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Notes from RailsConf 2021

Notes from RailsConf 2021

Making decisions based on little to no research results in regret most of the time. I saw people I follow on social media talking about RailsConf last weekend and I decided to give it a shot. It was a decision I didn't regret. I've never attended

Visual Studio Hanging on Start Page

Visual Studio Hanging on Start Page

The Problem When I came into work this morning Visual Studio 2017 was hanging on the Start Page. It wasn't being populated and I couldn't get anything to work with it. After doing some Googling and talking with my colleagues it looked like the issue was

Using XML Transformations when deploying to Azure App Service using VSTS

Using XML Transformations when deploying to Azure App Service using VSTS

I recently changed some web apps that had originally used the Azure Cloud Service (Classic) to use the newer Azure App Service mainly to bring the deployment time down without having to sacrifice the app's performance. We already have a CI build and release process and I needed

Using AssemblyInfo in Deployment Labels in VSTS Release Defintions

The Problem Like I wrote in my previous post [https://tommyconneely.com/using-assemblyinfo-in-vsts-build-numbers/], the company I work for have used the assembly version for keeping track of deployments and we wanted to continue this practice when moving to use VSTS build and release management. We currently use the Azure Cloud

Using AssemblyInfo in VSTS Build Numbers

Using AssemblyInfo in VSTS Build Numbers

The Problem The company I work for have used the assembly version for keeping track of deployments and we wanted to continue this practice when moving to use VSTS build and release management. You can set the build name in the Options tab of the build definition. You can see

PowerShell Commands - Part 1

PowerShell Commands - Part 1

Definitions So, what is the difference between a command and a cmdlet in PowerShell? There is this definition "PowerShell in a Month of Lunches" [https://www.manning.com/books/learn-windows-powershell-in-a-month-of-lunches-third-edition] > "PowerShell contains many times of executable commands. Some are called cmdlets, some are called functions, others

Getting Started with PowerShell

Getting Started with PowerShell

I haven't been the most enthuasiastic user of command lines in the past. I dabbled here and there but I've mostly used GUIs whenever possible. Most of the time, this didn't have any negative effects on my productivity. When I started using Azure however,