I just want the nano editor on my Synology NAS, but it is not present by default. There is VIM, but I don’t like that one. I’m using Entware to install nano as a package.
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One of the big advantages of the .Net regular expression implementation is named groups. Today I want to show how to leverage named regular expression groups to build a routing constraint that will map each group value to a named route value.
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.Net now runs on your Raspberry Pi (awesome!). Tired of xcopying the result to your pi? In this article I’ll explore how to build a CI/CD Bitbucket pipeline that will build and deploy the app to your Raspberry Pi.
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Lately we’ve been playing around with ChatOps at Wehkamp. We added a Hubot to our Slack channels to automate some operational jobs. It makes work more fun and way easier. As it is hosted in our own infrastructure, it can interact with our micro-services. In this article I explore how to use ES6 and a Promise to implement a call to a simple web-service.
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The main problem of a CI/CD pipeline – in my opinion – is logging. When it logs too little you don’t know what’s going on, when it logs to much you can’t see the trees to the forest. Having too much logging can seriously impact the effectiveness of your CI/CD pipeline. This script will improve Xunit unit test output.
Read the article Taming Unit Test logging in Docker pipeline for .NET
Linq is a wonderful way to work with lists in C#. This article focuses on how you can create a round robin ordering for segments of your list. It will distribute items of each segment evenly over the list.
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Some deployment scripts need to check if certain required software is installed on a Windows Machine. You could check if the file is present at a certain location, but there is a better way to check if software is installed: the uninstall database in the Windows Registry. PowerShell makes it really easy to query the registry!
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Having a diagram of how your C# projects interlink, can be a big help. I’ve created a small PowerShell script that will produce the diagram based on the .csproj files in a directory. It will generate Yuml.me diagrams based on the dependencies!
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As a .Net Developer, I need my MacBook Pro to run Windows. I did so using Boot Camp (which was okay, but my mouse wouldn’t scroll) In Windows I use alt+tab a lot. But the cmd and alt keys are not in the right place (from a Windows keyboard perspective). I use the Windows key a lot too (like Windows+r for run). So let’s swap those keys!
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Installed Windows 10 via BootCamp? Missing scrolling on your Air Mouse 2? After hours of searching I’ve found the simple solution: update the Apple software using the Apple updater located in your Program File directory.
Read the article Fixing Air Mouse 2 Scrolling Windows 10 (Boot Camp)