Shayne Boyer’s developer field notes, stories, and lessons from building software.https://tattoocoder.com/https://tattoocoder.com/the-joy-and-the-exhaustion-how-ai-coding-tools-rewired-the-developer-reward-loop/https://tattoocoder.com/the-joy-and-the-exhaustion-how-ai-coding-tools-rewired-the-developer-reward-loop/I'm noticing something unsettling in how I'm working, and I keep hearing the same contradiction from other developers: "I've never had this much fun coding—and I've never been more exhausted." The "satisfaction cycle" has collapsed.Fri, 06 Mar 2026 05:00:00 GMTLinkedInAIDeveloper Experiencehttps://tattoocoder.com/your-skill-has-a-quality-score-do-you-know-what-it-is/https://tattoocoder.com/your-skill-has-a-quality-score-do-you-know-what-it-is/Your agent picks the wrong skill. You debug for 30 minutes.Tue, 17 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMTLinkedInAIDeveloper Experiencehttps://tattoocoder.com/vs-code-s-container-tools-extension-is-a-game-changer-for-container-development/https://tattoocoder.com/vs-code-s-container-tools-extension-is-a-game-changer-for-container-development/The Problem We've All Faced Picture this: You're debugging an issue in production, your container is running, and you need to inspect what's actually inside it. You fire up your terminal and start typing: Sound familiar? You're not alone.Fri, 25 Jul 2025 04:00:00 GMTLinkedInAIDeveloper Experiencehttps://tattoocoder.com/from-late-night-pings-to-ai-automation-how-we-built-a-github-copilot-agent-that-automates-/https://tattoocoder.com/from-late-night-pings-to-ai-automation-how-we-built-a-github-copilot-agent-that-automates-/Ever get that late-night ping from a colleague with "hey I did this thing, what do you think..Fri, 27 Jun 2025 04:00:00 GMTLinkedInAIDeveloper Experiencehttps://tattoocoder.com/the-modern-coder-vs-vibe-code/https://tattoocoder.com/the-modern-coder-vs-vibe-code/In today’s world of AI copilots, VS Code themes that change with your mood, and endless debates about tabs vs. spaces (it's tabs, don’t @ me), coding is as much about vibe as it is about syntax.Fri, 11 Apr 2025 04:00:00 GMTLinkedInAIDeveloper Experiencehttps://tattoocoder.com/building-applications-with-c-and-a-challenge/https://tattoocoder.com/building-applications-with-c-and-a-challenge/It's seems not too long ago I was laying down the words for "So Many Ways to Learn .NET in 2020", but of course it was March yesterday too. This list is still very valid; 101 videos (youtube | channel9), Microsoft docs, the various shows now available on the new https:Thu, 05 Nov 2020 15:43:08 GMTlearningdotnethttps://tattoocoder.com/are-you-reading-the-whats-new/https://tattoocoder.com/are-you-reading-the-whats-new/Did you know that every month, the docs team at Microsoft has a post for what's new in the .NET documentation? For each month there are new articles, updates to existing docs, and kudos for the community contributors. It's super easy to get involved in contributing to the docs forFri, 21 Feb 2020 14:47:32 GMThttps://tattoocoder.com/updating-the-my-blog-from-appservice-to-containers-finally/https://tattoocoder.com/updating-the-my-blog-from-appservice-to-containers-finally/I have been running the well known ghost blogging platform on Azure AppService since ghost was version 0.10, about 8 years. In fact, it was before Azure had resource groups. This means that it's Node on Windows Servers and I'm doing a bit of maintenance for upgrading the versionFri, 17 Jan 2020 18:53:34 GMTazuredockerghosthttps://tattoocoder.com/so-many-ways-to-learn-net-in-2020/https://tattoocoder.com/so-many-ways-to-learn-net-in-2020/It's a new year and sure to be on your list, as well as mine, is learning. Here is a quick list of some .NET learning resources for you to check off that resolution for 2020. .NET 101 Videos - dot.net/videosIn September of 2019, many members if theWed, 08 Jan 2020 16:59:00 GMTdotnetlearninghttps://tattoocoder.com/recommending-vscode-extensions-within-your-open-source-projects/https://tattoocoder.com/recommending-vscode-extensions-within-your-open-source-projects/Do you run an open-source project? Use Visual Studio Code and its extensive set of extensions when maintaining your project or even coding day to day? If you have an extension or set of them you prefer/recommend for your projects; you can enable other contributors by informing them withWed, 14 Aug 2019 19:23:57 GMTvscodehttps://tattoocoder.com/deploy-wcf-and-netcore-apps-kubernetes/https://tattoocoder.com/deploy-wcf-and-netcore-apps-kubernetes/In my previous post, I showed how to take a WCF service and containerize it using Visual Studio. By doing so, this gives us the opportunity to push our heritage (aka legacy) application to the cloud either in Azure App Service using Web App for Containers, Azure Container Instances (ACI)Thu, 20 Jun 2019 17:03:02 GMTwcfdockerkubernetesazurehttps://tattoocoder.com/modernizing-wcf-services-with-containers-and-visual-studio/https://tattoocoder.com/modernizing-wcf-services-with-containers-and-visual-studio/There are a number of reasons for moving long-standing .NET Framework applications like WCF, and ASP.NET Webforms to containers and then into containers or "modernizing legacy heritage apps". DevOps - Once the application is set up in a container, build a CI/CD pipeline to build andFri, 14 Jun 2019 19:45:29 GMTwcfdockerazurehttps://tattoocoder.com/build-the-code-thank-the-contributors/https://tattoocoder.com/build-the-code-thank-the-contributors/The GitHub event announced a great new feature - GitHub Sponsors. GitHub Sponsors is a new way to financially support the developers who build the open source software you use every day. See the full announcement blog post for more information. Recognizing Contributors Recently, Brian Clark introduced me to all-contributorsFri, 24 May 2019 01:53:51 GMTgithubcommunityhttps://tattoocoder.com/auto-blogging-jekyll-with-logic-apps-aci-containers-and-net-core/https://tattoocoder.com/auto-blogging-jekyll-with-logic-apps-aci-containers-and-net-core/All related links: https://www.theurlist.com/autobloggerpost Jekyll is a very popular way to host a static site on GitHub and posting new content is a simple as creating a markdown file and then committing it to the relative repo. GitHub takes care of the rest. See the helpThu, 16 May 2019 21:51:51 GMTdockerazurecontainersdotnetcorelogicappshttps://tattoocoder.com/dotnet-azure-a-net-core-global-tool-to-deploy-an-application-to-azure-in-one-command/https://tattoocoder.com/dotnet-azure-a-net-core-global-tool-to-deploy-an-application-to-azure-in-one-command/The options for pushing your .NET Core application to the cloud are not lacking depending on what IDE or editor you have in front of you. Visual Studio has a rich GUI interface with choices to pick pursuant to the architecture of your app - Web, Containers, SQL Server, Registries,Fri, 19 Apr 2019 15:23:15 GMTazuredotnetcoreglobaltoolshttps://tattoocoder.com/finding-your-next-net-open-source-project-using-the-command-line/https://tattoocoder.com/finding-your-next-net-open-source-project-using-the-command-line/Many years ago I wanted to jump into a project in open source but had no idea where to start. I had worked with node.js, .NET and some other web-based technology but wasn't sure where to start and GitHub was new to me. Ironically, I fell onto Omnisharp andMon, 10 Dec 2018 19:26:15 GMTdotnetdotnet-cliglobaltoolshttps://tattoocoder.com/using-asp-net-core-with-mongodb-in-containers-for-local-dev-cosmosdb-for-production/https://tattoocoder.com/using-asp-net-core-with-mongodb-in-containers-for-local-dev-cosmosdb-for-production/If nothing else is true, containers have made local development on a platform so much easier. If you want to use SQL Server for your backend just docker pull microsoft/mssql-server-linux and you can start up an instance with a few parameters. Azure CosmosDB is not available as a container,Thu, 18 Oct 2018 19:08:22 GMTazuremongodbcosmosdbhttps://tattoocoder.com/using-azuredevops-pipelines-and-nukeeper-to-automate-nuget-package-updates/https://tattoocoder.com/using-azuredevops-pipelines-and-nukeeper-to-automate-nuget-package-updates/Keeping your code update to with the latest references can at times be a challenge with the rate of