October 2015
All articles published in October 2015.
A weekend afternoon in Autumn
Wednesday, 21st October, 2015
It’s getting cold outside, the trees and foliage are turning a different shade of brown or yellow with each passing day and the dark nights are drawing in – Autumn is most definitely here.
MariaDB 10.1 is Generally Available
Wednesday, 21st October, 2015
The open-source database fork of MySQL, started by MySQL’s original developer – MariaDB – have certified their latest release of the 10.1 series (10.1.8) as Generally Available.
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Microsoft launch Windows 10 developer qualification
Thursday, 8th October, 2015
Microsoft Learning today announced a new Windows 10 developer qualification aimed at software developers who want to target the recently-released Windows 10 universal platform.
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Migrate an SVN repository to TFS
Wednesday, 7th October, 2015
It’s no secret that I’m a big fan of Microsoft’s Team Foundation Server (TFS.) It is a complete tool for managing an application throughout its lifecycle. However I was bought up (and learnt most of my programming skills) on open-source software. It’s important to me that I don’t forget my roots!
While TFS is a fantastic tool for commercial application lifecycle management, SVN (Subversion) also has its place in corporates. It’s free and has lower training overhead: perfect for companies that don’t need anything other than source control (or use other tools.)
In this article I’m going to teach you how to migrate an SVN repository (including all its history) into TFS using a Git repository.
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Linode: Why I chose them to host my website and applications
Friday, 2nd October, 2015
This post explains why I chose Linode to host my new website (this one) and other web applications I use in my day-to-day work – and why I’d fully recommend them to anyone who needs a virtual server (VPS.)