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  • Quick Assist

    Windows 10 (The Anniversary update) just arrived with a feature i think i will be using quite often… As you probably know, there is always somebody who needs help with their pc… there’s a bunch of screen sharing things out there and it’s kind of built into skype. But nothing that just works out of Read more

  • VS Code and UML

    As some of you know, i am a big fan of modeling and of UML. I do not believe everything should be UML, but rather that UML should be used to express things faster than it is to write (and read) a word document. My favorite UML tool is by far Sparx’s Enterprise Architect. Great, Read more

  • AutoMapper, pushing work to the database

    I`ve been using AutoMapper for a long time. It’s a tool that allows to map from one object graph to another through a convention based configuration system. My only objection was that i was scared that the projection was done in memory, meaning i had to load up whatever data i needed, then do the Read more

  • Working with Xamarin IOS

    My home office setup is basically a USB3 dock, 2 24inch screens, a few lights and a wireless mouse. Oh yeah – I have Mac under the desk to keep my to warm so i can build Xamarin IOS things… In order to debug and view the IOS version of the APP, I basically have to remote into the Mac Read more

  • Node.js with visual studio

    I wanted to show how node.js worked to a bunch of people – they were skeptical, being mostly C# developers. Somehow, they didn’t believe Visual Studio was equipped to handle javascript (or typescript). I showed them first how these technologies handled in a Cordova project, with intellisens and debugging… But i was not exactly in node.js Read more

  • Window 10 Anniversary update, the new Miracast Receiver and the Microsoft Android Emulator

    Yesterday i reinstalled my laptop with the new Windows 10 Anniversary build. All things good and well, and i love a bunch of the new features. The only problem i ran into is trying to run the Microsoft Visual Studio Android Emulator. It didn’t want to do anything except for gobbling up 30% CPU. After Read more