Resharper Build and Run
Just a quick shout out for Resharper’s new build and run feature. I’ve become accustomed to Resharper slowing my machine up as it endlessly loads a variety of caches and processes. Speaking as a member of the slower development machine…
Getting the Root Directory Path for .Net Core Applications
Quick one. Given any .Net app I want to know the root path of the application i.e. the top level directory. I was doing this with .Net Core but it puts in extra directories by default in the exe path…
From Classic ASP to React
I’ve been a software developer for over 16 years. It’s not that long but in terms of software development it’s pretty long time. Perhaps it’s like dog years – 1 development year equals 7 normal person years so actually I’ve…
Shorter syntax for Node.js module import
I’ve found myself writing a lot of import module statements during React development that I could have shortened. It’s a bit dispiriting when everything above the fold in your code is a boilerplate import. To give an example – this…
Only 92% Happy According to Cognitive Services
I’m particularly pleased with the photo of myself on this blog. I normally look a bit odd on photos but this one was taken about 2 days into a new job for an id card. I still had the new…
