It’s common knowledge today that a blockchain is a form of a distributed ledger that holds transactions. These transactions are collected in a block and added to the ledger with a reference to the previous block by means of hashes[…]
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It’s common knowledge today that a blockchain is a form of a distributed ledger that holds transactions. These transactions are collected in a block and added to the ledger with a reference to the previous block by means of hashes[…]
Read moreIn the latest version of Visual Studio (2017) you have at least four different templates for creating a Class Library: Class Library (Universal Windows) Class Library (.NET Framework) Class Library (.NET Core) Class Library (.NET Standard) Additionally, you may also[…]
Read moreThis year, I’ll be at the annual Microsoft DevDays in The Netherlands where you can ask me anything on web development. My base of operation at the conference will be somewhere in the ‘Ask-the-Experts’ area. Though you may also[…]
Read moreIn ASP.NET Web Forms most times there’s a need to set ASP.NET Server Control properties at runtime. This, for instance: <asp:Button runat="server" id="Button1" visible="true" /> It is pretty straightforward to set the value of the visible-property in a code-behind page,[…]
Read moreTrying to find a method to sort a generic list, I found this solution. While this seems like an elegant solution, I found it a bit much code for my purpose. I only wanted to sort a list with objects that[…]
Read moreAn interesting tool from Google allows you to display the trend of search terms over time. Out of curiosity, I looked at the popularity of the terms “visual basic” and “c#”. It doesn’t look too good for VB. (Red line[…]
Read moreWorking on a new project, I needed to read some elements from an XML file. As a matter of habit, I used XPath, but later I figured this was a good opportunity to try it out using LINQ. So here[…]
Read moreAccording to the MSDN Subscriptions WebLog we can expect to see Visual Studio 2008 to be downloadable early next week. “Visual Studio 2008 is anticipated out early next week, with availability for Subscribers. Check out the “Top Subscriber Downloads” area[…]
Read moreRecently, I started a on a new project as a development coordinator. One of the tasks we face is a migration from Rational ClearCase to Team Foundation Server. A tool that should help in doing this has just been released. What[…]
Read moreThe new DevTips.NET website allows for people to comment on most content, unlike the old site. Obviously this opened up possibilities to add comment spam on all the places. There is a common technique to counter this, called CAPTCHA or[…]
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