speed third-party dependencies can revise. However, with security patches and bug fixes constantly plaguing us it is a necessary exercise. I have been using dotnet-outdated to quickly run checks on myTue, 16 Oct 2018 18:53:07 GMTazuredevopsnugethttps://tattoocoder.com/exploring-the-docker-extension-for-vs-code-and-net-core/https://tattoocoder.com/exploring-the-docker-extension-for-vs-code-and-net-core/The Docker extension for VS Code was recently updated to better support .NET Core applications and the experience is super nice! The extension already has great support for building your containers, pushing images to Docker Hub, Azure Container Registry and tasks such as running a specific image or tagging anThu, 04 Oct 2018 15:56:49 GMTdockervscodedotnetcoreazurehttps://tattoocoder.com/dotnet-new-templates-for-serverless-functions/https://tattoocoder.com/dotnet-new-templates-for-serverless-functions/Since .NET Core was announced, I've really been loving the command line experience for .NET Core. Being able to use dotnet new to start a new application regardless of the OS or what shell/terminal experience is on a machine is the way to happiness. The Azure Functions team hasWed, 08 Aug 2018 15:01:27 GMTazure-functionsazure mobile servicesserverlesshttps://tattoocoder.com/open-source-tools-for-sql-server-on-linux-2/https://tattoocoder.com/open-source-tools-for-sql-server-on-linux-2/I am a sucker for a great tool and even better if it's open source. Recently, I wrote up a post on why we should care about containers where I used SQL Server on Linux in a container and loaded some test data for an ASP.NET Core application inTue, 17 Jul 2018 19:47:47 GMTlinuxopensourcesqlserverhttps://tattoocoder.com/use-serverless-functions-and-cdn-to-speed-up-api-data-calls/https://tattoocoder.com/use-serverless-functions-and-cdn-to-speed-up-api-data-calls/ASP.NET Core 2.1 added some great features for making external API calls easier to manage when there are network failures, or the service itself might be down. Scott Hanselman has a great series of posts where he has updated to take advantage of these features. Announcement on HttpClientFactoryThu, 05 Jul 2018 21:56:54 GMTserverlesscdnhttps://tattoocoder.com/using-global-tool-dotnet-outdated-to-check-for-the-latest-nuget-package-updates/https://tattoocoder.com/using-global-tool-dotnet-outdated-to-check-for-the-latest-nuget-package-updates/Just recently the .NET Core June 2018 Update dropped and the ASP.NET Workshop I had just set up for CI/CD build was in need of an update to 2.1.1 (Release Notes). Get the latest 2.1.1 Runtime | 2.1.301 SDK from the downloads pageTue, 03 Jul 2018 14:50:33 GMTdotnetaspnetcorehttps://tattoocoder.com/learning-devops-and-building-the-asp-net-core-workshop-up-to-date/https://tattoocoder.com/learning-devops-and-building-the-asp-net-core-workshop-up-to-date/DevOps is the union of people, process, and products to enable continuous delivery of value to our end users. – Donovan Brown Build Status BackEnd Web API FrontEnd Razor Page App How often have you gone to a GitHub repo and found that the sample code is not up to dateMon, 25 Jun 2018 23:13:22 GMTaspnetcoreazuredevopshttps://tattoocoder.com/why-should-we-care-about-containers-for-development/https://tattoocoder.com/why-should-we-care-about-containers-for-development/There has probably been more than one time in your development career where you've spent a few hours troubleshooting an issue only to find out it was a dependency or versions issue right? Environments varying from one to next, outdated components and setting up development machines are frustrations we canWed, 16 May 2018 21:08:30 GMTazuredockercontainershttps://tattoocoder.com/creating-razorpage-apps-using-the-cli/https://tattoocoder.com/creating-razorpage-apps-using-the-cli/While I was creating a recent test application with Razor Pages, I found myself clicking the "new file" button in VS Code too many times when I wanted to add a new Page. I really love the .NET CLI and with every release, there seems to be somethingThu, 03 May 2018 20:55:16 GMTaspnetcorerazorpagesdotnetcoredotnet-clihttps://tattoocoder.com/searching-docs-using-a-net-core-global-tool/https://tattoocoder.com/searching-docs-using-a-net-core-global-tool/In 2016 at the MVP Summit hackathon I put together a .NET Core CLI Tool to search for docs on docs.microsoft.com and it worked well, but there were some shortcomings. It was scoped to the project, and there was no way to install the Nuget package using theTue, 10 Apr 2018 13:29:45 GMTdotnetcorehttps://tattoocoder.com/cross-platform-code-coverage-arrives-for-net-core/https://tattoocoder.com/cross-platform-code-coverage-arrives-for-net-core/If you have done any node.js development and have been required to hit code coverage marks prior to check in or CI/CD builds; you probably have used a tool like istanbul to check your percentages. image from instabul.js.org Getting code coverage reports on the command lineWed, 21 Mar 2018 13:23:55 GMTdotnetcoretestingopensourcehttps://tattoocoder.com/aspnetcore-workshop-update/https://tattoocoder.com/aspnetcore-workshop-update/If you've been to a conference around .NET in the last year or so, there's likely been workshop available from the .NET team. Jeff Fritz, Jon Galloway, Maria Naggaga, Damian Edwards and/or Daniel Roth and I have all presented in part some of the ConferencePlanner app. The workshop containsThu, 01 Feb 2018 21:15:00 GMTaspnetcoredockerkubernetesangularhelmhttps://tattoocoder.com/monitoring-issues-on-stackoverflow-with-serverless-cosmosdb-and-teams/https://tattoocoder.com/monitoring-issues-on-stackoverflow-with-serverless-cosmosdb-and-teams/One of the responsibilities we have as Cloud Developer Advocates is having an understanding of the struggles of developers using the cloud in their daily tasks. One way to do that is to spend time looking over the latest questions on Stack Overflow with a little project called StackoverAzure. InsteadWed, 24 Jan 2018 20:31:34 GMTazure-functionsazuredotnetserverlesshttps://tattoocoder.com/enabling-kubernetes-beta-on-docker/https://tattoocoder.com/enabling-kubernetes-beta-on-docker/Still think this is one of the best things to happen this year! @Docker + #Kubernetes pic.twitter.com/Bgk6fCbruW — Shayne Boyer (@spboyer) December 19, 2017 A few days ago the beta for Kubernetes was checked off for me and I rushed to the machine to get cracking on theWed, 20 Dec 2017 15:15:57 GMTkubernetesdockerhttps://tattoocoder.com/shell-azure-com/https://tattoocoder.com/shell-azure-com/Checkout http://shell.azure.com! A dedicated experience in a browser. No installation of the Azure CLI and all you need is your Azure account credentials to get going. I have even configured mine to use tmux by editing the .tmux.conf. Even works on the iPhone (as expected). GiveWed, 13 Dec 2017 01:38:00 GMTazurehttps://tattoocoder.com/kompose-docker-compose-to-kubernetes-with-ease/https://tattoocoder.com/kompose-docker-compose-to-kubernetes-with-ease/I like to use Docker compose files for a couple of reasons. First, I have spent more time that I have in my vacation balance to understand the format. Second, they are great for local development even when I only have a single container, obfuscating the environment variables into aFri, 08 Dec 2017 17:57:06 GMTkubernetesdockerhttps://tattoocoder.com/introduction-metaparticle-io-making-kubernetes-and-docker-idiomatic-for-developers/https://tattoocoder.com/introduction-metaparticle-io-making-kubernetes-and-docker-idiomatic-for-developers/What if you could just add a package to your code? Like npm for node or nuget for .NET, run your app and have it in a container on a Kubernetes cluster? No command line tools like kubectl, helm, docker or whatever we are currently using to create our containerizedFri, 08 Dec 2017 00:39:59 GMTkubernetesdockerdotnethttps://tattoocoder.com/functions-runtime-kubernetes/https://tattoocoder.com/functions-runtime-kubernetes/The Azure Functions team has been doing some great work lately and as a part of that work the runtime for the runtime of the serverless function was ported to .NET Core 2.0 in late September. This set the stage really for cross-platform development and running of Azure FunctionsTue, 05 Dec 2017 20:55:32 