You can find my source code here. So Xamarin and I have this love-hate relationship. I love it because it makes it super productive for a C# developer to build iOS and Android apps with one codebase but on the other hand, when using third party libraries its an absolute confusing mess. It’s really a … Continue reading ZXing QR Code Display in Xamarin.Forms
Terraform no longer supports “azure” as a backend. So if you have a backend configuration that makes reference to the “azure” backend provider you will get the following warning: All you need to do is change the following property in your backend configuration file: To the following: Nothing else has to change. Just re-initialize your … Continue reading Switching from “Azure” to “AzureRM” Terraform Backend
You should follow the documentation here. However, one thing is missing. When you use the Azure CLI to generate a service account you are not provided with the accurate ObjectId for the Active Directory Service Principal. As a result, if you put the wrong value in the “object_id” field in the packer variables file you … Continue reading Setting up Packer and Azure
Packer is a fantastic tool that lets you automatically build AMIs on AWS or machine images on Azure. It’s common to start from an operating system machine image published by Microsoft but sometimes you may want to try out (and eventually use) a marketplace image. If you’re not familiar with Azure Resource Group Templates or … Continue reading Using an Azure Marketplace Image with Packer
Generating a nugget package during build is as simple as the following steps: Define the NuGet Specification Pack the NuGet Package Push the NuGet Package to your repository Now the implementation gets a bit tricky. Define the specification You will need to ensure that nuget.exe is in your path. It’s as simple as creating a … Continue reading Publish NuGet Package using VSTS Build Pipeline
Everyone’s favorite Visual Studio Feature! LINKED ITEMS! 😊 I literally generated a client using the ‘Add REST API Client’ in the .NET Framework project and the PCL project and then linked them into a .NET Standard project and neither codebases threw compiler errors. However, this is no reason for the good folks on the Visual … Continue reading Easy Hack to get a .NET Standard REST API
I remember a time when there was just .NET. .NET Framework 1.0, 1.1, 2.0, 3.5, 4.0 etc. but all .NET. Then came Silverlight, Windows Phone Silverlight, Windows Universal-ish, Universal Windows Platform, Xamarin.xyz, .NET Core, .NET Standard. Now my head hurts. Seriously. I just want to build a WebAPI client that I can use in a … Continue reading Generating a REST API in Visual Studio with the many flavors of .NET
I just found that I needed to add the following NuGet package in order to get this to work: Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles I was using a vanilla configuration in my code where I setup swagger endpoint: And where I setup Swagger UI… Before I installed this package I was getting an HTTP error 500 from http://localhost:8308/swagger and … Continue reading Swagger UI on Service Fabric with Stateless ASP.NET Core WebAPI
I am running a stand alone service fabric cluster on a single, albeit beefy, physical server. This cluster has three virtual nodes. That’s because I am using a modified version of the Unsecure.DevCluster configuration template. There are other templates that will allow you to deploy to multiple physical (or virtual) machines but I don’t see … Continue reading Standalone Cluster On a Single Machine: Same Rules Apply
Here is my home lab setup. I was able to re-wire everything over the holidays so things are a bit more tidy thanks to extensive use of Velcro cable management strips and the cable management arms that came with my StarTech rack. FRONT (2x) Sonos Connect Amp Arlo Pro Base Station + Sonos Connect Amp … Continue reading My Home Lab
