comment Discourse V1 has been released As promised by the team, Discourse has just hit V1.0. As Jeff Atwood says the version number is mostly arbitrary, but it shows that the software is ready for rapid adoption in
completion Progress Indicators are Always a Good Idea Progress bars. You know them. You love them. They tell you when the computer is going to be done with a task, or when you are going to be done with a task.
coincidence Don't be a Tweek Tweak Programmer My previous post, Please learn to ask questions, asks developers to start asking more questions and try to understand the code behind many framework tools they use. A sibling of this topic is
abstraction Learn to ask more questions I recently installed sod in my backyard along with an automatic sprinkler system. I performed all the work myself (with the help of some friends and family when necessary, of course) and that
crash The investigation of a site crash When I woke up this morning I noticed by site had crashed with the following error: Error establishing a database connection. Awesome. What a helpful error message. WordPress is basically saying: Thanks WordPress.
discourse Discourse: The way software should be As you may have heard, I recently set up Discourse as my blog commenting system: Installed @discourse on @digitalocean for my blog. Amazingly easy. http://t.co/U13jkoLssD — Dave Zych (@DaveZych) August 15,
asp.net Specifying package dependency versions in ASP.NET vNext This post was inspired by this question on StackOverflow. Noel asks: At the company I work at we do the following when we need references to third party dlls in our projects: Use
jack dorsey Simplicity requires complexity A major goal of a programmer is to try to map a complex analog world in a digital form. It’d be easy to follow in complexity’s footsteps and provide shoddy solutions
bluehost What are the last 4 characters of your password? I used to have this blog hosted on Bluehost. I set up the hosting account years ago to host a gaming community and it had served it’s purpose well. I had no
asp.net ASP.NET vNext Dependency Injection with Castle Windsor In a previous post I explained how to set up and use the built in dependency injection container in ASP.NET vNext. Today we’re going to look at setting up and using
keyboard How important is typing ability? As a programmer, I spend a lot of time in front of a keyboard and naturally I’ve gotten pretty good at typing. Out of curiosity I took a typing test to see
asp.net Dependency Injection in ASP.NET vNext One of the big headlines of ASP.NET vNext is that dependency injection is built into the framework. It’s a pretty basic implementation of DI, but although it’s very basic I’
asp.net ASP.NET vNext Links ASP.NET vNext was announced a few weeks ago and there are now some great resources available explaining what it is, why it’s here and why it’s a really freaking important
.net Getting started with ASP.NET vNext ASP.NET vNext is the next version of the ASP.NET web framework. The focus this time around is strip out unnecessary bits and make a leaner, meaner, easier-to-use framework. A few of
git Difference between git reset soft, mixed and hard The reset command. Confusing. Misunderstood. Misused. But it doesn’t need to be that way! It’s really not too confusing once you figure out what’s going on. Definitions First, let’s
buzzfeed Twitter isn't a blogging service, so let's kill the tweetstorm There’s a new way of posting on Twitter that’s gaining in popularity – The Tweetstorm™. Coined by BuzzFeed (as far as I know), a Tweetstorm is a message or rant that spans
api The Universe is not programmable, but we can document what we can Wired posted an article with the idea that the entire universe is an API and explained how we need to tap into its potential. The basic premise of their argument is that an
apt-get Get some packages with Microsoft OneGet Are you a Windows user? Do you see people using apt-get and Homebrew and get filled with rage? Are you not a fan of chocolate? Well, then, you are in luck! Introducing, OneGet.
design Users see the UI, not the code UI design is hard. Like, it’s way hard. And it’s also a very important piece of the software puzzle. In fact, some might say it’s the most important piece because
git Migrating from SVN to Git; How we did it My team migrated from SVN to Git about 3 months ago. After a few tweaks, a few bugs and a little elbow grease we’ve been stable ever since. And you know what?
authors Migrating from SVN to Git So you’ve done it – you’ve finally made the decision to switch to Git. SVN does some things very well, and has been a great source control system since it’s creation
.net Microsoft releases a preview of the .NET Compiler Platform, codenamed Roslyn Microsoft released a public preview of the .NET Compiler Platform, codenamed Roslyn, on April 3rd, 2014. The code is available at http://roslyn.codeplex.com/ for you to bask in all of it’
colors Coloring your Posh-Git output As a followup to my previous post, Coloring your Git output, if you use Posh-Git you can also edit the colors of the Git output by modifying the Posh-Git settings. What is Posh-Git?
.gitconfig Coloring your Git output Do you sometimes have a hard time viewing the output of a Git command? Updating the colors might help! In Git, you can edit the config to change the color of the output.
.net Writing your own Convert.ToBase64String in C# Have you ever wondered what Base64 is? How it works? Why you need it? Have you ever wanted to write your own Base64 encoder? Well, my friend, you are in luck because that’