10 Reasons Projects Succeed

by bill-s, 2016-08-13T17:12:33.000Z

We’ll get to Reasons Projects Succeed soon, but I need to do some setup work first. I’ve been thinking about starting an Open Source project for a while. The only issue was; I didn’t have an idea for a project that didn’t already exist. Now I do. So, I’ve begun the process.

Difference between Covariance and Contravariance in C# Generics

by bill-s, 2016-08-13T17:37:02.000Z

In this article, we will discuss: Covariance in Generics Contravariance in Generics The difference between Covariance and Contravariance in C#

Announcing NuGet 3.5 RC

by bill-s, 2016-08-13T17:13:59.000Z

NuGet 3.5 RC for Visual Studio 2015 and nuget.exe provide quality improvements, performance improvements, features and new target frameworks like netstandard and netcoreapp.

Make your JavaScript code shine: knockout old ES5 hacks

by bill-s, 2016-08-13T17:14:56.000Z

It's known that before ECMAScript 2015 JavaScript language was tricky. For simple scripts ES5 code works fine. But as soon as the application complexity grows, you start to feel that the lack of language constructs is making your code unpleasant.

Securing Your ASP.NET App with 2FA using Nexmo SMS and SendGrid Email

by bill-s, 2016-08-13T17:15:57.000Z

In this tutorial we’ll show how to set up 2FA in your .NET application using ASP .NET Identity, the Nexmo C# Client Library for SMS auth and the SendGrid C# Client for email auth.

Using Microsoft Test Manager (MTM) with multiple Environments

by bill-s, 2016-08-13T17:33:09.000Z

I was preparing for training to be conducted based on Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS) with a focus on Test Hub. The training also required various features from Microsoft Test Manager 2015. The client had provided different requirements where I needed to try how to create various environments.

Should I Use ASP.NET Core or MVC 5?

by bill-s, 2016-08-13T17:14:19.000Z

I received a question this morning in my email that I thought I would answer here so that everyone can have the benefit of my answer: “I’m planning to build a new web application in a software as a service (SaaS) model. Which option is better: ASP.NET MVC 5 or ASP.NET Core?”

Visual Studio 2015 - Fixing Dependencies npm not installed

by bill-s, 2016-08-13T17:12:58.000Z

Maria and I were doing some work together on Thursday and I did a clone of one of her ASP.NET Core repositories and opened it in Visual Studio 2015 Community Edition on my local machine. Some of the JavaScript tool libraries didn't load so I went back into Solution Explorer to see if there was a problem and I saw this weird error that said (or at least, I read it as) "npm not installed."