Microsoft is teasing the future of its Office UI and design today, and it involves some big changes to the traditional ribbon interface.
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Microsoft ported Procmon from Linux
Microsoft ported Procmon from Linux for monitoring the system calls, Registry access, and file activity for processes running in the operating system.
Database Connection Resiliency in Entity Framework Core: update
In this post I’m talking about Database Connection Resiliency in Entity Framework Core, an update to my previous post about transaction operations
Apple launches Swift resources for learning
Apple on Thursday announced a new set of tools and resources for teachers and students as part of its Swift coding education initiatives.
Azure your platform in the cloud
I want to introduce you Azure as treasures in the cloud because it is. What is Azure? How to use it? How save money and speed up your service?
Database Connection Resiliency in Entity Framework Core
How to implement database connection resiliency using an inbuilt or custom execution strategy using Entity Framework Core
Transactions with Entity Framework Core
In the last couple of weeks, I was talking about Entity Framework Core for creating a model or call stored procedures. But how to use transactions?
Microsoft announces new Windows 10 Start menu design and updated Alt-Tab
Microsoft is introducing a new Windows 10 Start menu design that will de-emphasize its Live Tiles and updated Alt-Tab for a new experience in navigating windows.
Honeycode helps develop apps without code
Amazon has announced Honeycode, a new tool which promises to help businesses develop mobile and web apps without coding knowledge.
Run Azure Function on a different port
I want to run more than one Azure Function at the same time but each of them on a different port because by default all Azure Functions are starting on port 7071. How can I do that?
Checking mobile site speed and SEO with Google Lighthouse
With the new Web Vitals metrics (checking mobile site speed and SEO), Google Lighthouse is trying more realistic angle, taking page experience into account
Web Live Preview for Visual Studio 2019
Working on the user interface is frustrating but from today you have a new Microsoft tool called Web Live Preview for Visual Studio 2019 that helps you
How to create email buttons with just HTML and CSS
In this post I explain how to create email buttons with just HTML and CSS. A call to action button is an important element of an effective email. But how can we make sure everyone receives the button the way you want? People tend to use images, a rookie mistake because people can turn their images off. Therefore, we will create a responsive email button with only HTML and CSS. Problems when creating an email button Each client processes the HTML and CSS differently but we still want it to…
Map base class to derive class
I’m facing a problem when I want to cast a base class to a derive class. A derive class is a class that derives from a base class. In this post I explain my solution to this problem.
C# 9: Partial Method Enhancements for Source Generators
Source Generators in C# 9 will allow compiler-extensions to inspect code and then inject additional source code at compile-time
Source Generators enables Compile-Time metaprogramming
Source generators is a new feature of C# 9 that enables compile-time metaprogramming and generating additional source file.
Pack .NET program to a single .exe file
PostSharp.Community.Packer is a free and open-source tool that you can use to pack your .NET Framework application into a single .exe file for distribution.
Apple publishes free resources to improve password security
The new tools are meant to help the developers of password managers and Apple hopes the tools will reduce the instances where users chose their own password rather than rely on the password manager.
TypeScript: JavaScript made Easier and Simpler
TypeScript is a language that is strongly typed and object-oriented. TypeScript is a combination of JavaScript and Type Annotations
Web Browsers still allow drive-by-downloads in 2020
It’s 2020, and numerous browsers still allow drive-by-downloads from what is meant to be secure contexts such as sandboxed iframes. For those unfamiliar with the term, a drive-by-download is when a user visits a site, and a file download is initiated without the user’s interaction. This technique can be used to distribute unwanted software and malicious programs in the hopes that users will accidentally or mistakenly execute the downloads and get infected. New research from ad security firm Confiant shows that secure contexts such as sandboxed iframes can be abused to allow drive-by-downloads…
Microsoft now credits maker of WinGet
Microsoft has now admitted it failed to give due credit to Canadian developer Keivan Beigi for his role in the new WinGet Windows 10 package manager.
Entity Framework Core and calling a stored procedure
With Entity Framework Core you are able creating a model from the database and also calling a stored procedure.
Microsoft will replace journalists with AI
Microsoft will replace journalists with news-savvy artificial intelligence (AI). Microsoft has announced that it will be axing its team of journalists that work for msn.com. Artificial intelligence will perform these news production tasks, sources told the Seattle Times. The tech giant contracts several dozen journalists to select and curate news stories that appear on MSN. That news is displaying on the home page of Microsoft Edge browser and integrate in the new Microsoft News Bar. But starting in June, these media workers will be out of a job. Their responsibilities will…
How to hide Google’s reCaptcha v3
In this article we are going to describe how to hide Google’s reCaptcha v3 badge. To get started, let’s answer the question why we need a captcha in the first place and how to use it
The new surf game in Microsoft Edge now available for everyone
Microsoft today announced the general availability of the Surf game in Microsoft Edge to all users