(Kris van der Mast) I’ve been fiddling around lately with Gulp and Bower. 2 tools that go hand in hand to make compelling web applications and… also integrate nicely in the new Visual Studio.
Other News
Paging in ASP.NET Web API: Introduction
(Jerrie Pelser) I am starting a new series of posts on performing paging in APIs using ASP.NET Web API. Before I get going I want to introduce you to the various techniques which some of the most popular APIs use. In subsequent posts we will then look at how to implement some of these techniques usi
ASP.NET Web Api: Understanding OWIN/Katana Authentication/Authorization Part I: Concepts
(John Atten) Recently we looked at the fundamentals of the OWIN/Katana Middleware pipeline, and we then applied what we learned, and built out a minimal, OWIN-Based, self-hosted Web Api. In doing so, we managed to avoid the heavy weight of the System.Web library or IIS, and we ended up with a pretty
Control XML Output with SaveOptions
(Peter Vogel) As my column Creating Complex XML Documents with XML Literals indicates, I think your best choice for creating complex XML documents is to use XML Literals with the XElement object.
Monitor SQL Server Database Size, Growth and Expected Growth with PowerShell
(Tim Smith) One aspect of SQL Server database administration is monitoring and handling database growth. In this tip we look at how you can monitor SQL Server database growth against expected growth using PowerShell.
Evaluating Job Candidates
When you are interviewing someone for an SQL Server job, and you want to know what their capabilities are, or could be, how do you evaluate their potential. There are a lot of blogs and editorials out there with SQL Server interview questions. They include things such as “What is the difference between a merge, loop, or hash join in […]
A Homage to jQuery Plugins
(Ben Pickles) jQuery plugins are much maligned (often for good reason) but I recently wrote a simple app-specific jQuery plugin and had a little moment of clarity as I my eyes opened to their wonders. Here are a few reasons why they still have a place in your front-end toolbox.
Change Subversion password in Jdeveloper
(Martien van den Akker) On most projects I used TortoiseSVN voor versioning with Subversion. It gives me a feeling of being more in control of my working copy. In the past I used JDevelopers built in versioning tool on a project, due to lack of administrator rights for installing Tortoise.
Returning Error Codes from sqlplus to Shell Scripts
(Don Seiler) When I have to run SQL scripts, I prefer to do it via executable ksh scripts (I use ksh because it’s usually an Oracle pre-requisite so I can rely on it being installed).
MySQL Error Codes Out Of Context
(Baron Schwartz) In the wrong context, almost anything can be funny, and MySQL’s error codes are no exception. A few weeks ago, things got a little loopy at VividCortex headquarters as we discovered some definitions that could be taken more than one way.