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This release supports 280 character tweets. The strange and complex twitter API just got a little weirder. One has to actually check three different places in the payload for the text of the tweet (no...

I rely on ReSharper to spot errors and suggest code refactorings. I particularly like how it can simplify boolean expressions. It’s always reminding me there are new features in the language (C# and JavaScript) that...

I keep the number of extensions I use in my browser to a minimum, mostly because they tend to interfere with performance or functionality of the browser. However, I recently came across Refined GitHub. It...

One of the difficulties I find with writing HTML tables is managing all the closing tags and indention to keep the code readable. Recently, I discovered the HTML5 spec does not require closing tags for...

I hadn’t realized until today that you can select individual components in the new Visual Studio Installer. In particular, the Community Edition does not install the .NET 4.7 targeting pack by default. There are some...

Version 2.5 is updated to support Visual Studio 2017. Visual Studio 2010 support has been dropped because the Visual Studio Marketplace no longer accepts VS 2010 projects in the new .visx manifest format required for...

I just discovered a nifty little feature of ReSharper that makes inline template editing much nicer. function hcvdGridDirective($http): ng.IDirective { // language=html const template = ` <div> <grid-ex grid-options="ctrl.gridOptions"></grid-ex> </div>`; The addition of // language=html...

NoSQL and NewSQL are two types of databases. It is often told that the field of database administration is often dull and boring but the exciting words like Big Data and IoT have increased interest...

This article is outdated! See Mithril Rising Mithril is a JavaScript framework for writing web site front ends. It’s similar to React but is easier to understand, faster and much much smaller (7.8K compressed). Note:...

Version 1.1 has only one change. Clicking on an image in a tweet opens it in a popup window, centered on the active monitor, instead of the web browser. I found this to be much...