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Using TortoiseGit with GitHub– A checklist rather than tutorial

Install msysGit  http://code.google.com/p/msysgit/ Create a SSH key using Bash (id_rsa and id_rsa.pub) Install TortoiseSVN Use plink Use puttyGEN, which comes with TortoiseGit, to create a Putty private key from id_rsa like so:puttyGen –> Conversions –> Import Key –>Open %userprofile%\.ssh\id_rsa –> … Continue reading

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MSI Executable–Extract to a folder

Today I had the unfortunate situation of installing sample code files. This means downloading a MSI and then running it so it can place the sample code somewhere on your computer. I don’t think any developer can appreciate this. Where … Continue reading

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Start of a new site: safetaxi.info

This is a pre release plug for safetaxi.info – a find a taxi service in London for people on the run. Not up yet, but when it is..oooohh http://safetaxi.info

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Crashing Visual Studio after debugging ASP Classic

I hate ASP classic. I hate it with a passion. AND THEN when your browser crashes every time that you go to debug it, you start building muderous tendancies. Anyway, Found a solution. Hot fix to VS 2008 that fixes … Continue reading

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Web Deployment with VS2010 and IIS7

Have watched a great presentation today from Scott Hanselman from the MIX 10 conference. YOU MUST/NEED TO WATCH THIS!  -> Scott Hanselman presents the IIS Web Deploy There were a few great ideas built in to his story, such as … Continue reading

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Fiddler, Visual Studio and Localhost working together!

  I found two new tricks to make all these things work together for debugging a Visual Studio Asp.Net web project on Localhost. Here they are: Disable IPv6 – This stops the “Fiddler: No connection could be made because the … Continue reading

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Employers: Codility for testing your applicants!

This is about Codility Candidate Testing I just did a test on Codility and it’s great! In fact, this is sooo much than PreVisor (http://select2perform.com) which I had to use the other day. You can write your code in any … Continue reading

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Firefox Ubiquity Command for StackOverflow

Just made a quick and dirty Ubiquity command for StackOverflow searches. Download from GitHub:  Ubiquity StackOverflow Search  Don’t know Ubiquity? It’s like a Command Line for the web but… it’s really cool! Trust me. Watch the clip below. Sure it … Continue reading

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Global.asax Events and Descriptions

This is a direct quote from the Wikipedia page on Global.asax. Just thought it would be nice to a quick list to refer to. Application_Init Fires when the application initializes for the first time. Application_Start Fires the first time an … Continue reading

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Asp.Net MVC 2 Action Results

A handy list of ActionResult’s that I found on StackOverflow thanks to Chris.S and his reference to the MSDN doc. ContentResult Writes a string value directly into the HTTP response. EmptyResult Does not write to the HTTP response. FileContentResult Takes … Continue reading

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