Muddling Thru
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Buying a tournament-style chess set in Vancouver, British Columbia
The Regency Chess Company (best value) Conqueror Set 3.875" King & Green Board CDN$ 29.95 + CDN$ 11.00 shipping The House of Staunton Deluxe DGT North American Chess Set Combination US$ 69 … more
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netstandard API contracts and surface area
Find these at https://apisof.net/catalog To see whether a specific class or class member is supported, drill down to its page. For instance, see the version support for HttpWebRequest.Timeout at … more
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High-level notes on the SynchronizationContext
DRAFT DRAFT DRAFT DRAFT DRAFT DRAFT DRAFT DRAFT DRAFT Questions to Answer How do we safely do a fire-and-forget with async/await? On what thread does the SynchronizationContext itself run? How … more
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Find an Azure Function's repository to clone it locally
Open the Azure Function. Open Function App Settings. Go to App Service Settings. The Git Clone URL is listed in the Overview. more
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C# Nullable Type
How does it work? it is a struct that wraps a struct if the underlying struct has a value, then HasValue is true and Value returns the value. if the underlying struct lacks a value, then … more
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Install a LetsEncrypt SSL Certificate into an Azure App Service
This post has moved here: http://bigfontblog.azurewebsites.net/install-a-letsencrypt-ssl-certificate-into-an-azure-app-service/ more
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Use the whatwg-fetch polyfil with the aurelia-fetch-client and the aurelia-cli.
Install the polyfil. npm install whatwg-fetch --save Preppend the polyfil to the aurelia.json vendor-bundle. "bundles": [ { "name": "vendor-bundle.js", "prepend": [ "node_ … more
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Types of Software Testing
The following is a work in progress. It reflects my half-baked sense of the common usage of the following terms. Unit Tests Test a really small part of the system in isolation. test a single … more
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Mystery: Aurelia install and build sometimes fails when run in the deployment target after Kudu Sync.
The problem is these two commands. npm install -y --production node_modules/.bin/au build --env production Those two commands work on a development machine, work in the Azure App Service, if … more
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Principles of Object Oriented Design
DRAFT Some of the following are self-explanatory. Others require some explanation. Encapsulate what varies. Restrict outside access to the details of routines that might need to change with … more