Developers ought to know to start in 2017
Many many years ago I wrote a blog post about what .NET Developers ought to know. Unfortunately what was just a list of questions was abused by recruiters and others who used it as a harsh litmus test....
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Monday Vision, Daily Outcomes, Friday Reflection for Remote Team Management
My friend J.D. Meier has an amazing blog called Sources of Insight and he's written a fantastic book called Getting Results the Agile Way. You can buy his book on Amazon (it's free on Kindle...
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Three FREE Training Courses on ASP.NET Core from Microsoft Virtual Academy
This time last year we did a Microsoft Virtual Academy class on what was then called "ASP.NET 5." It made sense to call it 5 since 5 > 4.6, right? But since then ASP.NET 5 has become .NET Core 1.0...
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Working with Multiple .NET Core SDKs - both project.json and msbuild/csproj
As .NET Core and ASP.NET Core make the transition from project.json style project files to MSBuild (csproj) style files, I'm starting to get myself up to speed on what's needed, what's changing, and...
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Solved and Fixed: StreetPass stopped working on Nintendo 3DS XL
Yes, this is kind of a silly blog post but it's been bugging me for months so I wanted to get it out there in case it helps someone who is googling for the answer! I have a little Nintendo 3DS XL (the...
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VIDEO: How to get started with technical public speaking!
On .NET is a weekly chat with team members from the .NET team at Microsoft. This week we put together something a little different, and honestly, I think it not only went really well, but I think it's...
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NXTA - NexTech Africa Conference - Day 1 perspectives
I'm in Nairobi, Kenya this week attending a fantastic event called NexTech Africa. It is a free event that showcases the best of what Africa's Startup community has to offer. This event is mostly...
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Trying out "dotnet new" template updates and csproj with VS2017
I updated my Visual Studio 2017 RC installation today. Here's the release notes. You just run "Visual Studio Installer" if you've already got a version installed and it updates. The updating processes...
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How to make an offline installer for VS2017
I just got back from Kenya and South Africa and had a great time speaking at NexTech Africa and the Microsoft Tech Summit in Johannesburg. I also got to hang out with my wife's family a bunch. While I...
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dotnet new angular and dotnet new react
I was exploring the "dotnet new" experience last week and how you can extend templates, then today the .NET WebDev blog posted about Steve Sanderson's work around Single Page Apps (SPA). Perfect...
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Three FREE Training Courses on ASP.NET Core from Microsoft Virtual Academy
This time last year we did a Microsoft Virtual Academy class on what was then called "ASP.NET 5." It made sense to call it 5 since 5 > 4.6, right? But since then ASP.NET 5 has become .NET Core 1.0...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Working with Multiple .NET Core SDKs - both project.json and msbuild/csproj
As .NET Core and ASP.NET Core make the transition from project.json style project files to MSBuild (csproj) style files, I'm starting to get myself up to speed on what's needed, what's changing, and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Solved and Fixed: StreetPass stopped working on Nintendo 3DS XL
Yes, this is kind of a silly blog post but it's been bugging me for months so I wanted to get it out there in case it helps someone who is googling for the answer! I have a little Nintendo 3DS XL (the...
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VIDEO: How to get started with technical public speaking!
On .NET is a weekly chat with team members from the .NET team at Microsoft. This week we put together something a little different, and honestly, I think it not only went really well, but I think it's...
View ArticleClik here to view.
NXTA - NexTech Africa Conference - Day 1 perspectives
I'm in Nairobi, Kenya this week attending a fantastic event called NexTech Africa. It is a free event that showcases the best of what Africa's Startup community has to offer. This event is mostly...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Trying out "dotnet new" template updates and csproj with VS2017
I updated my Visual Studio 2017 RC installation today. Here's the release notes. You just run "Visual Studio Installer" if you've already got a version installed and it updates. The updating processes...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How to make an offline installer for VS2017
I just got back from Kenya and South Africa and had a great time speaking at NexTech Africa and the Microsoft Tech Summit in Johannesburg. I also got to hang out with my wife's family a bunch. While I...
View ArticleClik here to view.
dotnet new angular and dotnet new react
I was exploring the "dotnet new" experience last week and how you can extend templates, then today the .NET WebDev blog posted about Steve Sanderson's work around Single Page Apps (SPA). Perfect...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Penny Pinching in the Cloud: Running and Managing LOTS of Web Apps on a...
I've blogged before about "penny pinching in the cloud." I'll update that series for 2017 soon, but the underlying concepts still apply. Many if you are still using bigger virtual machines than are...
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