HTTPS for web applications is soon no longer an option, but a must-have. When you develop your application on your local machine, you may want to use a self-signet certificate. They cost you nothing and tools like Visual Studio create them on the first run in IIS Express. Everything would be great if current web browsers wouldn’t show you an error page like this one:
DbUp is a great tool to manage your database migrations. As I wrote here, it’s simple and easy to use. However, when it comes to edge cases like the German umlauts, that simplicity can have its downside. With neither a flag to change the encoding nor a way to interfere with the execution, it seems as if DbUp isn’t up for the task.
But don’t jump too early to this conclusion. It’s wrong and the source of the error is SQL Server, not DbUp.
When you move files over a network, then there is always the possibility of something going wrong. Even when no error is reported, the file may be corrupt or incomplete. To be sure that everything is correct, you should check the checksum of the file. This can be done with pre-installed tools on nearly every operating system and this article is going to show you how it’s done.
Keeping your database up-to-date with your code is an important task. There are many different approaches and even more tools to support you. However, they often come with a price you may not be willing to pay.
A different way goes DbUp. This little tool helps you to update your database in a simple, understandable manner. It can’t do everything, but what it can works great. Let’s have a deeper look at DbUp.
I'm still new to the world of Node.js, Bower and Gulp. When I run into an error I often don’t know if it was my fault or if the environment is in shambles. A few days ago I was facing this error message, which turned a simple rebuild of the application into a journey into the depths of the environment:
This summer I could finally catch up with many podcasts I wanted to listen to. To hear different perspectives is a great opportunity to rethink what you are doing and discover new possibilities. One of the new discoveries I made is the CodeNewbie podcast by Saron Yitbarek.
The NDC 2015 in Oslo was once more a blast. Two days of pre-conference workshops followed by 3 days of a content-packed conference with up to 10 parallel tracks resulted in an incredible learning opportunity. This year more than 1'900 attendees from over 50 countries attended a well-organized conference and turned it in a great event.
Visual Studio Online is a great service for developers. Not only do you get a whole Team Foundation Server for free, you also get a place to host your private Git repositories. As long as you use Visual Studio everything works as expected. However, that changes in the moment you try to use any other client (including GitHub for Windows). All you get with those clients is an authentication failure.
Working in the flow feels great. You are fully immersed and can spend hours focused on one single goal. However, it’s not that easy to get into this state of mind. Some use a form of meditation techniques, other listen to music. The later one sometimes worked for me, but most of the time it’s more a distraction. The songs that are fun to listen to often don’t improve the ability to solve complex problems.
I use the service of Travis-CI now for a year. In that time the continuous integration has often pointed out problems I never had on my machine and let me quickly fix them, while I still know what the last change was about. If you don’t already use a service like Travis-CI you definitely should go and activate it. Here are 5 points on why this is a good decision.