GMTazurekuberneteshttps://tattoocoder.com/setting-up-my-wsl-environment-azure-cli-docker-and-net/https://tattoocoder.com/setting-up-my-wsl-environment-azure-cli-docker-and-net/I recently picked up a Surface Book to start showing that I could do my job regardless of the machine I had. My talks around using command line for ASP.NET Core and Azure have primarily been using my MacBook Pro so to add some diversity to my presentations aSat, 11 Nov 2017 15:48:43 GMTwsldockerlinuxhttps://tattoocoder.com/liftandshift-nerd-dinner/https://tattoocoder.com/liftandshift-nerd-dinner/Modernizing legacy apps has become the theme towards the end of this year or also known as "Lift and Shift". Nerd Dinner is an ASP.NET 4.7 app...Tue, 07 Nov 2017 02:54:04 GMTaspnetdockerliftandshifthttps://tattoocoder.com/exploring-multistage-docker-builds-for-angular-apps/https://tattoocoder.com/exploring-multistage-docker-builds-for-angular-apps/Figuring out the best way to build and deploy any application regardless of the tech stack can be a sprint all in itself. So many questions to answer: What CI/CD pipeline do you use? Can't we just use the CLI? What about right-click-publish? Git Deploy? npm, yarn ? Docker, Kubernetes,Tue, 29 Aug 2017 15:07:46 GMTdockerangularazuredevhttps://tattoocoder.com/organizing-azure-resources-with-tags/https://tattoocoder.com/organizing-azure-resources-with-tags/Creating a number of resources and organizing them in any software solution can get daunting without some sort of method to your madness. In a project, developers might decide to use logical folder structures or naming conventions based on a framework or what just makes sense. Azure Resource Groups isWed, 09 Aug 2017 16:14:01 GMTazuredevazurehttps://tattoocoder.com/push-your-images-to-azure-cdn-on-publish-with-gulp/https://tattoocoder.com/push-your-images-to-azure-cdn-on-publish-with-gulp/Performance is always at the top of my mind when developing a web app. Using tools such as WebPageTest where a common hit against your grade will be the lack of CDN use will affect performance. Use of CDN - Each request for a piece of content to the webFri, 14 Jul 2017 18:41:39 GMTazuredevaspnetcorehttps://tattoocoder.com/dotnet-cli-tab-completions-now-available-in-2-0/https://tattoocoder.com/dotnet-cli-tab-completions-now-available-in-2-0/Tab completion on the command line is like having a superpower for some of the CLI tools we have at our fingertips. With so many commands, paramaters and/or options; it's nice to be able to type a few characters and tap the {Tab} key and get some help. I'veFri, 09 Jun 2017 19:26:45 GMTdotnetdotnet-cliaspnetcorehttps://tattoocoder.com/dipping-the-toe-in-the-azure-compute-space-and-then-some/https://tattoocoder.com/dipping-the-toe-in-the-azure-compute-space-and-then-some/Over the last couple of weeks, I've just skimmed the areas of ARM templates, CLI, Docker on Linux, Azure Functions and AppService Web Apps. Check out these articles and let me know if there is something you'd like to see more on; there's a ton to talk about to solveThu, 20 Apr 2017 19:35:26 GMTazureazuredevhttps://tattoocoder.com/serverless-like-a-superhero-with-azure-functions/https://tattoocoder.com/serverless-like-a-superhero-with-azure-functions/In my most recent Pluralsight course, I spent some time talking about using Swashbuckle to create documentation for ASP.NET Core WebAPI applications. Swashbuckle is the .NET Core implementation of the OpenAPI Specification aka Swagger, but there are many other open source tools too for other languages. The demo projectMon, 17 Apr 2017 20:26:03 GMTazureazuredevswaggerdockerazure-functionshttps://tattoocoder.com/use-a-container-to-show-your-function-swagger/https://tattoocoder.com/use-a-container-to-show-your-function-swagger/One option for enabling the Swagger-UI capabilities is to direct the consumers of the api to http://petstore.swagger.io and have them put the url in the box at the top of the page. That's professional right? :-/ Alternatively, you can add the url of the service to theMon, 17 Apr 2017 20:17:14 GMTazureazuredevazure-functionsswaggerhttps://tattoocoder.com/unmasking-your-swagger-with-proxies-in-azure-functions/https://tattoocoder.com/unmasking-your-swagger-with-proxies-in-azure-functions/In my post Testing Azure Functions with Postman and Swagger I showed how to use the API Specification capabilities in Azure Functions and then take the endpoint url and test the API using Postman. Notice the url that is provided for the API. It isn't human readable, nor something IMon, 17 Apr 2017 16:28:05 GMTazureazuredevazure-functionsswaggerhttps://tattoocoder.com/do-more-or-less-with-default-values-in-the-azure-cli/https://tattoocoder.com/do-more-or-less-with-default-values-in-the-azure-cli/I've been spending quite a lot of time using Azure over the last many years. In fact, the portal was written in Silverlight. Now the the portal has a great modern UI and complimenting that is a CLI (command line interface) allowing for great automation, grep, awk, jamespath and muchMon, 03 Apr 2017 21:32:35 GMTazureazure-cliazuredevhttps://tattoocoder.com/testing-azure-functions-with-postman-and-swagger/https://tattoocoder.com/testing-azure-functions-with-postman-and-swagger/A new feature (preview) in Azure Functions is API Definition. This feature allows you to use the OpenAPI specification (aka Swagger) to document the functionality of your functions and/or endpoints. Checkout John Papa & I talk about using Swagger for ASP.NET Core on Pluralsight in Play by PlayFri, 31 Mar 2017 04:09:29 GMTazureazure-functionsswaggerazuredevhttps://tattoocoder.com/azure-functions-just-the-cli-hold-the-gui-add-some-git/https://tattoocoder.com/azure-functions-just-the-cli-hold-the-gui-add-some-git/When sitting down to get started on a project, the start and stops of setting this and that up can be a non-starter. Sometimes, ok almost always, I just want check in code and have the build and deploy just happen. I'm a very big fan of CLI tooling. IfTue, 28 Mar 2017 23:40:27 GMTazureazure-functionsazure-cliazuredevhttps://tattoocoder.com/dont-lose-your-swagger-with-dotnet-build/https://tattoocoder.com/dont-lose-your-swagger-with-dotnet-build/See GitHub Issue #795 for the details and discussion. One of the undocumented changes of converting from project.json to csproj, was the <DocumentationFile> no longer automatically copied to the output folder during the build or publish process. There have been multiple solutions, both pre and post publishTue, 28 Mar 2017 15:54:15 GMTaspnetcoredotnetswaggerhttps://tattoocoder.com/cloud-developer-advocate/https://tattoocoder.com/cloud-developer-advocate/Taking on a new role as a Sr. Cloud Developer Advocate withing the Cloud and Enterprise group. What does that mean? Talking to the community about the technologies that I love; ASP.NET, ASP.NET Core, Docker, services and how these can best be run on Azure and what weMon, 20 Mar 2017 14:55:24 GMTazurecommunityhttps://tattoocoder.com/dotnet-new-to-azure-with-docker-using-cli/https://tattoocoder.com/dotnet-new-to-azure-with-docker-using-cli/Visual Studio 2017 has been released and the features are great for Windows developers. However along with it comes .NET Core 1.0 tooling and large improvements to the command line experience for macOS and Linux users developing ASP.NET Core applications. One of the prevalent features shown off inThu, 09 Mar 2017 23:45:45 GMTdotnetdockerazurecliazure-cliazuredevhttps://tattoocoder.com/simplifying-bundling-and-minification-asp-net-core/https://tattoocoder.com/simplifying-bundling-and-minification-asp-net-core/The decisions around what to use for packaging client side libraries is still a length discussion. Mostly, if not always, will start and stop with "It Depends...". However, getting started with something and being able to build upon that is a good starting point rather than what someWed, 01 Mar 2017 17:29:16 GMTaspnetcorebundlingminifyhttps://tattoocoder.com/documenting-asp-net-core-webapi-using-swagger/https://tattoocoder.com/documenting-asp-net-core-webapi-using-swagger/Documenting its capabilities for the consuming developers can be a task if you take it on manually. Use Swagger to add self-documenting helper pages and test harnesses to your API.Sat, 25 Feb 2017 14:18:53 