Software Development
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Delegate invocation can be simplified – C#
Wednesday, 16th November, 2016
When you have worked with the same technology day-in, day-out for almost 15 years, it’s easy to miss some of the “under-the-radar” changes that are made without any fan-fare.
This, for me, is one of those in C#.
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OneDrive storage is no longer unlimited
Wednesday, 4th November, 2015
... after some people upload too much.
“Today, storage limits just became a thing of the past with Office 365.”
Julia White, general manager of Office 365 Technical Product Management. 27th October, 2014
Fast forward to November 2015 and storage limits have just become present again.
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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.)