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Rock Your Code: Defensive Programming for Microsoft .NET by David McCarter

Talking about Defensive Programming during times of Test Driven Development, Clean Code, Domain Driven Development and all other kinds of buzzwords seems a bit unusual. From his long-year experience David McCarter shares a collection of rules of thumb to write better, rock-solid code.

Personal

Welcome - Our twin stars!

Like with previous posts to announce new members to the family I was informed that I totally missed our latest ones: Akira and Dexter - our twin cats.

Windows

Tip: Open PowerShell window here

As a power user I'm really more used to hotkeys and application shortcuts than moving the mouse pointer on the screen. The article describes a few options of how to open an instance of PowerShell in the current folder.

Linux

Using Apache HTTP as reverse proxy

The Apache HTTP Server, colloquially called Apache, is a free and open-source cross-platform web server. This article explains briefly how to set up Apache as a reverse proxy to a web site in an internal network.

Linux

Using nginx as reverse proxy

Nginx (read: engine-x) has versatile options to set up web sites and more advanced configurations. This article explains briefly how to set up nginx as a reverse proxy to a web site in an internal network.

Windows

First steps using dictation in Windows 10

It looks pretty simple when you see it in movies that dictates into a recording device. Dictating an article requires a lot more concentration than typing.

Personal

2018: A retrospective

Reflecting on some of the activities done throughout the year I have to admit that 2018 was an amazing one.

Community

Campsite fire talk with John O'Nolan

Good things take time. After more than a year I finally managed to sit down and write about the experience of welcoming John O'Nolan, founder of Ghost blogging platform, to one of our MSCC meetings.

Windows

DIY Windows Game Box (Steam, Itch, Xbox, Store, Scumm, etc.)

Working in IT has its up's and down's. One of the up's is probably the circumstance of purchasing new hardware on a regular base. (Un)fortunately two events came together this year -

Community

The Curse of the Magical Tutorial

Have you ever read a tutorial about something that you are new to, and really need to get into the subject quickly, just to discover that there is an essential piece of information

Community

SSA Community Summit 2018

The purpose of the Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) Community Summit was to bring together organisers of Google Developer Groups (GDGs) from various locations in the region to talk about their user groups, to share their experience, and to inspire each other with success stories.

Development

When NULL isn't NULL

Using Visual FoxPro as an untyped programming language it is vital to always declare your variables and more importantly to assign the intended data type to it before use.

Development

OpenVPN: All TAP-Windows adapters on this system are currently in use

An OpenVPN client error like "All TAP-Windows adapters on this system are currently in use." can be resolved easily given a proper installation of OpenVPN.

Linux

OpenVPN re-visited

Earlier versions of OpenVPN are vulnerable to SWEET32. The attack vector can be mitigated by changing the default cipher. OpenVPN currently recommends using AES-256-CBC or AES-128-CBC.

Development

How to get your computer from blank disk(s) to fully operational in no time... (Windows edition)

The following article is about my process of setting up a fresh machine quickly, and hopefully it covers some areas where you might be able to take away something. Based on a few exchanges I had with other peers over various social media networks, including Twitter, Google+ and FB.

Projects

100 Days of Exam

A new adventure is on its way: #100DaysOfExam which has been inspired by two factors. First, my personal 30-day challenges I did in the past and the concept of "100 Days of Code".

Linux

Next stop: MCSA: Linux on Azure

Recently I decided to coordinate my work and learning activities a little bit. Turns out that while working with .NET Core, in particular developing an API project, I do quite some coding under

Community

Dinner with Andy Volk

While exchanging with the nice GDG folks over at Google Nigeria about the possibility to get Google interested to assist during the annual Developers Conference of the MSCC, some magic happened again.

Linux

ICT skills at primary school

Our children have computer lectures at their primary school since this year. In general, it's a great idea that students are exposed to computer literacy at an early stage. But sometimes it comes

Community

Infotech/InnovTech 2017

Infotech or commonly known as the annual IT tech bazaar in Mauritius was looking for possibilities to change in 2017 - moving away from the dominant sales activities during the past years back

Development

Build anything with Google: Google Maps APIs

Starting with a first integration of the Google Maps JavaScript API to add a map into your web site, you could add additional APIs and hence more value to your site and provide

Personal

Hit Refresh

Changing my life in such a drastic way was an experience of a life-time. It turned out for the better. I have no regrets about this decision, and I would do it again any time.

Community

aOS Mauritius 2017

The aOS Community - aOS stands for Azure, Office 365 and SharePoint - organised their first full-day event in Mauritius. A team of international speakers came to talk about the advantages of an

Community

Krakathon 2017

The Krakathon is like a hackathon but with a Kraken and a treasure! All teams found their treasure and rewards after this coding marathon. Personally, I'm glad to see that more and more opportunities like this are available in Mauritius.

General

Inspecting internet router in Mauritius

An internet modem provided by your service provider (ISP) might have some hidden gems. Eventually this article gives you some tips to improve your configuration in regards to security and safety.