GMTaspnetcorepluralsightswaggerhttps://tattoocoder.com/angular-cli-using-the-environment-option/https://tattoocoder.com/angular-cli-using-the-environment-option/Application wide settings can be a long conversation when starting a new application. Here are just a few questions when some of my teams started this conversation: Do we use ENV variables? What about manual bootstrap? Configuration files? Should we get them from the server? Using angular-cli & environment.tsWed, 22 Feb 2017 13:00:00 GMTangular2angular-cliangularhttps://tattoocoder.com/exploring-the-new-dotnet-cli/https://tattoocoder.com/exploring-the-new-dotnet-cli/Note: At the time of this post, the dotnet cli version being used 1.0.0-rc4-004771 available from GitHub dotnet/cli repo - https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/master/release-notes/rc4-download.md I have been a long time fan of the yeoman generator for ASP.NET Core and stillFri, 10 Feb 2017 19:10:28 GMTdotnetdotnet-cliaspnetcorehttps://tattoocoder.com/troubleshooting-installing-net-core-1-1-rtm-on-osx/https://tattoocoder.com/troubleshooting-installing-net-core-1-1-rtm-on-osx/.NET Core 1.1 RTM was announced yesterday along with Visual Studio for Mac! So of course, I jumped right over to install them both. During the install of the 1.1 version of .NET Core from the downloads page, hit a snag on OSX. If you have seen recentThu, 17 Nov 2016 20:39:31 GMTdotnetaspnetcorehttps://tattoocoder.com/configure-docker-for-windows-under-parallels/https://tattoocoder.com/configure-docker-for-windows-under-parallels/I use OSX as my primary development machine but still at time run to Visual Studio for work stuff, new features I'm testing etc. The most recent reason is Visual Studio '15 Preview and the new Docker features that are quite awesome. I didn't want to fire up the ThinkPad,Sun, 13 Nov 2016 18:16:55 GMTdockerparallelsaspnetcorehttps://tattoocoder.com/using-apache-web-server-as-reverse-proxy-for-aspnetcore/https://tattoocoder.com/using-apache-web-server-as-reverse-proxy-for-aspnetcore/Apache is a very popular HTTP server and can be configured as a proxy to redirect HTTP traffic similar to nginx. In this guide, we will learn how to set up Apache on CentOS 7 and use it as a reverse-proxy to welcome incoming connections and redirect them to theWed, 19 Oct 2016 20:34:54 GMTapachecentosaspnetcorehttps://tattoocoder.com/running-windows-on-an-expansion-drive/https://tattoocoder.com/running-windows-on-an-expansion-drive/A few years back I made the jump to a Mac for my daily driver development machine for many reasons but there were a few times that I needed to fire up Visual Studio or Visio just for productivity or project specific reasons. Parallels has been my go to forWed, 17 Aug 2016 21:00:00 GMTparallelswindowshttps://tattoocoder.com/whats-up-docs/https://tattoocoder.com/whats-up-docs/What was challenging you most about ASP.NET Core - Documentation? Help the team work on what's important to you.Mon, 01 Aug 2016 22:00:00 GMTaspnetcorehttps://tattoocoder.com/deploying-an-angular-2-app-to-azure-with-github/https://tattoocoder.com/deploying-an-angular-2-app-to-azure-with-github/Recently John and I took some time away to discuss how to get an Angular 2 application deployed to Azure. There were some challenges here and there with configuration, discussions about "just wanting to code" and more; it was a lot of fun. Here is the result ofFri, 29 Jul 2016 12:00:00 GMTangular2azuregithubpluralsighthttps://tattoocoder.com/handing-in-my-ears/https://tattoocoder.com/handing-in-my-ears/I'm going to work for Microsoft. What's My Job? I will be working on building out content for docs.microsoft.com, specifically ASP.NET Core and probably other things... Disney For the last 4 years I have had the opportunity to work with some very talented people building great products.Wed, 20 Jul 2016 21:00:00 GMTmicrosoftaspnethttps://tattoocoder.com/weekly-ink/https://tattoocoder.com/weekly-ink/After a week of vacation it's good to get back to some technology. Here are some of my favorites from last week, Dockercon 2016 and my various feeds. Enjoy! ASP.NET Core Angular 2, React, and Knockout apps on ASP.NET Core - Steve Sanderson ASP.NET Core and .NETTue, 21 Jun 2016 13:00:00 GMTangular2aspnetcoredockertypescripthttps://tattoocoder.com/dotnetconf-2016/https://tattoocoder.com/dotnetconf-2016/Had a great time presenting at dotnetconf, even with the A/C broken a the house. Appreciate the comments and feedback. Although this was not super sexy new stuff, it is a real business case and a question I get asked more often than you think..."How do IFri, 10 Jun 2016 14:42:47 GMTdontnetconfconferencecommunityhttps://tattoocoder.com/weekly-ink-06-06-2016/https://tattoocoder.com/weekly-ink-06-06-2016/ASP.NET Core Here is another edition of "Weekly Ink", this week's post has a great entry from Rick on running ASP.NET Core on IIS, Cory shows how to add 3rd party libraries when using the angular CLI, see how to deploy docker containers to kubernetes onMon, 06 Jun 2016 17:00:00 GMTangular2typescriptaspnetcoredockercommunityhttps://tattoocoder.com/whats-in-your-bag/https://tattoocoder.com/whats-in-your-bag/When I use to read Golf Magazine (a long time ago), there was an interesting column called "What's in My Bag?" that profiled a professional player's equipment. It was an interesting read into what they carried and why they chose what club for what purpose. I am aroundThu, 02 Jun 2016 19:32:03 GMTdeveloper toolshttps://tattoocoder.com/angular2-applications-settings/https://tattoocoder.com/angular2-applications-settings/In a recent post, the CLI and environment.ts were used to determing the current running environment and what settings to use. However, there were some shortcomings to this approach not only in the fact that only development and production were supported but others mentioned as well. In Angular 1.Tue, 31 May 2016 19:33:34 GMTangular2angular-clinodejshttps://tattoocoder.com/weekly-ink-5-30-2016/https://tattoocoder.com/weekly-ink-5-30-2016/Another installment of "Weekly Ink". Ran across some great stuff early on in all of my interests, some of which I tweeted out early. Announcing WCF Connected Service for .NET Core RC2 and https://t.co/gP8Ofw519E Core RC2 https://t.co/pJRCaN2NLi #aspnetcore — Shayne Boyer (@spboyer)Sun, 29 May 2016 10:53:00 GMTlinksweekly inkhttps://tattoocoder.com/asp-net-core-getting-clean-with-soap/https://tattoocoder.com/asp-net-core-getting-clean-with-soap/Being able to take the packaging off the new toy and spin up a new project is a lot of fun I must admit. However, when leaving the latest conference, hack-a-thon or turning away from the latest webcast on that shiny penny; real life hits and trying to get thisWed, 25 May 2016 20:00:00 GMTaspnetcoresoapwcfwebapihttps://tattoocoder.com/weekly-ink-5-24-2016/https://tattoocoder.com/weekly-ink-5-24-2016/This is the first installment of Weekly Ink where I'll share a few links if the articles, posts, videos etc that I found valuable. I am not a link collector, but feel the need to share certain posts that have some value, at least to me and if nothing else,Tue, 24 May 2016 18:39:21 GMTlinksweekly inkhttps://tattoocoder.com/asp-net-core-watching-code/https://tattoocoder.com/asp-net-core-watching-code/Being able to edit code and see the changes on the fly is a big advantage when developing applications with all of the "moving parts" in today's tech stack. Simply hitting F5 doesn't cut it anymore. Everything needs to be compiled, minified, uglified, or transpiled to get yourWed, 18 May 2016 11:00:00 GMTaspnetcoredotnetnodejshttps://tattoocoder.com/angular2-giving-your-cli-server/https://tattoocoder.com/angular2-giving-your-cli-server/...be sure to read Angular 2:Re-Quickstart with the CLI Although the CLI includes a number of great features, the deployment of the application is a story or issue that is still under discussion (Production deploy #326). What is the right server, what are the features etc. A simple staticWed, 18 May 2016 03:00:00 GMTangular2angular-clinodejshttps://tattoocoder.com/angular2-requickstart-using-cli/https://tattoocoder.com/angular2-requickstart-using-cli/The Angular team created a quickstart which is a great starter project template and I've covered that in