Category: Technology
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TypeScript vs. JavaScript
Headline: It seems that TypeScript is a better alternative to JavaScript – investigate it. Testability The biggest issue I had with JavaScript was the lack of testability. Until a colleague of mine pointed out one of my previous posts I completely forgot about some of the techniques for testing JavaScript. But from what little I’ve…
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Please Take the Defaults
Headline: Minimize changes to the development environment unless you’ve got a really compelling reason to make changes. The Problem I have worked with many developers over the years and one thing that drives me crazy is changing defaults from what Visual Studio uses. I change machines and installs quite frequently (3 times in 2014) and…
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How to Write Bad C# Code
In case you’re afraid Microsoft might help you write some good C# code, here’s a list of the top tips to make sure you still write bad C# code. Now I’m sure that’s not the objective, but when you read this post you’ll frankly wonder why it is that we still see so much bad…
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IP Integrity
Headline: Be sure not to take things that don’t belong to you. Do NOT include code in your software that you don’t have the rights to include. Motivation I’ve had to write policies and other documents through the years about proper treatment of Intellectual Property (IP). I’m tried of having to repeat the information of…
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I Enjoy Newtek and WordPress
My WordPress upgrade was flawless and fast. Can’t ask for more. Today I finally decided to upgrade to WordPress 4.0. I didn’t want to get sloppy and not backup my data. But I don’t do it very often so I didn’t know how. With support from Newtek I was able to backup my data in…
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My Newer Device Continuum
Or, My 2 Device Continuum. I now use a Microsoft Surface Pro 2 instead of a Lenovo X1 Carbon, a Surface RT, and a Windows Phone (Nokia Lumia 920). I expect soon I’ll add back another Kindle device. The Notebook and the Tablet Converged At least for me these converged. Here are the PassMark ratings…
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Don’t Run inSSIDer in the Background
Headline: inSSIDer will consume your network interface and interfere with the network performance of your other applications. (But it is a great app.) So I was upgrading my internet service from Comcast with about 26 MB down and 8 MB up to WifiHood where I was getting 50 MB down and 20 MB up on…
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The blog theme could not be downloaded.
I, like many, use Windows Live Writer for blogging. I have a new machine and was having to move everything over. But I couldn’t get the theme to refresh. I kept getting a message, “The blog theme could not be downloaded.”. This this post on Windows Live Writer Fails to Download and Update Theme by…