Category Archives: Technical

Getting Visual Studio Code Ready for TypeScript

Posted on January 30, 2016 by Tony Sneed

Part 1: Compiling TypeScript to JavaScript This is the first part in a series of blog posts on Getting Visual Studio Code Ready for TypeScript: Compiling TypeScript to JavaScript (this post) Writing Jasmine Tests in TypeScript Why TypeScript? In case … Continue reading →

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Using EF6 with ASP.NET MVC Core 1.0 (aka MVC 6)

Posted on January 22, 2016 by Tony Sneed

This week Microsoft announced that it is renaming ASP.NET 5 to ASP.NET Core 1.0.  In general I think this is a very good step.  Incrementing the version number from 4 to 5 for ASP.NET gave the impression that ASP.NET 5 … Continue reading →

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WCF Is Dead and Web API Is Dying – Long Live MVC 6!

Posted on January 6, 2016 by Tony Sneed

The time has come to start saying goodbye to Windows Communication Foundation (WCF).  Yes, there are plenty of WCF apps in the wild — and I’ve built a number of them.  But when it comes to selecting a web services … Continue reading →

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How Open Source Changed My Life

Posted on December 19, 2015 by Tony Sneed

2015 was a pivotal year for my life as a developer, due in no small measure to the impact of open source software both on how I go about writing code, as well as on how I interact with other … Continue reading →

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Deploy ASP.NET 5 Apps to Docker on Azure

Posted on May 26, 2015 by Tony Sneed

NOTE: This post is part 4 of a series on developing and deploying cross-platform web apps with ASP.NET 5: Develop and Deploy ASP.NET 5 Apps on Mac OS X Develop and Deploy ASP.NET 5 Apps on Linux Deploy ASP.NET 5 … Continue reading →

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Deploy ASP.NET 5 Apps to Docker on Linux

Posted on May 25, 2015 by Tony Sneed

NOTE: This post is part 3 of a series on developing and deploying cross-platform web apps with ASP.NET 5: Develop and Deploy ASP.NET 5 Apps on Mac OS X Develop and Deploy ASP.NET 5 Apps on Linux Deploy ASP.NET 5 … Continue reading →

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Develop and Deploy ASP.NET 5 Apps on Linux

Posted on May 25, 2015 by Tony Sneed

NOTE: This post is part 2 of a series on developing and deploying cross-platform web apps with ASP.NET 5: Develop and Deploy ASP.NET 5 Apps on Mac OS X Develop and Deploy ASP.NET 5 Apps on Linux (this post) Deploy … Continue reading →

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Develop and Deploy ASP.NET 5 Apps on Mac OS X

Posted on May 25, 2015 by Tony Sneed

NOTE: This post is part 1 of a series on developing and deploying cross-platform web apps with ASP.NET 5: Develop and Deploy ASP.NET 5 Apps on Mac OS X (this post) Develop and Deploy ASP.NET 5 Apps on Linux Deploy … Continue reading →

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Remember RIA Services? Trackable Entities Can Fill the Void

Posted on May 20, 2015 by Tony Sneed

Anyone remember WCF RIA Services?  It was a great idea: simplify n-tier development with a combination of libraries and tooling. Take something which is inherently difficult, namely data-centric web services consumed by rich clients, and make it easier.  Provide a … Continue reading →

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Software Development Guidelines to Live By

Posted on February 2, 2015 by Tony Sneed

Not too long ago I posted a tweet that immediately went viral. (OK, it’s all relative – to me 66 retweets and 120 favorites is viral.)  It referred to Microsoft’s Engineering Guidelines for contributing to its open-source repository on GitHub … Continue reading →

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