another post which shows adding an express server to that to get you up and running with a more complete quickstart at Angular 2 : Getting Off the Starting Line. Both are greatWed, 18 May 2016 01:00:00 GMTangular2angular-clihttps://tattoocoder.com/aspnet-slack-sign-up/https://tattoocoder.com/aspnet-slack-sign-up/.NET Core Slack Channel Sign Up. Get your invite for the community channel here, created by Shayne Boyer @spboyer on twitter.Fri, 13 May 2016 15:29:39 GMTaspnetcoreslackcommunitydotnetcorehttps://tattoocoder.com/angular2-azure-codeship-angularcli/https://tattoocoder.com/angular2-azure-codeship-angularcli/Getting an application written is the first challenge, however having proper tests, running those tests in a continuous integration pipeline as well as deploying the application to your cloud host can be a task to setup. Here is a quickstart to create an application using the angular-cli, using codeship toFri, 13 May 2016 01:24:47 GMTangular2angular-clicodeshipcicdazurehttps://tattoocoder.com/angular2-barrels/https://tattoocoder.com/angular2-barrels/The import statements in Angular 2 can get pretty cumbersome if you're using a lot of services, models, directives etc in any specific component. Looking at the basic "QuickStart", the app.component.ts doesn't seem very obtuse. import {Component} from 'angular2/core'; @Component({ selector: 'my-app', template: '<Wed, 04 May 2016 02:00:03 GMTangular2materialdesigntypescripthttps://tattoocoder.com/how-to-vs2015-angular2/https://tattoocoder.com/how-to-vs2015-angular2/There has been a few request I have seen lately on how to get an Angular 2 development environment going using Visual Studio 2015. any one please guide me to video or blog, configuring Visual Studio 2015 for AngularJS 2 development using TypeScript — Dhananjay Kumar (@debug_mode) April 29,Sun, 01 May 2016 13:25:59 GMTangular2vs2015https://tattoocoder.com/2016-the-year-of-cli/https://tattoocoder.com/2016-the-year-of-cli/2016 is officially the year of the monkey, but I am calling it the year of the CLI (Command Line Interface). One of the recent talks I gave at DevIntersection was "Modern Web Toolchain". Mentioning CLI Tools and "Modern" does raise and eyebrow or two. ItWed, 27 Apr 2016 19:40:32 GMTtoolingcommandlineclihttps://tattoocoder.com/angular-2-getting-off-the-starting-line/https://tattoocoder.com/angular-2-getting-off-the-starting-line/The Angular team created a quickstart repo over at https://github.com/angular/quickstart which is a great starter project template for basically a "Hello World" application. It provides: lite-server, which is a demo or local/development only server basic tests using karma typescript dependencies (tsconfig, typings) GettingMon, 25 Apr 2016 18:35:13 GMTangular2angulargulpexpressnodejshttps://tattoocoder.com/asp-net-core-needs-a-logo/https://tattoocoder.com/asp-net-core-needs-a-logo/It is not uncommon for developers to adorn their laptops, Macs, Surface Pros, etc with the sticky vinyls of the platforms, tools and frameworks of the stuff we like to use. Unless you have been under a rock, or just too busy to look up, ASP.NET is all newMon, 25 Apr 2016 15:50:07 GMTaspnetcorelogocommunityhttps://tattoocoder.com/setting-up-asp-net-core-debugging-in-vs-code/https://tattoocoder.com/setting-up-asp-net-core-debugging-in-vs-code/UPDATE: Now Version 1.0 of Visual Studio Released - Same steps apply for Version 1.0. In the most recent ASP.NET Community Standup (http://live.asp.net), Damian walked through the steps of getting RC2 debugging setup inside of Visual Studio Code - Insiders Build. Here are theThu, 14 Apr 2016 23:00:00 GMTaspnetcoredebuggingvscodedotnet-clihttps://tattoocoder.com/kestrel-as-a-static-server-for-angular/https://tattoocoder.com/kestrel-as-a-static-server-for-angular/Available on github : https://github.com/spboyer/ng2-kestrel-appserver Selecting the server architecture may or may not be a pivotal point in your application design...but it maybe it should. Micro-services, SOA, 12 Factor, ZDD and all of the other buzzwords do in fact have merit, getting away from the monolithTue, 12 Apr 2016 03:34:36 GMTkestrelaspnetcoreangular2https://tattoocoder.com/asp-net-core-slack-community/https://tattoocoder.com/asp-net-core-slack-community/.NET Slack Channel : Share, communicate, connect.Tue, 29 Mar 2016 12:00:00 GMTaspnetcoreslackcommunityhttps://tattoocoder.com/yo-aspnet-ui-options-coming-soon/https://tattoocoder.com/yo-aspnet-ui-options-coming-soon/Just a quick update on what the yo aspnet team has been working on. Bootstrap (aka Twitter Bootstrap) is the very well known UI layout engine and has been the standard for the ASP.NET generator. However, there was a contributor - Josh Williams pitching the idea of using SemanticWed, 16 Mar 2016 03:03:28 GMTomnisharpboostrapaspnetcorematerialdesignsemanticuihttps://tattoocoder.com/adventures-in-angular-82/https://tattoocoder.com/adventures-in-angular-82/I recently had an opportunity to sit with the team on the Adventures in Angular podcast and talk about my NON experience with Angular 1 and how my path into Angular 2 was going given I had some in depth TypeScript knowledge. AiA is a regular listen for me, theFri, 04 Mar 2016 14:29:08 GMTangular2aspnetcoretypescriptpluralsightpodcastshttps://tattoocoder.com/devintersection-spring-2014/https://tattoocoder.com/devintersection-spring-2014/Come out to Orlando, **April 16-22** at the Disney Swan Hotel and see me and my friends speak about all of the latest and greatest technology. REGISTER using the code BOYER and save $$$. Register before March 1 for a workshop package and get your choice of Microsoft Band 2, SurfaceWed, 17 Feb 2016 02:00:00 GMTdevintersectionconferencegulpnpmaspnetcorehttps://tattoocoder.com/legion-of-heroes-haproxy-nginx-angular2-aspnetcore-redis-docker/https://tattoocoder.com/legion-of-heroes-haproxy-nginx-angular2-aspnetcore-redis-docker/I have been following the Angular 2 and ASP.NET Core stories pretty close over the past year, and of course not ignoring Docker. I wanted to take some time and see what it would be like to take all of these different technologies, put each of them in aFri, 12 Feb 2016 22:00:00 GMTaspnetcoreangular2dockerredisnginxhaproxydocker-composehttps://tattoocoder.com/play-by-play-aspnetcore/https://tattoocoder.com/play-by-play-aspnetcore/Anytime I have the opportunity to sit and run through showing another developer the latest thing I'm into a few things are likely to happen. First, we'll both probably learn something (let's hope). Secondly, it's just great to be able to "play" around with the tech and seeFri, 05 Feb 2016 12:00:00 GMTaspnet5aspnetcoreangular2pluralsightomnisharphttps://tattoocoder.com/all-about-that-config-no-bower/https://tattoocoder.com/all-about-that-config-no-bower/One of the many new features of ASP.NET 5, and the "new" Microsoft as some would call it, is the implementation or integration of the open tooling and other package managers in the OSS world. Node, grunt, gulp and Bower are terms not unbeknownst to web developersMon, 30 Nov 2015 20:35:50 GMTaspnet5npmbowerconfighttps://tattoocoder.com/preparing-for-dotnet-cli/https://tattoocoder.com/preparing-for-dotnet-cli/There was a ton of cool that came out of the Connect()(http://connect2015.visualstudio.com/) event. For me the announcement of ASP.NET 5 going RC was a great milestone. Go Live License with support Linux, Windows, OS X Installers available - http://get.asp.net Checkout Cleanshave availableFri, 20 Nov 2015 18:28:10 GMTdotnet-cliaspnet5connecthttps://tattoocoder.com/angular2-aspnet5-spa-template/https://tattoocoder.com/angular2-aspnet5-spa-template/Use the fastest SPA framework in Angular 2 with the best server framework ASP.NET 5 on any OS. A SPA template for today using tomorrow's technology.Fri, 13 Nov 2015 18:19:33 GMTangular2aspnet5spahttps://tattoocoder.com/asp-net-5-continuous-integration-with-travis-ci-tutum-docker-webhooks-and-azure/https://tattoocoder.com/asp-net-5-continuous-integration-with-travis-ci-tutum-docker-webhooks-and-azure/Getting a "code to deployment" workflow is a story many organizations want to have nailed down when looking into new technology stacks and architectures such as ASP.NET 5 and the container story like Docker. I hear from business leaders