Xamarin 1/3/2018 Xamarin Live Player Kindle Fire Workaround Let’s talk about using your Kindle Fire as a development device for Xamarin. It is running Android OS so you should be able to develop and test your apps on it just like any other android device. I was able to get the Xamarin Live Player working on my Kindle Fire with a simple workaround since the regular pairing was not working.
dotnet 11/7/2017 How to Setup Swagger in Web API ASP.NET with Swashbuckle When I first tried using Swagger with Web API I spent a little time looking through the configuration files and it seemed a little confusing to me. I did a little research and I came across Swashbuckle which makes adding Swagger UI into your asp.net Web API project a no brainer. It can hook right into your Startup Configuration class and should only take a few minutes to get the basics up and running. After learning how easy it is to setup Swagger UI in my Web API project I now spend the 5 minutes to add it in.
DevOps 10/26/2017 DNN Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment with VSTS and Azure - Clean Install DNN (DotNetNuke) is a Dot Net based Content Management System (CMS). Building DNN Modules allows you to easily extend the functionality of the DNN Website with complex apps that you can bolt on to any page in your CMS.
DevOps 10/13/2017 web.config Connection String Transforms in VSTS (Visaul Studio Team Services) The Release build in VSTS is a powerful tool and once customized correctly can eliminate the need for simple transform files being included in source control. After reading this article you should have an understanding of how to update a web.config for different VSTS Release Build Enviornments.
DevOps 10/2/2017 Creating a Custom Build Task in VSTS (Visual Studio Team Services) Automating builds with VSTS saves the teams countless hours of debugging when someone gives the code the “works on my machine” seal of approval. The tests may not run, there will be stale code between developers and it just causes problems.
Xamarin 9/1/2017 Intro to Azure Mobile App Services The single biggest problem I have seen while developing any type of mobile app is how do we handle offline sync? On most projects I have worked on this has been punted as a problem that isn’t worth the devs time until we are close to release. While this is a bad idea in my opinion, the team does not need to freak out about handling offline sync. It is easier than we make it for ourselves, today’s take away is “Don’t freak out, mobile sync is easy”
dotnet 8/3/2017 Entity Framework Mocking DbSet for Sync and Async Queries in Moq When building a test framework it is sometimes useful to be able to write test code against DbSet<T> objects. Since DbSet<T> implements IDbSet<T> it is relatively easy to wire up a mock for your entity. Before we jump in let’s go over an important concept in the Moq framework.
dotnet core 4/18/2017 Dotnet Core Web API with Identity Token Authentication When you set out to create a new web application in ASP.NET you have 2 major choices: MVC Web API Today we are going to take a look at creating necessary APIs for user authentication. ASP.NET Core Identity Authentication Saving Cookies Generating Tokens Create Scaffolding for Web API
Xamarin 3/27/2017 Xamarin Android Virtualized Development Environment Debug Over Open VPN As a consultant I work on several different projects throughout a calendar year and I may need to circle back to old projects. It is very useful for me to have a virtual machine I can just boot up to pick up exactly where I left off. This also makes creating a new development enviornment super easy for me, I just spin up a new virtual machine and I am ready to go.
Xamarin 3/16/2017 Xamarin Android Out of Memory Build Failure In Xamarin.Forms or Xamarin Android your project might get to a point where you run into issues with the java build failing for what appears to be no reason. At first glance the OutOfMemoryException may make no sense at all, but toggling some simple settings will get you back up and running.