I have been playing around with Kubernetes lately and was looking for an easy way to get a cluster going locally. I came across Kind when looking for this solution and found it really easy to use. It’s super easy to get a cluster going especially if you already have kubectl installed. It’s fast to install kind […]
Read MoreMany years ago, I wrote a blog post about TFS and DevOps. A lot has changed since then, with multiple versions of the build pipeline being released, but it continues to be one of the most trafficked articles on our site. Microsoft has worked hard to create a better experience for build automation and […]
Read MoreThis is an update to the post I made a while ago titled “Why .Net Doesn’t need to be Expensive“. A lot has changed since I made that post. For example: Visual Studio Code wasn’t released, .NET Core was called vNext, and .NET hadn’t gone through it’s open-source transformation. These introductions to the .NET ecosystem […]
Read MoreThe Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF) is a library that enables software to discover and load libraries at runtime without hard-coded references. Microsoft included MEF in .NET framework version 4.0 and since then it has been commonly used for dependency resolution and inversion of control patterns. Orbital Bus makes communication possible between different parties by sharing […]
Read More.NET is a proven and mature framework that has great benefits, however it is often overlooked when companies are deciding on a language and framework. Many developers remember the Microsoft of old where you were immediately stuck with proprietary frameworks and Microsoft-only products that have high initial costs and outrageous scaling overhead. Fortunately for the […]
Read MoreWorking with Microsoft’s Fakes and Shims is really a treat. I love how easy they are to setup and how I can be sure that I can test anything I need. Problem: Lately I have been trying to test Generic Methods of an Interface. Doesn’t seem like a challenge, as nothing else in the framework […]
Read MoreCheck out my latest post on Multi Stage Pipelines & Azure DevOps My latest project utilized automated builds to speed up the deployment life cycle. We are running in an agile process and wanted to leverage continuous integration to help the product owners see new features as soon as possible. What follows is a quick […]
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