comments like; "...that's great, but how doMon, 02 Nov 2015 23:24:07 GMTdockeraspnet5tutumwebhookscicdazurehttps://tattoocoder.com/devintersection-fall-2015/https://tattoocoder.com/devintersection-fall-2015/It's been a great week of technology in Vegas. I met a lot of great people during my sessions, building some interesting stuff. Thanks to all of you who came out and to Richard Campbell and team for putting on a great event. Look forward to Spring in Orlando. HereThu, 29 Oct 2015 23:28:54 GMTdevintersectionch9https://tattoocoder.com/vscode-creating-an-application-with-yeoman-aspnet-generators/https://tattoocoder.com/vscode-creating-an-application-with-yeoman-aspnet-generators/Getting Started Visual Studio Code Go get Visual Studio Code! http://code.visualstudio.com, the all new cross platform development tool from Microsoft. Runtime You'll need DNX, formerly known as K or KRE (K Runtime Environment). You can get the full instructions on the ASP.NET Github repo. If youThu, 30 Apr 2015 02:25:18 GMTvscodeaspnet5xplatdnxhttps://tattoocoder.com/using-gulp-for-asp-net-5-visual-studio-2015/https://tattoocoder.com/using-gulp-for-asp-net-5-visual-studio-2015/The default "ASP.NET 5 Preview Starter Web" template has everything you need out of the gate to get started on your next ASP.NET 5 project. On top of the responsive design, which has a new carousel control, it is also touch ready using hammer.js andTue, 10 Mar 2015 02:02:41 GMTaspnetaspnet5gulpgruntvs2015wiredephttps://tattoocoder.com/wwwroot-folder-optional/https://tattoocoder.com/wwwroot-folder-optional/Updated - 1.30.2014 After looking at the kpm pack or publishing step of this solution, there is an undesired affect. All of the folders in the root, now that this is the folder we are working in, will be published to the destination folders. Being approot & wwwrootThu, 29 Jan 2015 21:09:57 GMTaspnetaspnet5gulpgruntpatternshttps://tattoocoder.com/building-vnext-web-api-using-mvc-6-mongodb-azure/https://tattoocoder.com/building-vnext-web-api-using-mvc-6-mongodb-azure/This is a quick walkthrough on using ASP.NET 5 to build a Web API layer using MongoDB. The overall concept is not too dissimilar from previous examples you may have seen using X type of database, however there are some areas covered that are either new in MVC 6Fri, 16 Jan 2015 19:22:40 GMTaspnetaspnet5mvcwebapimvc6mongodbvnexthttps://tattoocoder.com/gulp-typescript-in-asp-net-5/https://tattoocoder.com/gulp-typescript-in-asp-net-5/CodeProject If you have done any typescript development in Visual Studio in previous versions, you more than like are using the Web Essentials add in to perform the compilation to Javascript. Another option is to add a gulp task now that weTue, 30 Dec 2014 22:18:09 GMTaspnet5gulptypescripthttps://tattoocoder.com/kmon-asp-net-5-where-are-my-changes/https://tattoocoder.com/kmon-asp-net-5-where-are-my-changes/One of the new features in Visual Studio 2015 for ASP.NET 5 is an agile development environment. What that means is now when you makes changes to your code, there is no need to re-compile to see the changes in the browser. ![picard kmon](/content/images/2014/12/kmon.Sat, 13 Dec 2014 14:04:55 GMTaspnet5nugetkmonomnisharphttps://tattoocoder.com/asp-net-vnext-project-creation-using-yeoman/https://tattoocoder.com/asp-net-vnext-project-creation-using-yeoman/Developing ASP.NET 5 applications using Visual Studio 2015 gives you a rich IDE experience, however now with ASP.NET now being cross platform that development IDE is not afforded to us on a Mac. Checkout this post Develop ASP.NET vNext Applications on a Mac for getting started. UsingSat, 06 Dec 2014 20:51:31 GMTaspnet5vnextyeomanhttps://tattoocoder.com/azure_mobile_services_net_backend_tips/https://tattoocoder.com/azure_mobile_services_net_backend_tips/I've been working with Azure Mobile Services since it was released and until recently only the JavaScript backend was available, built using node.js. Although it is very mature with many options, the community was pressuring for a .NET option and now it is available. Modeled much like a standardMon, 02 Jun 2014 16:49:00 GMTazureaspnetazure mobile servicesmvpbuzzmvcefhttps://tattoocoder.com/asp_net_presentations_at_devintersection/https://tattoocoder.com/asp_net_presentations_at_devintersection/Had a great time presenting Async Application Development and the Social Authentication options available in ASP.NET this week at DevIntersection. Building Async Applications in ASP.NET Async has become much easier over time to code and maintain with the async/await keywords and adding the capabilities in WebForms applicationsFri, 18 Apr 2014 14:05:00 GMTaspnetanglebracketsdevintersectionhttps://tattoocoder.com/devintersection_3_days_of_asp_net_azure_sql_more_/https://tattoocoder.com/devintersection_3_days_of_asp_net_azure_sql_more_/Come out to DEVIntersection April 13-16 at the JW Marriott in Orlando to get a chance to interact with a number of community experts such as Scott Guthrie, Scott Hanselman, Douglas Crockford and many more.I'll be giving two talks in the ASP.NET track:AS12: Building Asynchronous ASP.NETMon, 17 Mar 2014 14:56:00 GMTtalksdevintersectionaspnetconferencehttps://tattoocoder.com/town_hall_style_windows_8_development_shoot_or_aim_/https://tattoocoder.com/town_hall_style_windows_8_development_shoot_or_aim_/Had the first meeting of the year last night for the Orlando Windows Phone / Windows 8 Group and instead of going down the planned presenter lead meeting format it turned more into a "Town Hall" style with some good topics I thought I'd share. Where does everyone goThu, 20 Feb 2014 15:36:00 GMTwindows_8https://tattoocoder.com/custom_uris_added_to_i_m_here_app/https://tattoocoder.com/custom_uris_added_to_i_m_here_app/I took a few moments to add custom URI launchers for my I'm Here app on Windows Phone so it could be used in Rob Irving's Car Dash app. It was a really quick add to the app, however the one are I found to be a pain was testingTue, 14 Jan 2014 16:22:00 GMTwindows__phoneappshttps://tattoocoder.com/microsoft_mvp_asp_net/https://tattoocoder.com/microsoft_mvp_asp_net/This year started off with a nice surprise, an email with the subject "Congratulations 2014 Microsoft MVP!" I am humbled and excited, as this is the first time for me, and as always to be a part of such a great community. I enjoy the time I spendThu, 02 Jan 2014 20:29:00 GMTmvpaspnethttps://tattoocoder.com/being_a_successful_mobile_developer_windows_phone_marketing_xamarin/https://tattoocoder.com/being_a_successful_mobile_developer_windows_phone_marketing_xamarin/Why Windows Phone? This is not a new question, but a question or topic that I get involved a lot. Why do you have a Windows Phone? Why do you build apps for that platform? You should be learning Java and Objective C and putting your apps on iOS andFri, 22 Nov 2013 17:04:00 GMTappsazurewpdevxamarinhttps://tattoocoder.com/presenting_azure_mobile_services_dvlup_day_tampa_11_16_2013/https://tattoocoder.com/presenting_azure_mobile_services_dvlup_day_tampa_11_16_2013/Nokia, through its DVLUP program, is putting on DVLUP day in various cities from Nov. 16 - Dec 6. I'll be in Tampa on the 16th of November presenting Azure Mobile Services. I'll give an overview of: Getting Started Push Notifications Visual Studio 2013 Tools for Azure General Q &Fri, 15 Nov 2013 15:49:00 GMTwindows__phoneazure_mobilenokiaazuremeetupdvlupmobile__servicesdvlupdayhackathonhttps://tattoocoder.com/azure_mobile_services_portable_class_libraries_part_2_authentication_cont_d/https://tattoocoder.com/azure_mobile_services_portable_class_libraries_part_2_authentication_cont_d/In Part 1 I covered a simple implementation of the Authentication feature and portable class libraries from the Azure Mobile Services SDK. However, as mentioned in the "Good & Bad So Far" section; there is not a whole lot of code reuse other than the Azure endpoint andSat, 24 Aug 2013 15:25:00 GMTwindows__phonemvvmlightwinrtwindows_8azure_mobilewindows__store__appsazurewpdevauthenticationwindows__phone_7https://tattoocoder.com/azure_mobile_services_portable_class_libraries_part_1_authentication/https://tattoocoder.com/azure_mobile_services_portable_class_libraries_part_1_authentication/Azure Mobile Services is undoubtedly one of the