Formatting text is a common part of software development. Many web pages are just that, some sort of template that is converted into HTML. In the .NET world, we often use ASP.NET MVC for generating those HTML pages. We often also have a view that is rendered with a model to create an HTML page. […]
There are a ton of articles out there on how to choose a JavaScript framework. This article is not one of them. Instead, I’ve written this article to provide some guidance that should help you NOT choose a particular JS framework. Often, the correct choice is no JS framework at all. If you are just […]
When it comes to testing your code, good data is hard to come by. For new greenfield solutions, there often is no data. And using production data is a bad idea for a variety of reasons. But that doesn’t reduce the importance of good test data. We need good test data, and good (read: realistic) […]
Thanks to everyone for coming to our Vogon Poetry Reading on Selenium testing on June 27th. As a follow up to that fast-paced introduction, here are a few helpful links to get you started creating your Selenium tests. SeleniumHQ – This is the home of all things Selenium. Sauce Labs: Getting Started with WebDriver in […]
.NET Core is awesome. Better performance, cleaned up interfaces, what’s not to like? Well, in the cloud world some things just aren’t there yet. For example, if you want to use WebJobs for async processing you might have some problems with .NET Core (at least as of June 2018). WebJobs provide a super easy way […]
Here’s a list of great security tools, many of the open source, that came out of the April 11th Vogon Poetry Security Open Forum. H/T to Jason Wilkinson of Firespring for helping me compile this list. Qualys Labs SSL Server Test – This tests that your servers are configured correctly to support appropriate levels of […]