Extending TypeScript to serialise Map objects to JSON
The collection objects offered by ES6 such as Map and Set are indeed a marvel. One notable downside to them though is that they don’t serialise to JSON. For example JSON.stringify(MyMapObject); Results in {} Always – irrespective of what is…
Not as irreplaceable as I thought
Like all software developers, I like to think of myself as being irreplaceable. Clearly no-one on the entire planet combines my depth of technical knowledge, my amazing familiarly with the business domain and my legendary humility. I am truly a…
Selecting from a column with possible NULLs in T-SQL
I write blog posts for different reasons. Sometimes it’s because things aren’t well documented elsewhere, sometimes it’s new and interesting and sometimes it’s purely for my own amusement. Occasionally I write things as I kind of penance – things I…
SQL Server restore fails if backups taken in rapid succession
I don’t spend an awful lot of time thinking about SQL Server. To me it’s a workhorse which I think is a compliment. * It’s steady, reliable and gets the job done. It’s not glamorous though and people don’t talk…
LINQ FirstOrDefault implementation in TypeScript
Confession: when working in JavaScript languages I kind of miss some C# things such as LINQ. A substantial part of my C# coding seemed to be chaining LINQ operators together. So rather than staring wistfully out of the window in…
Copying static files into build directory with Angular
This is probably obvious for Angular aficionados and aficionadistas but I found how to copy static files into the output directory of an angular application non-obvious. To do it go to angular-cli.json in your project root and add the static…