best platforms to emerge from the Azure group over the last year. If you are a mobile developer and not taking advantage of it; I encourage you to do so. There are many video and blog posts available to get you startedMon, 05 Aug 2013 19:06:00 GMTwindows__phonemvvmlightwindows__store__appswinrtazure_mobilewindows_8azurewpdevauthenticationwindows__phone_7https://tattoocoder.com/cross_mobile_development_with_icenium/https://tattoocoder.com/cross_mobile_development_with_icenium/I have recently spent some time with Telerik's new product offering for cross mobile development called Icenium and I have to say it is quite nice. Paired with KendoUI Mobile you can't go wrong with a great set of tools for cross mobile platform development if you are an HTMLThu, 28 Mar 2013 14:57:00 GMTtelerikiceniumhttps://tattoocoder.com/custom_routing_with_iroute_constraint_for_asp_net_web_api_/https://tattoocoder.com/custom_routing_with_iroute_constraint_for_asp_net_web_api_/I will admit that Regex and I do not speak anymore. In fact, even when we did it was never a really nice conversation and sometimes ended in me cursing and/or leaving the room. If you have had this same experience when creating custom routes in ASP.NET MVCMon, 25 Mar 2013 19:37:00 GMTaspnetregexroutingmvcwebapihttps://tattoocoder.com/south_florida_code_camp/https://tattoocoder.com/south_florida_code_camp/I will be giving two talks this Saturday at South Florida Code Camp, being held at Nova University in Ft. Lauderdale, Fl. For directions and more information visithttp://www.fladotnet.com/codecamp/. Schedule for other sessions here. My Sessions Introduction to ASP.NET Web API - Why you should beWed, 06 Feb 2013 19:30:00 GMTcode__campaspnettype_scriptfldevweb_a_p_ihttps://tattoocoder.com/develop_windows_8_windows_phone_apps_and_win_cash_/https://tattoocoder.com/develop_windows_8_windows_phone_apps_and_win_cash_/From February 1 through June 2013, publish a new Windows 8 or Windows Phone app and enter my sweepstakes page to win up to $1000 in cash prizes. WHAT?!?! Pretty cool right. Get extra $$ for what you are already doing. Publish you app in the store the go to http:Fri, 01 Feb 2013 15:55:00 GMTwindows__phonetelerikcode_projectnokiawindows_8https://tattoocoder.com/nothing_great_was_ever_achieved_without_enthusiasm_/https://tattoocoder.com/nothing_great_was_ever_achieved_without_enthusiasm_/Over the past month I have had the opportunity to give some thought to what I wanted to accomplish this year in my life, career, and health. And during those times of thought I have often gone back to a speech I listened or re-listened to by the late JimmyTue, 29 Jan 2013 15:42:00 GMTcode_projectenthusiasmpassionhttps://tattoocoder.com/portable_mvvm_light_move_your_view_models_part_2/https://tattoocoder.com/portable_mvvm_light_move_your_view_models_part_2/In the first part I covered how to get the initial project setup and share the ViewModels and ViewModelLocator between a Windows Phone 8 project and a Windows Store Application. In this post, I'll add a DataService and a Model class that will be used to get the most recentMon, 28 Jan 2013 20:25:00 GMTwindows__phonemvvmlightcode_projectwindows__store__appsasync/_awaitportable__class__libraryhttps://tattoocoder.com/portable_mvvm_light_move_your_view_models_/https://tattoocoder.com/portable_mvvm_light_move_your_view_models_/Portable Class Libraries Portable Class Libraries were added as a project type in the interest of creating an assembly that you could use across the .NET Framework, Silverlight, Windows Phone 7, or Xbox 360 platforms without modifications. Well, not really that easy. There is some work to do and asThu, 24 Jan 2013 22:14:00 GMTwindows__phonemvvmlightwindows_8portable__class__libraryhttps://tattoocoder.com/picking_the_right_tools_for_your_project/https://tattoocoder.com/picking_the_right_tools_for_your_project/CodeProjectOver the weekend I was able to release the first of many Windows 8 applications (Download and Rate here) into the store that I have been working on. This first one is just a RSS type application for DZone.com, but it just the first version and the next installmentTue, 15 Jan 2013 15:49:00 GMTwindows_8java_scriptazurenodejshttps://tattoocoder.com/developer_days_at_microsoft_store/https://tattoocoder.com/developer_days_at_microsoft_store/Developer Workshops Joe Healy (@devfish) and I have been hosting workshops at the Microsoft Store in Orlando at the Florida Mall over the past few Thursdays. The current series has been focusing on Windows Store Apps, including game application development. Joe presented this past week on MonoGame for Windows 8Mon, 03 Dec 2012 14:53:00 GMTwindows__phonewindows_8windows__store__appsmicrosoft__storeworkshopshttps://tattoocoder.com/paparazzi_at_the_microsoft_store_i_m_famous_/https://tattoocoder.com/paparazzi_at_the_microsoft_store_i_m_famous_/What's really "completely embarrassing" as he so states in his post is the lack of observation. Original post here... First, yes I was and do in fact use a MacBook Pro and run Windows 8 on it. However the the sneaky photo fails to capture the full picture.Sat, 17 Nov 2012 00:13:00 GMTmicrosoft__storefamoussocialpaparazzihttps://tattoocoder.com/tampa_code_camp/https://tattoocoder.com/tampa_code_camp/I will be giving two talks this Saturday at Tampa Code Camp, being held at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Fl. For directions and more information visit http://www.tampacodecamp.com. Schedule for other sessions here. My Sessions Introduction to ASP.NET Web API - Why you shouldThu, 11 Oct 2012 16:03:00 GMTmvvmlightcode__campwindows__store__appstelerikrestwindows_8tampa__code__campweb_a_p_ihttps://tattoocoder.com/type_script_for_windows_8_store_apps/https://tattoocoder.com/type_script_for_windows_8_store_apps/What is TypeScript? See http://www.typescriptlang.org TypeScript was recently released and has become the new hot topic. One of the questions I have asked and heard is can we use this for developing Windows Store Applications with Javascript and have the cool features that have been shown inTue, 09 Oct 2012 18:48:00 GMTwinrtwindows__store__appswindows_8type_scriptwin_j_shttps://tattoocoder.com/richmond_code_camp/https://tattoocoder.com/richmond_code_camp/I will be giving two talks this Saturday at Richmond Code Camp, being held at the University of Richmond in Richmond, Va. For directions and more information visit http://richmondcodecamp.org/and/or follow @CodeCamp on Twitter. Schedule for other sessions here. My Sessions Building Windows 8 Apps w/ MVVMMon, 01 Oct 2012 17:13:00 GMTmvvmlightcode__camptalksrichmond__code__campweb_a_p_iaspnethttps://tattoocoder.com/rad_custom_hub_tile_from_telerik_for_windows_8_ui/https://tattoocoder.com/rad_custom_hub_tile_from_telerik_for_windows_8_ui/Introduction Telerik recently released their Windows 8 UI Controls to RC on September 18th (see post here), and this is probably on the first in a series of posts I will put out showing them off. The first control here is the RadCustomHubTile. I chose this because I am inWed, 26 Sep 2012 03:18:00 GMTmvvmlightmvvmwinrtwindows_8rad_custom_hub_tiletelerikrad_hub_tilehttps://tattoocoder.com/user_groups_what_do_you_want_from_them_/https://tattoocoder.com/user_groups_what_do_you_want_from_them_/There are many user groups, meetups, developer groups, etc depending on where you live that are available to get involved in. This is one of many ways to meet other developers, see what they are doing, what projects and so fourth are going on in your neck of the woodsMon, 24 Sep 2012 18:42:00 GMTcode__campcontestsocialuser__groupmeetuphttps://tattoocoder.com/amber_alerts_for_windows_phone_find_amber_i_built_it_/https://tattoocoder.com/amber_alerts_for_windows_phone_find_amber_i_built_it_/Find Amber Available for Windows Phone Find Amber has finally been approved and is now available in the Windows Phone Store! This project is close to me, and not in a "I have lost a child" way thank God. But I do have children and if something wereThu, 20 Sep 2012 19:54:00 GMTwindows__phonemvvmlighttelerikazurefind__amberweb_a_p_iwpdevhttps://tattoocoder.com/simple_ioc_and_the_messenger_service_in_mvvm_light/https://tattoocoder.com/simple_ioc_and_the_messenger_service_in_mvvm_light/CodeProject The SimpleIoc addition in the most recent version of MVVMLight is a great add and really simplified the ViewModelLocator across all of the platforms supported in this framework. If you are not familiar with MVVM Light or what you types of project platforms it supports please go to http:Sun, 16 Sep 2012 16:16:00 GMTmvvmlightmvvmwindows_8io_csilverlightw_p_fwindows__phone_7https://tattoocoder.com/what_are_you_looking_for_as_a_mobile_developer_in_a_blog_post_/https://tattoocoder.com/what_are_you_looking_for_as_a_mobile_developer_in_a_blog_post_/The mobile development industry has probably the greatest up swing in comparison to the other development paths over the last 5 years. What I mean is that many more developers are focusing on either getting into mobile development (as in native apps), making sure their web apps are responsive andMon, 10 Sep 2012 15:20:00 GMTmobilesurveyhttps://tattoocoder.com/southwest_florida_code_camp/https://tattoocoder.com/southwest_florida_code_camp/I will be giving two talks this Saturday at Southwest Florida Code Camp. If you are interested in hearing about ASP.NET WebAPI and/or MVVM Light, stop by either of my talks. 