(Pinal Dave) Recently when I was busy working on my next course for Pluralsight, one of my friend pinged me for some help over messenger. And the conversation went on a different spin, here is a gist of what we talked and I felt this was worth a share –
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Embedding Images As Base64-Encoded Data URIs Using Less CSS
(Ben Nadel) One of the things that I really like about Less CSS is the ability to embed images directly in the generated CSS files using data URIs. A data URI allows one type of content (a CSS file in our case) to embed another type of content (images in our case).
More on Computed Columns
Dilip shares features about Computed column that make them most useful. He includes times when using Computed Columns are helpful, as well as cautions for situations that may occur if you do use them. Dilip writes: Computed Columns have been in vogue for many years and are really helpful. Here, are some examples/points in this context: You store a mathematical […]
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Identify and change a SQL Server endpoint owner
It is quite common for a DBA or consultant to setup database mirroring or an always on availability group and then leave the organization.
TextPad: How to Remove All Lines Except the Ones Containing a Pattern
Similar to NotePad, you can remove all lines except the ones containing a pattern in TextPad. There is an easy way to achieve this. Basically, you need to perform 3 steps:
Use Fake Objects As Mock or Stub (TDD)
(Jaider Ariza) In Test-driven development (TDD) you create your testable code faking some of the real infrastructure implementations.
How To Simplify Asynchronous Programming with Await and Async
(Peter Vogel) A couple of months ago, I did a column on using the new asynchronous methods that come with Entity Framwork (EF) 6.1. I got taken to task by my readers for creating overly complex solutions, who claimed I could’ve achieved the same goals with much less code by incorporating the Async a
Teaching ASP.NET Web API to WADL
(Stuart Leeks) One of the criticisms often cited for HTTP-based services (including REST services) is the lack of documentation/metadata. This is something that ideas such as WADL and Swagger are looking to address.
Simple Inheritance Example in JavaScript
(diponsust) The aim of the tip is to explore a simple inheritance example in JavaScript. Yes, there are quite a good number of options to follow, but this solution worked fine for me.