8:30 - 9:40 AM (Room 128) - Introduction to ASP.NET WebAPI - Why youThu, 06 Sep 2012 20:53:00 GMTmvvmlightaspnetweb_a_p_icode__camphttps://tattoocoder.com/looking_at_windows_azure_mobile_services_with_fiddler/https://tattoocoder.com/looking_at_windows_azure_mobile_services_with_fiddler/CodeProject As usual throughout the day I have MetroTwit open and toast are constantly popping up here and there and I glance over to see what’s what. Then I see. from @WindowsAzure this: And all work stopped for me to check this out. Other than Windows Phone and WindowsFri, 31 Aug 2012 15:29:00 GMTwindows__phoneazurerestfiddlermobile__serviceshttps://tattoocoder.com/getting_started_w_windows_8_mvvm_light_and_event_to_command/https://tattoocoder.com/getting_started_w_windows_8_mvvm_light_and_event_to_command/Now that Windows 8 and Visual Studio are in RTM I wanted to put together a quick entry for those Windows Phone developers making the transition to Windows 8 development with their MVVM Light skills. Laurent Bugnion, is the creator of the MVVM Light toolkit and I, as well asSun, 26 Aug 2012 15:58:00 GMTmvvmlightmvvmwindows_8winrthotwin8nlhttps://tattoocoder.com/i_m_a_nerd_but_i_might_scare_your_kids/https://tattoocoder.com/i_m_a_nerd_but_i_might_scare_your_kids/Remember these guys? This is what the stereotypical view was/is of what a "nerd" looks like. Developers today are a much different class of people for sure. I have met some pretty cool people over the past year that certainly do not fit the bill. Fishing enthusiast,Thu, 23 Aug 2012 14:07:00 GMTgeeksoff_timenerdshttps://tattoocoder.com/upgrading_from_windows_7_to_windows_8_rtm_bootcamp/https://tattoocoder.com/upgrading_from_windows_7_to_windows_8_rtm_bootcamp/So I spent last night leaping into the upgrade process on my MacBook Pro from Windows 7 to Windows 8 Pro. Now, some may call it leaping off, ridicule me for being a .NET guy and having a Mac, but that's a whole other conversation. I wanted to just pointThu, 16 Aug 2012 15:49:00 GMTwindows_8boot__camphttps://tattoocoder.com/develop_your_first_windows_phone_app_get_a_free_nokia_phone/https://tattoocoder.com/develop_your_first_windows_phone_app_get_a_free_nokia_phone/This past Friday I attended a Windows Phone Developer event put on by Rich Dunbar, who is a Nokia Developer Ambassador, here in Orlando. I have exchanged some tweets and emails with Rich in the past and watched some feedback from some of the previous events he had put onMon, 13 Aug 2012 17:06:00 GMTwindows__phonehotwindows__phone_7nokia__devhttps://tattoocoder.com/dark_sky_developer_contest_dates_prize_pool/https://tattoocoder.com/dark_sky_developer_contest_dates_prize_pool/So here we are, the good stuff. When do we have to be done and what the heck do we get if we win? Dates Start NOW, if you have not signed up please do so here. This is important, I need your valid email address so that I canThu, 02 Aug 2012 21:53:00 GMTwindows__phonewindows_8hotdark__skycontestflorida__developerwindows__phone_7orlando__windows__phone__user__grouphttps://tattoocoder.com/getting_started_with_windows_phone_and_mvvm_light_part_2_of_2/https://tattoocoder.com/getting_started_with_windows_phone_and_mvvm_light_part_2_of_2/CodeProject In Part 1, we covered the following: Creating the application* Connecting the View and the View-Model* Adding an additional View or PagePart 2 we'll see how to add a button on the first page to navigate to the second page which will cover navigation and messaging to complete theThu, 02 Aug 2012 19:10:00 GMTwindows__phonemvvmlightmvvmwindows__phone_7https://tattoocoder.com/orlando_windows_phone_metro_user_group_announces_dark_sky_api_developer_app_contest_/https://tattoocoder.com/orlando_windows_phone_metro_user_group_announces_dark_sky_api_developer_app_contest_/Orlando Windows Phone & Metro User Group Announces - Dark Sky API Developer App Contest! Are you a Florida based developer? Have some skills you're dying to show off? Well now is the time! In support of the Florida .NET Development Community OrlandoWPUG is sponsoring a friendly contest of ourThu, 26 Jul 2012 16:15:00 GMTwindows__phonedark__skyflorida__developercontestorlando__windows__phone__user__grouphttps://tattoocoder.com/getting_started_with_windows_phone_and_mvvm_light_part_1_of_2/https://tattoocoder.com/getting_started_with_windows_phone_and_mvvm_light_part_1_of_2/CodeProject A few days ago, Rich Dunbar wrote a post about how to get started with with Windows Phone Development and the post went freaking viral. Now the reason here is that Rich, in his spare time, sponsors and host events for Nokia in order to promote Windows Phone DevelopmentWed, 18 Jul 2012 18:34:00 GMTwindows__phonemvvmlightnokia__devc#mvvmhttps://tattoocoder.com/orlando_windows_phone_user_group_kickoff_meeting/https://tattoocoder.com/orlando_windows_phone_user_group_kickoff_meeting/](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Jy3jhSyRxC8/UAQk7AELoEI/AAAAAAAAAFs/05On55UJ26E/s1600/owpug-logo-new.png)Wow what a great start to the new group in Orlando! First, let me startMon, 16 Jul 2012 14:45:00 GMTwindows__phonemvpwindows__phone_7marketplacetips_and__tricksorlando__windows__phone__user__grouphttps://tattoocoder.com/my_response_to_cnet_is_at_t_s_sales_force_prepared_to_sell_the_nokia_lumia_900_/https://tattoocoder.com/my_response_to_cnet_is_at_t_s_sales_force_prepared_to_sell_the_nokia_lumia_900_/Mary Jo Foley (@maryjofoley) tweeted that this article was depressing and I felt compelled to write an opinion. Now, let me first state that I am not a journalist or a professional blogger, yet a passionate developer who lives Windows Phone and has been an iPhone user for the lastThu, 12 Apr 2012 17:40:00 GMTwindows__phonenokiawindows__phone_7ATThttps://tattoocoder.com/48_hrs_with_my_lumia_900_windows_phone/https://tattoocoder.com/48_hrs_with_my_lumia_900_windows_phone/So its been 2 full days with the Windows Phone, jumping out of the iOS world using the Nokia Lumia 900 as my everyday device. I have to say I'm still swimming in the pool doing the backstroke. I love it! Battery life is great and I use the hellMon, 09 Apr 2012 14:08:00 GMTwindows__phoneappslumia_900reviewwindows__phone_7https://tattoocoder.com/my_nokia_lumia_900_has_arrived_it_killed_my_i_phone_/https://tattoocoder.com/my_nokia_lumia_900_has_arrived_it_killed_my_i_phone_/](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tqE8VSJQiWs/T3-T5Bhc3KI/AAAAAAAAAD8/ynqmWp4PMHU/s1600/Nokia900.png)Nokia Lumia 900The newest Windows Phone 7 device has arrived and I have to say I can't put it down! No seriously I can't! First, becauseSat, 07 Apr 2012 01:14:00 GMTwindows__phonenokiaappsunboxwindows__phone_7lumia_900reviewhttps://tattoocoder.com/where_s_your_rubber_ducky_app_/https://tattoocoder.com/where_s_your_rubber_ducky_app_/I recently attended Orlando Code Camp for the second straight year and I must say that it really topped last year and I cannot wait to see what's in store for next. That's not the point of this post, but a number of sessions I attended there did put someTue, 03 Apr 2012 19:47:00 GMTmvvmlightorlando__code__campwindows__phone_7